Summary of Jyoti Thottam's Sisters of Mokama

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#1 On August 14, 1945, the Japanese emperor’s surrender was announced in Nazareth, Kentucky. The chimes from the stone chapel next to the convent began to sound, and Mother Superior Ann Sebastian Sullivan listened as the ringing pierced the air.

#2 The Sisters of Charity, who were the primary nursing staff for four hospitals in three states, refused to join the war effort overseas. They felt that to operate their hospitals during the war was in complete accord with the wishes of President Roosevelt.

#3 The decision was baffling to the young nurses of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, who were ready to volunteer. Nearly all of them had brothers in the military, and they had watched the lay people they worked with answer the call.

#4 By the 1820s, Kentucky’s land had all been settled, and the balance of power had shifted between two competing ideals of white womanhood: the competence and resourcefulness of frontier women and the useless and decorative women of the cities.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jul 12, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822545250

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#1

On August 14, 1945, the Japanese emperor’s surrender was announced in Nazareth, Kentucky. The chimes from the stone chapel next to the convent began to sound, and Mother Superior Ann Sebastian Sullivan listened as the ringing pierced the air.

#2

The Sisters of Charity, who were the primary nursing staff for four hospitals in three states, refused to join the war effort overseas. They felt that to operate their hospitals during the war was in complete accord with the wishes of President Roosevelt.

#3

The decision was baffling to the young nurses of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, who were ready to volunteer. Nearly all of them had brothers in the military, and they had watched the lay people they worked with answer the call.

#4

By the 1820s, Kentucky’s land had all been settled, and the balance of power had shifted between two competing ideals of white womanhood: the competence and resourcefulness of frontier women and the useless and decorative women of the cities.

#5

The Catholic Church in the United States had turned its missionary gaze toward China and India. The Sisters of Charity of Nazareth had an agreement with the Passionists to begin a foreign mission in Asia, but the political turmoil in China prevented them from accepting the post.

#6

The Sisters of Charity had a crucial role to play. They established a Catholic girls’ school, Presentation Academy, where affluent families sent their daughters to be educated.

#7

The sisters were allowed to wear the habit outside of the convent, but they were still expected to abide by the convent’s strict rules. They were not allowed to engage in personal correspondence, and they were