Once Upon A Convent
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Once Upon A Convent
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Author : Orice Klaas
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2015-07-16
Once Upon A Convent written by Orice Klaas and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-16 with categories.
A fifteen year old girl enters a convent during the mid-nineteen fifties, when nuns still wear traditional habits and are physically and emotionally removed from the rest of the world. Subjected to rigid programming that includes almost perpetual silence and nearly total social isolation from her fellow community members, the young nun believes that God has called her and stays there for nineteen years. She eventually finds liberation and clarity through an unexpected sexual awakening with another woman. The manner in which she resolves the conflict this causes between her spiritual and human needs leads her to a new future.
Nun
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Author : Mary Gilligan Wong
language : en
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P
Release Date : 1983
Nun written by Mary Gilligan Wong and has been published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Like many Catholic girls prior to Vatican II, Mary wanted to be a nun. Ecstatic at her acceptance into a teaching order, she began the period of intense training called "formation," learning the virtues prescribed by a 19th-century, male-dominated Church: humility, self-abnegation, and childlike dependence on the will of her superiors. What happens to a normal 14-year-old girl, giggly and interested in boys, who adores her family yet feels compelled to commit herself to a life that will demand that she never again visit her parents' home? And what leads Mary, "formed" and on mission, to make the decision not to take her final vows? Here, the author invites the reader to enter the world of the young woman who made that journey, to wander the cloistered halls of the convent and experience from the inside the workings of cloistered minds and hearts. Mary Wong interviewed forty former nuns about the experience of convent life, interweaving their stories with hers in a candid, funny, deeply moving account of her training and adventures, and of the beliefs and doubts that persevere.--From publisher description.
I Leap Over The Wall Contrasts And Impressions After Twenty Eight Years In A Convent
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Author : Monica Baldwin
language : en
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
Release Date : 2016-09-06
I Leap Over The Wall Contrasts And Impressions After Twenty Eight Years In A Convent written by Monica Baldwin and has been published by Read Books Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-06 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
I am not the first member of my family to leap over a wall. Nearly four hundred years ago, my ancestor, Thomas Baldwin of Diddlebury, leaped to freedom from behind the walls of the Tower of London, where he had been imprisoned for taking part in a plot for the escape of Mary Queen of Scots. His name, with an inscription and the date ‘July 1585’ can still be seen where he carved it on the wall of his cell in the Beauchamp Tower. Later, he added a motto to his coat-of-arms, Per Deum meum transilio murum— ‘By the help of my God I leap over the wall’. It has been the family motto of the Baldwins ever since; but the wall that I leapt over was a spiritual and not a material obstacle. In 1914, my cousin, William Sparrow, who disapproved of my entering the convent, wrote to me: “ Knowing you as I do, I can safely predict that it will be with you as with another fair and foolish female, whose unwisdom caused her to languish long behind prison walls. Your End will be your Beginning. I commend these words, with those of the family motto, to your meditations. Taken together, they may suggest a course of action in years to come.” In the following pages I have tried to describe what happened when my cousin’s rather ambiguous prophecy was fulfilled. It is a rash and foolhardy undertaking, in the circumstances, for I really know nothing about anything, except, perhaps, what goes on behind ‘high convent walls’. My only excuse is that so many, and such different kinds of people, have urged me to attempt it. Some of them said to me, ‘Because of your past environment, your angle is unusual. It should interest people. You ought to write about it.’ Others simply bombarded me with questions. It is chiefly on their account that I have embarked upon this book. Some of the remarks made to me revealed such fantastically wrong ideas about nuns and convents that I began to feel something ought to be done to put the monastic ideal in a truer perspective for those who know little’ or nothing about it. So I have tried to write accurately and fairly about life in a strictly enclosed convent, as I myself experienced it. To do this it was necessary to describe not only the wonderful and exalted spiritual ideal which inspires that life, but also certain aspects of it which, for various reasons, may perhaps leave something to be desired. I do not feel that I have done my subject justice. If, however, these pages help to straighten out even a few of the curiously crooked notions which so many people still appear to retain about convents, I shall be well satisfied.
In The Convent Of Little Flowers
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Author : Indu Sundaresan
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2009-09-15
In The Convent Of Little Flowers written by Indu Sundaresan and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-09-15 with Fiction categories.
