The Hidden, Unconventional Missionary Spirit of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Philadelphia
Using data from qualitative interviews with Sisters of St. Joseph of Philadelphia and primary documents from the congregation's archives, this paper examines the refocusing of organizational identity for the Sisters of St. Joseph of Philadelphia in the decades after the Second Vatican Council....
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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American Catholic Historical Society
[2017]
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American catholic studies
Year: 2017, Volume: 128, Issue: 4, Pages: 29-54 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KBQ North America KCA Monasticism; religious orders KDB Roman Catholic Church NCC Social ethics |
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| Summary: | Using data from qualitative interviews with Sisters of St. Joseph of Philadelphia and primary documents from the congregation's archives, this paper examines the refocusing of organizational identity for the Sisters of St. Joseph of Philadelphia in the decades after the Second Vatican Council. I argue that despite not being a missionary community, the congregation possesses a hidden missionary spirit that sisters in the community embraced as they recommitted themselves to urban communities in Philadelphiaespecially in the midst of school closures and parish consolidation. In contextualizing the sisters' local work with needs in Philadelphia and the United States in general, I present a more complete picture of why and how the Sisters of St. Joseph of Philadelphia focused on local issues of racial and social justice in the years after Vatican II. |
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| ISSN: | 2161-8534 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: American catholic studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/acs.2017.0057 |