Vows Of Three Sisters

Author : C. Dean A. Papas
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2004-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780595306572

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Vows of Three Sisters by C. Dean A. Papas Pdf

Barbara is a physician and pianist. Margo is a brilliant mathematician and cellist. Lucia is a philosopher, nun, and violinist. These amateur but talented and accomplished musicians have met to celebrate the silver jubilee of their Vows. This year the plan was to play, in its entirety, the music that brought them together and made them sisters in heart and mind for life: Tchaikovsky's Trio in A minor for Violin, Cello, and Piano; and they played it as never before! Barbara and Margo had never heard Lucia play as she did this time. Her violin sang with perfect intonation, controlled breathing, and redeeming passion, but after the performance, Lucia confesses to being found in a situation unbecoming to a nun. She is pregnant! Though she denies having been with a man, the facts confirm that her vows as a nun were violated and that she may have lied. Bound by the promise of trust, faith, and truth the three shared, Barbara and Margo had believed Lucia. Now they must ask themselves if their faith was unwarranted. Or could Lucia be telling the truth?

Author : Hasan M. El-Shamy
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 407 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2010-03-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780226206233

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Folktales of Egypt by Hasan M. El-Shamy Pdf

In this book Hasan M. El-Shamy has gathered the first authentic new collection of modern Egyptian folk narratives to appear in nearly a century. El-Shamy's English translations of these orally presented stories not only preserve their spirit, but give Middle Eastern lore the scholarly attention it has long deserved. "This collection of seventy recently collected Egyptian tales is a major contribution to African studies and to international distribution studies of folktales. In the face of the recent anthropological trend to use folkloric materials for extra-folkloric purposes, the preeminence of the text must be asserted once more, and these are obviously authentic, straightforwardly translated, fully documented as to date of collection and social category of informant, and for all that . . . readable."—Daniel J. Crowley, Research in African Literatures "Western knowledge of virtually all facets of contemporary Egyptian culture, much less the roots of that culture, is woefully inadequate. By providing an interesting, varied, and readable collection of Egyptian folktales and offering clear and sensible accounts of their background and meaning, this book renders a valuable service indeed."—Kenneth J. Perkins, International Journal of Oral History

Author : Sr. Virginia Kampwerth PHJC
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2016-10-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781524541798

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With Loving Concern by Sr. Virginia Kampwerth PHJC Pdf

With Loving Care is a book that describes the history of the American Province of the Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ from the time of its founding by five sisters who came from Germany to Hessen Cassel, Indiana, to serve the German-speaking people of Northwestern Indiana until the present day. The book was written to outline the efforts of the sisters with the people of the different geographic areas throughout Northern Indiana, all through Illinois and the states of Wisconsin and Minnesota. Wherever the sisters ministered, they also attracted other young women to join them, either as vowed members or as associates who would also serve the people following the charism of Catherine Kasper. The work of the sisters was in the general fields of health care, education, and childcare. As time went on, the apostolates expanded to include parish ministry, retreat ministry, and individual types of service with the people.

Author : Helen Batten
Publisher : Random House
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09-26
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781448175642

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Sisters of the East End by Helen Batten Pdf

Heart-warming tales of nursing and midwifery from the Sisters who worked with Jennifer Worth. ‘A second’s silence and then an almighty scream. It was the most moving thing I had ever seen ... A baby, a real live baby, another human life had entered the world. It didn’t seem possible and yet I had witnessed it with my very own eyes.’ Born into a happy working-class North London family in the mid-twentieth century, Katie is determined to ‘do something’ with her life. Working in the impoverished East End in the 1950s, she meets the Sisters of St John the Divine – a community of nuns dedicated to nursing and midwifery. The Sisters have been present at births, cared for the sick and laid out the dead of the East Enders for a hundred years, and Katie soon joins them to start her journey to becoming Sister Catherine Mary. As a nurse and midwife, Katie learns to deal with everything from strokes to breech births. Tragedy is never far away, but there are also moments of pure joy as lives are saved and the Poplar residents rally round. As a young novice Katie rallies against the vow of obedience, yet over the years learns much about the nature of dedication and love. Full of desperate hardship, humour and compassion, Katie’s story brings to life the unique world of these nursing Sisters in London’s East End. Sister Catherine Mary’s story was written by Helen Batten after in-depth interviews with today’s Sisters of the Community of St John the Divine. The Community of St John the Divine was founded in 1848 in a bid to make nursing a respectable profession. Early Sisters worked in the Crimea with Florence Nightingale and were instrumental in developing recognised training and qualifications for nurses and midwives. In the early 20th century they were working in areas such as Poplar and Deptford becoming a treasured part of the community. Today the Sisterhood is based in Birmingham and their website is www.csjd.org.uk. Helen Batten studied history at Cambridge and then journalism at Cardiff University. She went on to become a producer and director at the BBC and now works as a writer and a psychotherapist. She lives in West London with her three daughters.

