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University Press of America Power of Sisterhood Women Religious Tell the Story of the Apostolic Visitation 2014 Edition by Margaret Cain Mccarthy, Mary Ann Zollmann
In 2008, the Vatican Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life initiated an Apostolic Visitation to examine the quality of life of women religious in the United States. Power of Sisterhood: Women Religious Tell the Story of the Apostolic Visitation serves as an historical record of the event and describes the experience of the women who participated in it. This book, initiated by a group of women in leadership in their communities during this unprecedented time, grew out of a survey that gleaned the essence of the experience from as many congregations of women religious as possible. After framing the Visitation as a story, situating it in an historical and theological context, tracing its chronology, and detailing the experience as revealed in the survey, the book delves into the deeper meaning of the Visitation for women religious as they experienced it and as they move into the future. Table of contents :- PrologueFraming the Apostolic Visitation as a StoryMary Ann ZollmannChapter 1 What Is an Apostolic Visitation?Mary Ann ZollmannChapter 2 Situating the Apostolic Visitation in Historical and Theological ContextPatricia F. WalterChapter 3Tracing the Apostolic Visitation through a Chronology of Primary SourcesJean Wincek and Nancy ReynoldsChapter 4Experiencing the Apostolic Visitation: Part One of the Apostolic Visitation SurveyMargaret Cain McCarthyChapter 5Experiencing the Apostolic Visitation: Part Two of the Apostolic Visitation SurveyMargaret Cain McCarthyChapter 6Living It Twice: Sources of Support and InspirationMarcia AllenChapter 7Theological Reflection on the Apostolic Visitation: "Were not our hearts burning within us?"Addie Lorraine WalkerChapter 8Balanced on Thin Ice: The Most Important Part of the Story Donna Day and Cathy MuellerChapter 9The Experience of the Apostolic Visitation: Remembered, Revisioned, Reclaimed, ReleasedMary Ann Zollmann EpilogueThe Power of SilenceMary Ann ZollmannBibliographyList of Contributors