{"product_id":"neighbors-and-missionaries-9780823239870","title":"Neighbors and Missionaries","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA history of the Sisters of Our Lady of Christian Doctrine, a community of women religious founded to minister to Catholics in the United States through staffing and administering settlement houses and offering religious education to children enrolled in public schools.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"McGuinness explores how the Sisters of Christian Doctrine were affected and how they adapted their own lives and work to reflect the transformations taking place in the church and society.\" -American Catholic Studies Newsletter \"Illuminates our understanding of the history of American women religious by examining the unique apostolate of a particular community that blended concern for the spiritual and material wellbeing of the Catholic poor.\" -- -Christine Anderson Xavier University \"Professor McGuinness provides a magisterial account of the Sisters of Our Lady of Christian Doctrine who instilled Catholic values among poor immigrants in New York City, promoted ecumenism in the American South, and remained steadfast to the core values of their mission. McGuinness is an accomplished scholar and her use of sources and sound analytical structure provides a marvelous model for others exploring the history of women religious. Neighbors and Missionaries makes an important and timely contribution to the history of American Catholicism.\" -- -James T. Carroll Iona College \"In bringing to light the history of the Sisters of Christian Doctrine, and documenting the evolution of the community from a foundation in settlement work in New York City in the early twentieth century through post war efforts in child care, religious education and social work in the south, Margaret McGuiness reveals an innovative community of women religious continually engaged in responsive ministry. Neighbors and Missionaries enriches our understanding of the development of American sisterhoods and their work, and is an important contribution to the historiography of American Catholic efforts in social welfare in the twentieth century.\" -- -Bernadette McCauley Hunter College of the City University of New York \"In this important book, Margaret M. McGuinness shows that the Sisters of Our Lady of Christian Charity, fueled by personal faith and ideals of the settlement house era, shaped a social service ministry that touched modern America's urban and rural poor. McGuinness adds a significant chapter to the narrative of Catholic womanhood, documenting that religious sisters, with slim institutional support, immersed themselves in the communities of the indigent, where they labored tirelessly for social justice. Drawing on an impressive array of fresh sources, the author illuminates the guiding principles of these sisters, who reached across national barriers and economic divides, using practical programs, steady friendships, and spiritual assistance to combat poverty. Neighbors and Missionaries is a major historical contribution, central to understanding the powerful gender issues that influenced women's religious congregations in the growth of an American Catholic church.\" -- -Anne M. Butler Utah State University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction       American Women Religious and the Sisters of Christian Doctrine      The Catholic Church, the Poor and Catholic Social Settlements      The Sisters of Our Lady of Christian Doctrine      Writing the History of the Sisters of Christian Doctrine       1. From Wellesley College to the Lower East Side       Education for Service      A Church Settlement      A Catholic Settlement in New York City      A Training School for Catechists      A New Community       2. Fighting to Save the City of New York       A Catholic Social Settlement on the Lower East Side      Madonna House      Conflict with Clerical Authority      Forming Faithful Citizens      Ministering to Veterans      Not Just Italians       3. Neighbors and Teachers       Growing Pains      A Motherhouse and a Second Settlement      Hard Times      Settlement Work and the Second World War      The Closing of the Settlement Houses       4. Settlements Go South      A New Foundation      Staying Connected      A Southern Settlement      Growing Friendships      Valley Catholics      Maintaining the Mission      A Problem of Numbers        5. More than Settlement Houses       Parish Ministry in the South      Northern Apostolates      Changes in Ministry       6. Changes and Continuities       Adjusting to the Loss of Mother Marianne      Moving Forward      Responding to Transformations      Challenging Times      Coming toward the End of a Century       Epilogue       Notes       Selected Bibliography       Index","brand":"Fordham University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406130323799,"sku":"9780823239870","price":48.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780823239870.jpg?v=1730494633","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/neighbors-and-missionaries-9780823239870","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}