Mountain Sisters

Author : Helen M. Lewis,Monica Apple
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2021-12-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780813188584

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Mountain Sisters by Helen M. Lewis,Monica Apple Pdf

Monica Appleby and Helen Lewis reveal the largely untold story of women who stood up to the Church and joined Appalachians in their struggle for social justice. Their poignant story of how faith, compassion, and persistence overcame obstacles to progress in Appalachia is a fascinating example of how a collaborative and creative learning community fosters strong voices. Mountain Sisters is a prophetic first-person account of the history of American Catholicism, the war on poverty, and the influence of the turbulent 1960s on the cultural and religious communities of Appalachia. Founded in 1941, The Glenmary Sisters embraced a calling to serve rural Appalachian communities where few Catholics resided. The sisters, many of them seeking alternatives to the choices available to most women during this time, zealously pursued their duties but soon became frustrated with the rules and restrictions of the Church. Outmoded doctrine—even styles of dress—made it difficult for them to interact with the very people they hoped to help. In 1967, after many unsuccessful attempts to persuade the Church to ease its requirements, some seventy Sisters left the security of convent life. Over forty of these women formed a secular service group, FOCIS (Federation of Communities in Service). Mountain Sisters is their story.

Author : Jo Treggiari
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2019-09-24
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780735262997

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The Grey Sisters by Jo Treggiari Pdf

Two years after a deadly plane crash, best friends D and Spider head into the mountains to face their grief. A gripping psychological thriller for fans of The Cheerleaders and Sadie. D and Spider have always been close friends, and they are further united in their shared heartbreak: they both lost siblings in a horrific plane crash two years earlier. A chance sighting of a beloved cuddly toy in a photograph of the only survivor spurs D to finally seek closure. She and Spider and their friend, Min, set off on a road trip to the mountainside site of that terrible crash. Ariel has lived on the mountain all her life. She and her extended family are looked down upon by neighboring townsfolk and she has learned to live by her wits, trusting few people outside of her isolated, survivalist community. A terrifying attack sends her down the mountain for help; on her way, she comes upon the three girls -- a chance encounter that will have far-reaching consequences for them all.

Author : Katherine Govier
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781443436663

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The Three Sisters Bar and Hotel by Katherine Govier Pdf

A landmark novel of the Canadian West from one of Canada’s most accomplished writers, author of The Ghost Brush and Fables of Brunswick Avenue Gateway, Alberta, 1911. The coming of the railroad to the Canadian Rockies has brought a parade of newcomers to the heavenly Bow Valley—climbers, coal miners, artists, scientists, runaway aristocrats and remittance men. Among the latter is the poacher Herbie Wishart, who arrived on a one-way ticket and has reinvented himself as a trail guide and teller of tall tales. Herbie becomes outfitter for a fossil-hunting expedition headed by a prominent Washington, D.C., archaeologist. Rumours say that the findings of the secrecy-shrouded Hodgson expedition, as it comes to be known, could overturn all previous knowledge about early life forms. Brought along to help in the quarry for the summer are Hodgson’s adult children, mopey Humphrey and the captivating Isabel, with whom Herbie strikes up a campside alliance. But when an early snowstorm hits and trailside grudges come to a head, the expedition mysteriously disappears. The tragedy threatens to stain the Rocky Mountain park’s reputation just as its newly elected government overseers begin to sell the pristine Canadian wilderness to the world. Despite all efforts from that year on to solve, or bury, the mystery, the disappearance will haunt Gateway, and define the futures of Herbie Wishart and his stubbornly female descendants. The Three Sisters Hotel is at once sweeping and intimate, and bursting with heart, wit and larger-than-life characters who rival the Rocky Mountain landscape for sheer brio. Katherine Govier proves she is one of Canada’s master storytellers with this new novel, which is a groundbreaking portrait of Western Canada’s past, with all its contradictions and complexities, an intimate story of romance and family, and a tantalizing historical—and prehistorical—mystery. PRAISE FOR THE GHOST BRUSH “Lavishly researched and brilliant. . . . Govier astonishes throughout in her ability to write epic themes intimately. . . . Lyrical, absorbing, and intense.” —PUBLISHERS WEEKLY (STARRED REVIEW)

