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Through its support for institutionalised learning, the Catholic Church produced many of the world's first notable women scientists and scholars – including the physicians Trotula of Salerno (11th century) and Dorotea Bucca (d. 1436), the philosopher Elena Piscopia (d. 1684) and the mathematician Maria Gaetana Agnesi (d. 1799).
The Transformation of American Catholic Sisters (1993) excerpt and text search; Schneider, Mary L. "American Sisters and the Roots of Change: the 1950s." US Catholic Historian (1988): 55-72. JSTOR 25153816; Schier, Tracy, and Cynthia Russett, eds. Catholic women's colleges in America (2002) Stepsis, Ursula and Dolores Liptak.
The traditional design of the dress mimics the design of a bride's wedding dress relating to the historic view of young women in the church. [4] Today, however, wearing the traditional Confirmation dress is not always enforced or expected. Rather, simple white garments, robes, or white dresses that vary from the traditional design are often worn.
The Vatican said Tuesday that its doctrine office will prepare a document on women in leadership roles in the Catholic Church, a new initiative to respond to longstanding demands by women to have ...
As one of the largest nongovernmental organizations in the world, Tropeano said the church's teachings about women affect more people than world's 1.3 billion Catholics and makes it difficult for ...
The Sisters of Mercy is a religious institute for women in the Roman Catholic Church.It was founded in 1831 in Dublin, Ireland, by Catherine McAuley.As of 2019, the institute has about 6200 sisters worldwide, organized into a number of independent congregations.
By 1939, the Grail had become a colourful movement involving thousands of young women in the Netherlands, United Kingdom, and Germany, challenging them to deep personal and spiritual commitment. Pioneers in Catholic feminist theology, the Grail in the USA voted in 1969 to admit women of other Christian denominations, and in 1975, to accept ...
Young women went through a period of aspirancy of six months prior to acceptance as a fully-fledged child of Mary, who had the right to wear the distinctive blue cape. When a child of Mary married, she was embraced on arrival on the Church steps by other Children of Mary who removed the blue cape from over her wedding gown. [citation needed]