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Dedicated to God : an oral history of cloistered nuns / Abbie Reese. by Reese, Abbie. Oxford University Press, [2014] Call #: 271.97 R329d Subjects Corpus Christi Monastery (Rockford, Ill.)   Colettines.   Colettines -- Biography.   Nuns -- Religious life.   Nuns -- Biography.   Monastic and religious life of women -- Biography.   Vocation -- Christianity.   Catholic women -- Religious life.   Spiritual life -- Catholic Church.   Oral history. Series Oxford oral history series. ISBN:  9780199947935 (hbk. paper) 0199947937 (hbk. alk. paper) Description:  xvii, 247 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-241) and index. Summary:  "In Dedicated to God, Abbie Reese opens a window onto the Corpus Christi Monastery of the Poor Clare Colettine Order, a community of cloistered monastic nuns living within a 25,000-square foot enclosure near Rockford, Illinois. It is a world apart from our noisy, digital, hyper-connected world, a world of poverty, simplicity, and prayer. These women have surrendered everything-their names, shoes, even their families. They disappear from the larger world; when one dies, the order marks her grave with a simple stone indicating religious name and death date, nothing more. While they live, they pray five times a day at the Liturgy of the Hours for the victims of catastrophes and personal tragedies around the globe. The author spent six years learning their individual stories and the ancient rules they have chosen to live by. Reese makes that choice understandable, showing how each nun's values led her there, even if families were sometimes befuddled (one great-niece calls the monastery "the Jesus cage"). With an eye for complexity, Reese ranges from the challenges individuals face (she calls one "the claustrophobic nun") to the uncomprehending society that threatens this place with extinction."--From publisher. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Halifax North Memorial Public Library Adult Nonfiction 271.97 R329d Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Tantallon Public Library Adult Nonfiction 271.97 R329d Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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