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Weaving Hope: The Religious of Jesus and Mary in the United States, 1877–2017
Weaving Hope: The Religious of Jesus and Mary in the United States, 1877–2017
Weaving Hope: The Religious of Jesus and Mary in the United States, 1877–2017
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Weaving Hope is a narrative history of one group of Catholic women religious in the United States. From Quebec, Canada, in 1877 the Religious of Jesus and Mary arrived as missionaries to teach children of French-Canadian immigrants in textile industries of New England. Their ministry spread to New York, Maryland, the South, and the West. Primarily educators, they directed academies and parish schools. In the South and Southwest, they added pastoral outreach to their educational ministry. With few resources, the sisters overcame diverse challenges to create a network of service from coast to coast. This book presents the challenges they faced from local hierarchy and clergy, as well as ethnic prejudices, language difficulties, classism, and financial insecurity. Their faith and bold courage are displayed in this vibrant tapestry of a small but significant piece of women's history in our nation.
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Release dateDec 1, 2020
ISBN9781725276543
Weaving Hope: The Religious of Jesus and Mary in the United States, 1877–2017
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Janice Farnham

Janice Farnham, RJM, is the historian of her USA-Haiti Province. For several years, she was a professor of modern Catholic history at Boston College School of Theology and Ministry, and at Weston Jesuit School of Theology in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Her publications include articles on the history of women religious and translations of early texts of her congregation. A presenter at assemblies of various congregations, she has also taught the early history of the Religious of Jesus and Mary to international members in Rome, Pakistan, and India.

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