Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Rebecca Theresa Reed (1813-1838) was an American escaped nun and author of the memoir Six Months in a Convent, which influenced the first of many anti-Catholic waves. [clarification needed] Reed’s book vividly describes her experience in an Ursuline convent and has sold thousands of copies.
While the nuns attend Mass, he takes the opportunity to get a "man’s breakfast" at the café. The owner tells him that the nuns came from East Germany, as the property was willed to their Order by potato farmer Gus Ritter, whose sister was a nun with the Order. The owner and townsfolk do not believe the nuns can succeed in their endeavors.
The book is a study of the life of Sister Benedetta Carlini, a 17th-century Italian nun who was accused of lesbianism and other "immodest acts". [ 5 ] [ 6 ] The book explores the cultural, social, and religious context of the time and the consequences faced by Sister Benedetta as a result of her alleged actions.
"The growth and decline of the population of Catholic nuns cross-nationally, 1960-1990: A case of secularization as social structural change." Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (1996): 171-183. JSTOR 1387084; Fialka, John J. Sisters: Catholic Nuns and the Making of America (New York: St. Martin Press, 2003), popular journalism.
A nun is a woman who vows to dedicate her life to religious service and contemplation, [1] typically living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience in the enclosure of a monastery or convent. [2] The term is often used interchangeably with religious sisters who do take simple vows [3] but live an active vocation of prayer and charitable ...
The sexual abuse of children by Catholic sisters and nuns has been overshadowed by far more common reports of male clergy abuse. Women in religious orders have also been abuse victims — but they ...
During preparations for the visit, a nun murders the Widow Figg by pushing her into the fishpond, which Matilda turns a blind eye to. A young nun named Lilias is convinced that their patron saint has called her to become a anchoress. The bishop is unimpressed by Oby, which he finds full of indulgence, worldliness, and sloppy bookkeeping.
In the Italian town of Assisi during World War II, 300 Jews were sheltered and protected by a peasant turned priest, Father Rufino Niccacci. He dressed many of them as monks and nuns, taught them Catholic ritual, and hid them in the monasteries. Others lived in parishioners' homes and, with fake identity cards, found jobs and blended into the ...