Word from New Spain: The Spiritual Autobiography of Madre María de San José (1656-1719) Volume 4

After 14 years as an Augustinian Recollect nun, Madre Maria de San Joseph began writing the story of her secular life. She described the 31 years she spent living on her family's hacienda in rural Mexico, focusing on her 21-year struggle to gain admittance to the convent. Her account provides an illuminating account of the social and spiritual difficulties of an aspiring nun in Mexico at the time.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0853233675
• ISBN13: 9780853233671
• Release Date: May 1993
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 256 Pages