Unconventional Sisterhood

Feminist Catholic Nuns in the Philippines

Dados Bibliográficos

ID5844896
AutoresHeather Claussen (autor correspondente), Heather Lynn Claussen (autor correspondente)
Ano2001
Páginas264
Data de publicação2001-01-01
Open AccessSim
TipoBOOK
PeriódicoUnconventional Sisterhood: Feminist Catholic Nuns in the Philippines (Southeast Asia: Politics, Meaning, and Memory) (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditoraUniversity of Michigan Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.3998/mpub.17260
OpenAlexW4232434298
Open LibraryOL7634064M
ISBN9780472112210
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas6
Referências citadas11

Priory House This is a Search For: *The meaning of my Life *My options and Life Choices *The meaning of VocationThe poster was prominent in canary yellow, taped to the front of an otherwise austere priory parlor desk.Here, colored footprints marked the ‹ctive passage of an imaginary pilgrim before a series of hand-lettered signs pointing different directions."Stop," said one, "This way," said another, and, beneath them all, a slightly crooked but emphatic caption read, "At each point in our lives we ‹nd ourselves . . .at the crossroads."Similar posters are regularly displayed in the neighboring halls of St. Scholastica's College (SSC), too.Moreover, the nuns advertise the sessions at holy Mass and send written invitations-sometimes as many as thirty per month-to self-identi‹ed prospectives.Not that attendance is always very high.Often, potential candidates call to say they can't make it due to prior engagements; often, only two to ‹ve women actually show up.But at least those who do show up tend to be serious about the ensuing discussions and activities.And those with a genuine interest in the vocation-maybe ‹fty of the hundreds of women annually identi‹ed as possible applicants-usually make even 6

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