Women of Faith: The Chicago Sisters of Mercy and the Evolution of a Religious Community

by Mary Beth Fraser Connolly

When the Sisters of Mercy lost their foundress Sister Catherine McAuley in 1841, stories of Mother Catherine passed from one generation of sisters to the next. McAuley's Rule and Constitutions along with her spiritual writings and correspondence communicated the Mercys' founding charism. Each generation of Sisters of Mercy who succeeded her took these words and her spirit with them as they established new communities or foundations across the United...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823254739
• ISBN13: 9780823254736
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Length: 372 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.1"