Author : Sarah McFarland Taylor
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2009-09-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780674267701

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Green Sisters by Sarah McFarland Taylor Pdf

It is perhaps the critical issue of our time: How can we, as human beings, find ethical and sustainable ways to live with one another and with other living beings on this planet? Inviting us into the world of “green sisters,” this book provides compelling answers from a variety of religious communities. Green sisters are environmentally active Catholic nuns who are working to heal the earth as they cultivate new forms of religious culture. Sarah McFarland Taylor approaches this world as an “intimate outsider.” Neither Roman Catholic nor member of a religious order, she is a scholar well versed in both ethnography and American religious history who has also spent time shucking garlic and digging vegetable beds with the sisters. With her we encounter sisters in North America who are sod-busting the manicured lawns around their motherhouses to create community-supported organic gardens; building alternative housing structures and hermitages from renewable materials; adopting the “green” technology of composting toilets, solar panels, fluorescent lighting, and hybrid vehicles; and turning their community properties into land trusts with wildlife sanctuaries. Green Sisters gives us a firsthand understanding of the practice and experience of women whose lives bring together Catholicism and ecology, orthodoxy and activism, traditional theology and a passionate mission to save the planet. As green sisters explore ways of living a meaningful religious life in the face of increased cultural diversity and ecological crisis, their story offers hope for the future—and for a deeper understanding of the connections between women, religion, ecology, and culture.

Author : Karen Katchur
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2017-04-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781250066824

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The Sisters of Blue Mountain by Karen Katchur Pdf

"For Linnet, owner of a Bed and Breakfast in Mountain Springs, Pennsylvania, life has been a bit complicated lately. Hundreds of snow geese have died overnight in the dam near the B&B, sparking a media frenzy, threatening the tourist season, and bringing her estranged sister, Myna, to town. If that isn't enough, the women's father has been charged with investigating the incident. But when a younger expert is brought in to replace him on the case and then turns up dead on Linnet's B&B's property, their father becomes the primary suspect. As the investigation unfolds, the sisters will have to confront each other, their hidden past, and a side of Mountain Springs not seen before. Karen Katchur has written a thrilling novel of sisters and the secrets that bind them that is sure to appeal to readers of her acclaimed first novel, The Secrets of Lake Road"--

Author : Anna McGarrigle,Jane McGarrigle
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780345814029

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Mountain City Girls by Anna McGarrigle,Jane McGarrigle Pdf

A definitive family memoir from world well-known singers Anna and Jane McGarrigle.

Author : Emily Pauline Johnson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2016-06
Category : Indian mythology
ISBN : 0994999712

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The Two Sisters by Emily Pauline Johnson Pdf

Author : Congrégation de Notre-Dame
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1878
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:HN3FU1

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The Pearl of Troyes, Or Reminiscenses of the Early Days of Ville-Marie by Congrégation de Notre-Dame Pdf

Author : Ashley Rice
Publisher : Blue Mountain Arts
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Sisters
ISBN : 1598426834

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Sisters are Forever Friends by Ashley Rice Pdf

There is a special bond between sisters that is unlike any other. From the time they are little girls, they share laughter, memories, dreams and secrets. They are each other's number-one confidants and fans. Having a sister means having a best friend forever. This book is for an amazing, outstanding, incredible sister. It's filled with good wishes and all the great feelings she inspires that are so often hard to put into words. It's a way to say, "Hey, you know what? I'm really proud of you!" and "I love having you around" and "You're the best sister ever!" She's a one-of-a-kind, sweet, dependable, couldn't-live-without-her, forever friend and life wouldn't be the same without her. No one knows you like your sister does, and with this book you can let her know exactly how much she means to you.

