Working in the Vineyard of the Lord

Preface Acknowledgment * Preparing the Soil: The First Jesuit Confraternities and Poor Relief in Rome * Training the Vine: Reformed Prostitutes and the First Jesuits: The Casa di S. Marta and the Compagnia della Grazia * Protecting the Roots: Daughters of Prostitutes and the First Jesuits: The Compagnia delle Vergini Miserabili di S. Caterina della Rosa * Grafting New Shoots: Jewish and Muslim Converts and the First Jesuits: The Casa dei Catecumeni and the Arciconfraternita di S. Giuseppe * Working in the Vineyard: The First Jesuit Confraternities in Italy: Toward a Geographic and Chronological Survey Abbreviations Appendix 1: Papal Bulls and Other Documents Relating to Jesuit Confraternities Appendix 2: Chronology of the Metamorphoses of S. Marta Notes Sources Index

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