Now in paperback, internationally bestselling author Indu Sundaresan presents a poignant collection of contemporary short stories about the challenges and consequences faced by women in Indian life today. Like Jhumpa Lahiri’s Interpreter of Maladies, Indu Sundaresan’s In the Convent of Little Flowers gives readers an eloquent and illuminating collection of stories about contemporary Indian life, exploring the cutting-edge issues that surround the clash between ancient tradition and modernity. In the collection’s title story, a young woman adopted by an American family in Seattle receives a letter from Sister Mary Theresa, a nun at the Convent of Little Flowers in Chennai, where she stayed as a child. Unbeknownst to the Indian woman, the nun is her biological mother’s sister. In another story, the grandmother of an Indian journalist begs her grandson to intervene and stop a young widow from being burned alive. And when a teenaged daughter bears a child out of wedlock, her entire family is thrown into turmoil. With their lush prose, vividly rendered settings, and complex characters, these and the other stories in this elegant collection bring readers into the experience of Indian women at home and abroad, where modernity offers them lives their grandmothers could never dream of, while at the same time taking away parts of their history. With a delicate touch, Indu Sundaresan weaves the pieces of the conflict together, presenting a nuanced and unforgettable tapestry.
Six Months In A Convent Or The Narrative Of Rebecca Theresa Reed Who Was Under The Influence Of The Roman Catholics About Two Years And An Inmate Of The Ursuline Convent On Mount Benedict Charlestown Mass Nearly Six Months In The Years 1831 2
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Author : Rebecca Theresa Reed
language : en
Publisher: Boston : Russell, Odiorne, & Metcalf
Release Date : 1835
Six Months In A Convent Or The Narrative Of Rebecca Theresa Reed Who Was Under The Influence Of The Roman Catholics About Two Years And An Inmate Of The Ursuline Convent On Mount Benedict Charlestown Mass Nearly Six Months In The Years 1831 2 written by Rebecca Theresa Reed and has been published by Boston : Russell, Odiorne, & Metcalf this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1835 with Ex-nuns categories.
First edition of this American anti-Catholic memoir, one of the bestsellers of the then-popular borderline-"gothic" genre of "convent horror tales." [description from Philadelphia Rare Books and Manuscripts].
The Nuns Of Sant Ambrogio
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Author : Hubert Wolf
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 2015-01-13
The Nuns Of Sant Ambrogio written by Hubert Wolf and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-01-13 with History categories.
A true, never-before-told story—discovered in a secret Vatican archive—of sex, poison, and lesbian initiation rites in a nineteenth-century convent. In 1858, a German princess, recently inducted into the convent of Sant’Ambrogio in Rome, wrote a frantic letter to her cousin, a confidant of the Pope, claiming that she was being abused and feared for her life. What the subsequent investigation by the Church’s Inquisition uncovered were the extraordinary secrets of Sant’Ambrogio and the illicit behavior of the convent’s beautiful young mistress, Maria Luisa. Having convinced those under her charge that she was having regular visions and heavenly visitations, Maria Luisa began to lead and coerce her novices into lesbian initiation rites and heresies. She entered into a highly eroticized relationship with a young theologian known as Padre Peters—urging him to dispense upon her, in the privacy and sanctity of the confessional box, what the two of them referred to as the “special blessing.” What emerges through the fog of centuries is a sex scandal of ecclesiastical significance, skillfully brought to light and vividly reconstructed in scholarly detail. Offering a broad historical background on female mystics and the cult of the Virgin Mary, and drawing on written testimony and original documents, Professor Wolf—Germany’s leading scholar of the Catholic Church, and among the very first scholars to be granted access to the archives of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, formerly the office of the Inquisition—tells the incredible story of how one woman was able to perpetrate deception, heresy, seduction, and murder in the heart of the Church itself.
Six Months In A Convent
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Author : Rebecca Theresa Reed
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1836
Six Months In A Convent written by Rebecca Theresa Reed and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1836 with categories.
The Nuns Of Sant Ambrogio
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Author : Hubert Wolf
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2015
The Nuns Of Sant Ambrogio written by Hubert Wolf and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with History categories.