Author : Helen Matthews Lewis,Monica Appleby
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Women in church work
ISBN : 0813190509

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Mountain Sisters by Helen Matthews Lewis,Monica Appleby Pdf

Inspired by a photograph of a nun riding a tractor, dozens of young Catholic women left their families in the 1940s and 1950s to join a new religious order known as the Glenmary Sisters. The order offered women the opportunity to act as domestic missionaries, experience adventure, and escape the homefront social pressures of post-World War II America. The sisters actively pursued a call of service to rural Appalachian communities but soon became frustrated with the rules and restrictions of the Roman Catholic Church. Outmoded doctrines -- including styles of dress -- made it exceedingly difficult for them to interact with the very people they hoped to help.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 586 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1941
Category : Labor unions
ISBN : PSU:000055609258

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Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen's Magazine by Anonim Pdf

Author : E. Pauline Johnson
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 111 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2022-09-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547347101

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Legends of Vancouver by E. Pauline Johnson Pdf

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Legends of Vancouver" by E. Pauline Johnson. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Author : Bruno Engler,Vera Matrasova-Engler,Susan Engler Potts
Publisher : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Art
ISBN : 0921102852

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Bruno Engler by Bruno Engler,Vera Matrasova-Engler,Susan Engler Potts Pdf

Bruno Engler was born in Lugano, Switzerland, in 1915. He came to Canada in 1939 and spent over 60 years photographing the Canadian Rockies. The last of the Swiss mountain guides hired by Canadian Pacific he was a climber, ski instructor, cinematographer, occasional actor, writer, story teller and high altitude photographer. He was the recipient of numerous awards including the Alberta Achievement Award for Excellence, the Premier Cup for Photography and Mountaineering, and the prestigious Rose Award presented at the World Environmental Festival in 1986 in Ottawa, Canada. He also received an honourary lifetime achievement award from IATSE, the international photographer's guild. He was named an honourary member of the Association of Canadian Mountain Guides in 1975. In 1987, at the Banff Festival of Mountain Films, Bruno was selected as the recipient for the inaugural Summit of Excellence Award, representing the highest of honours from his peers in the mountain community for his contributions to Canadian Rockies culture and for his enthusiasm and dedication to photography, guiding and skiing.

Author : Lucinda Riley,Harry Whittaker
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 670 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2023-05-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781529043556

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Atlas: The Story of Pa Salt by Lucinda Riley,Harry Whittaker Pdf

THE INSTANT #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER Spanning a lifetime of love and loss, crossing borders and oceans, Atlas: The Story of Pa Salt, co-authored by her son Harry Whittaker, draws Lucinda Riley's saga to its stunning, unforgettable conclusion. 1928, Paris. A boy is found, moments from death, and taken in by a kindly family. Gentle, precocious, talented, he flourishes in his new home, and the family show him a life he hadn’t dreamed possible. But he refuses to speak a word about who he really is. As he grows into a young man, falling in love and taking classes at the prestigious Conservatoire de Paris, he can almost forget the terrors of his past, or the promise he has vowed to keep. But across Europe an evil is rising, and no-one’s safety is certain. In his heart, he knows the time will come when he must flee once more. 2008, the Aegean. The seven sisters are gathered together for the first time, on board the Titan, to say a final goodbye to the enigmatic father they loved so dearly. To the surprise of everyone, it is the missing sister who Pa Salt has chosen to entrust with the clue to their pasts. But for every truth revealed, another question emerges. The sisters must confront the idea that their adored father was someone they barely knew. And even more shockingly: that these long-buried secrets may still have consequences for them today. In this epic conclusion to the Seven Sisters series, everything will be revealed.

Author : James MacBeth
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1897
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UIUC:30112067515137

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The Opening of the Gates by James MacBeth Pdf