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“Women and Spirit” highlights contributions of women religious

Claire Mysliwiec, December 9th, 2011

“We offer you no salary; no recompense; no holidays; no pensions, but much hard work; a poor dwelling; few consolations; many disappointments; frequent sickness; a violent or lonely death.” So ran an advertisement for the Sisters of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Aberdeen, South Dakota, penned by Mother M. John Hughes in the late nineteenth century.  It captures the generous and courageous [...]

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