@article{1479599,
      recid = {1479599},
      author = {McGuinness, Margaret M., },
      title = {Called to Serve : A History of Nuns in America /},
      pages = {1 online resource :},
      abstract = {Winner, Conference on the History of Women Religious  (CHWR) Distinguished Book AwardWinner, 2014 Catholic Book  Award in History presented by the Catholic Press  Association For manyAmericans, nuns and sisters are the  face of the Catholic Church. Far morevisible than priests,  Catholic women religious teach at schools, foundhospitals,  offer food to the poor, and minister to those in need.  Their workhas shaped the American Catholic Church  throughout its history. Yet despitetheir high profile, a  concise history of American Catholic sisters and nuns  hasyet to be published. In Called to Serve, MargaretM.  McGuinness provides the reader with an overview of the  history of Catholicwomen religious in American life, from  the colonial period to the present.The earlyyears of  religious life in the United States found women religious  in immigrantcommunities and on the frontier, teaching,  nursing, and caring for marginalizedgroups. In the second  half of the twentieth century, however, the role of  womenreligious began to change. They have fewer members  than ever, and theirpopulation is aging rapidly. And the  method of their ministry is changing aswell: rather than  merely feeding and clothing the poor, religious sisters  arenow working to address the social structures that  contribute to poverty,fighting what one nun calls "social  sin." In the face of a changing world and shifting  priorities, women religiousmust also struggle to strike a  balance between the responsibilities of theirfaith and the  limitations imposed upon them by their  church.Rigorouslyresearched and engagingly written,  Calledto Serve offers a compelling portrait of Catholic  women religiousthroughout American history.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1479599},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9780814724729.001.0001},
}