"The story of a scandal of epic proportions at the heart of the Catholic church - told by one of the world's leading papal historians; A true, never-before-told tale, of poison, murder, and lesbian initiation rites in a nineteenth-century convent - recently discovered in a Vatican archive; Starring a German princess, the Pope, the Inquisition - and the real-life fantasies of the convent's beautiful young mistress. Discovered in a secret Vatican archive, this is the true, never-before-told story of poison, murder, and lesbian initiation rites in a nineteenth century convent. In 1858, Katherina von Hohenzollern, a German princess recently inducted into the convent of Sant'Ambrogio in Rome, wrote a frantic letter to her cousin, a confidant of the Pope, claiming that she was being abused and feared for her life. The subsequent investigation by the Church's Inquisition uncovered the extraordinary secrets of Sant'Ambrogio and the illicit behavior of the convent's beautiful young mistress, Maria Luissa."--Publisher's description.
Lesbian Nuns
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Author : Nancy Manahan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013
Lesbian Nuns written by Nancy Manahan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Social Science categories.
The new edition includes a new foreword that looks at the impact the original edition had on both the lesbian and the mainstream cultures. The authors have added individual afterwords, describing how their lives were changed when their book went mainstream.
I Leap Over The Wall
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Author : Monica Baldwin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994
I Leap Over The Wall written by Monica Baldwin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Ex-nuns categories.
INTRODUCTION I am not the first member of my family to leap over a wall. Nearly four hundred years ago, my ancestor, Thomas Baldwin of Diddlebury, leaped to freedom from behind the walls of the Tower of London, where he had been imprisoned for taking part in a plot for the escape of Mary Queen of Scots. His name, with an inscription and the date July 1585 can still be seen where he carved it on the wall of his cell in the Bcauchamp Tower. Later, he added a motto to his coat-of-arms, Per Deum mcum transdio tnttrum By the help of my God I leap over the wall. It has been the family motto of the Baldwins ever since but the wall that I leapt over was a spiritual and not a material obstacle, In 1914, my cousin, William Sparrow, who disapproved of my entering the convent, wrote to me Knowing you as I do, T can safely predict that it will be with you as with another fair and foolish female, whose unwisdom caused her to languish long behind prison walls. Your End will be your Beginning. I commend these words, with those of the family motto, to your medita tions. Taken together, they may suggest a course of action in years to come. . . W In the following pages I hnve tried to describe what happened when my cousins rather ambiguous prophecy was fulfilled. It is a rash and foolhardy undertaking, in the circumstances, for 1 really know nothing about anything, except, perhaps, what goes on behind high convent walls At 1 I Jtfy o41yfe c Js l at J So many, and such different kinds o peo ple, have, lyrged me to attempt it. Som6, dJ cfem said to me, Because of your past environment, your angle is unusual It should interest people. You ought to write about it Others simply bombarded me with questions. Itis chiefly on their account that I have embarked upon this book. Some of the remarks made to me revealed such fantastically wrong ideas about nuns and convents that I began to feel something ought to be done to put the monastic ideal in a truer perspective for those who know little or nothing about it. So I have tried to write accurately and fairly about life in a strictly enclosed convent, as I myself experienced it. To do this it was necessary to describe not only the wonderful and exalted spiritual ideal which inspires that life, but also certain aspects of it which for various reasons, may perhaps leave something to be desired. I do not feel that I have done my subject justice. If, however, these pages help to straighten out even a few of the curiously crooked notions which so many people still appear to retain about convents, I shall be well satisfied. One fact I must make clear from the outset. I describe the reli gious vocation from the point of view of one who had no such voca tion. The alternative title of this book might well be Impressions of a Square Peg in a Round Hole MONICA BALDWIN Cornwall February 1948 vi I LEAP OVER THE WALL CHAPTER ONE Leaps over walls especially when taken late in life can be ex tremely perilous. To leap successfully, you need a sense of humour, the spirit of adventure and an unshakable conviction that what you are leaping over is an obstacle upon which you would otherwise fall down. My own leap was taken on October 26, 1941. On that day I left the convent, where for twenty-eight years I had Uved in the strictest possible enclosure, and came out again into the world...