Author : Deborah Dash Moore
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2022-12-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781479818679

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Vernacular Religion by Deborah Dash Moore Pdf

"This book reveals contemporary vernacular religion expressed in gay Catholic spirituality, Father Divine's International Peace Mission movement, and material culture"--

Author : Amit Majmudar
Publisher : Penguin Random House India Private Limited
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2023-08-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9789357082396

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The Book of Vows by Amit Majmudar Pdf

This is the first part of a trilogy on the Mahabharata. Grounded in the original Sanskrit epic, Majmudar recreates the ancient epic for a contemporary audience. It is his finest work yet and is one of the most accessible, magical and unputdownable retellings of the Mahabharata. The Book of Vows will be followed by The Book of Discoveries and The Book of Killings.

Author : Thomas P McCarthy
Publisher : CUA Press
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2002-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780813213125

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Guide to the Catholic Sisterhoods in the United States, Fifth Edition by Thomas P McCarthy Pdf

In this edition, the communities of sisters have been arranged according to their general apostolic work, viz., contemplative, domestic, foreign and home missions, nursing, retreat and social work, teaching, and writing and publications.

Author : Diana B. Turk
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2004-06-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9780814782750

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Bound by a Mighty Vow by Diana B. Turk Pdf

Explores the meaning of sisterhood for those who belonged to women's fraternities between 1870 and 1920.

Author : Callie McFarlane
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 435 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2021-11-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781664110380

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The Lantern by Callie McFarlane Pdf

Despite that we all experience and have to live with the effects of unfairness and injustice as well as random incidents, the difference in outcome can be startling if consistently impelled by one indestructible force: love. It is through love that all of us as “ordinary people” can accomplish “extraordinary things.” The Lantern focuses on some representational lives of women throughout some of the eras of humankind’s past, rooted in historical record. These ordinary women (and many more like them who remain unheralded) accomplished extraordinary things in their lives. I celebrate them! Love never dies. We die. What survives of us is love: the love that emboldens us to choose, respond, and act, making the ordinary into the extraordinary in thought, word, and deed. Love is a lantern casting its light into the dark corners of our existence. With each act of love, the lantern burns brighter and brighter; and the lantern burns bright; and the lantern burns . . . with the unfolding of time into forever.

Author : Geraldine Cousin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2002-09-11
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781134917952

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Women in Dramatic Place and Time by Geraldine Cousin Pdf

First published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Philippa Gregory
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2017-02-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781476758749

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Three Sisters, Three Queens by Philippa Gregory Pdf

Includes a reading group guide with discussion questions, an interview with the author, and book club enhancement suggestions.

Author : Library of Congress
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1800 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-29
Category : Subject headings, Library of Congress
ISBN : WISC:89104097605

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Library of Congress Subject Headings by Library of Congress Pdf

Author : Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1806 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Subject headings, Library of Congress
ISBN : UOM:39015066169635

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Library of Congress Subject Headings by Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office Pdf

Author : United States. National Labor Relations Board
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1024 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Labor laws and legislation
ISBN : UOM:39015084920910

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Decisions and Orders of the National Labor Relations Board by United States. National Labor Relations Board Pdf

Author : Mary Finbarr Coffey
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2021-12-16
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783643914682

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Sisters of the Holy Cross, Menzingen 1844-1863 by Mary Finbarr Coffey Pdf

While building on a comprehensive reading of available archival sources in the Menzingen Religious Institute, this work provides a greater understanding of the possibilities and the difficulties of a return \textit{ad fontes} in the Church and in religious life. It discloses that a struggle for a founding inspiration is a struggle for the memory. The theoretical framework which has been constructed from scriptural sources in this study, is likely to be of use in a theological interpretation of any Christian founding event.