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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Catholic Church--Religious Orders"”.
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Financial Planning in Religious Communities of Women
The main goals of a religious community are the honor and glory of God and the sanctification of its members. These goals are to be achieved through various external works of charity, such as caring for the sick, educating of youths and adults, ministering to anyone in need. In this study, we are …
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The Influence of the Benedictines in the Development of Education
The student of education or of history, either profane or ecclesiastical, can hardly pass over the contributions that the Benedictine Order has made to civilization. Still, despite the fact that the Order holds precedence in Western Monasticism, and can boast of fourteen centuries, rich in …
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The Work of the Sinsinawa Dominicans in Secondary Education West of the Missouri River
There Is a call from Catholic educational leaders for more research study of the problems peculiar to Catholic secondary education. The solution at any educational problem involves its consideration from an historical point of view. It follows that any system of schools really desiring to make …
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Public Schools Taught by the Ursuline Sisters of Mount St. Joseph, Maple Mount, Kentucky
The Ursuline Sisters of Mount St. Joseph, Maple Mount, Kentucky, conduct seventeen public schools; thirteen of which are in Kentucky; two, in New Mexico; and two, in Missouri. It is the purpose of this thesis to furnish a brief historical account of these seventeen public schools together with …
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Saint Jerome and Monasticism
… of the one period and that of the other. The Religious Orders of the Church of the twentieth century are united to the ancient hermits and cenobites by the binding force of asceticism. Christian asceticism has as its basis the example and teaching of Christs and monasticism -- in both essence …
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De Opere Monachorum and the Influence of Saint Augustine on Monasticism
… toward the foundation of a particular religious order; nor do I attempt to show that St. Augustine is the outstanding figure and leading character in the formation and regulation of the monastic life. Many other great saints of the Church, such as St. Basil and St. Benedict, have …
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The Suppression of the Benedictine Order in France During the Revolution
It is recurrently lamented, and justly so, that there is so little Benedictine history available in the English language. Not enough is written by the sons and daughters of Saint Benedict about the sons and daughters of Saint Benedict. This dearth may be partially explained by the fact that each …
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Can Savonarola be Justified?
In the Museum of St. Mark in Venice may be seen a portrait labeled: "Frs Girolamo Savonarola." It is a profile and in it Art has achieved, if not a masterpiece, at least a bit of work that has the power to fascinate the beholder. No feature in itself is attractive; the nose is over-prominent, the …
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A Comparative Study of Religious Vocations of Women from Various Types of Schools
Since the scope of the Church’s activities for the salvation of souls has expanded beyond the man power of Its Religious men and women, the subject of vocation recruitment Is gaining more and more attention in religious and ecclesiastical circles. Writers Interested In the problem have listed many …
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The Monk As An Executive: The Monastic Influence in the Career of Gregory the Great
This study is "based on the first five books of Gregory's correspondence. Assuming that the chronology is generally correct, these five "books cover the first one-third of Gregory’s career as pope. Being 55 years old by this time, Gregory must have become quite firmly established and fixed in his …
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Cultural and religious effect of the Convent of the Sacred Heart, of St. Joseph, Missouri, on the region during its one hundred years of existence
… region. From the first days when four intrepid Religious of the Sacred Heart disembarked from the river steamer at the port of this struggling little river town of a few thousand inhabitants, until today, when St. Joseph is a thriving western city of 84,000 inhabitants, there has been a …
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The Construction of a Four-year Teacher Training- Curriculum for the Sisters of Mercy in the Province of Omaha
Since 1929, when the Sisters of Mercy of the United States decided to amalgamate, the problem of teacher training has received increasing attention by those interested in the welfare of the Institute. It is the object of this thesis to attempt the construction of a satisfactory four-year …
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Contribution of the Sisters of Loretto to Education in Colorado
Eighty-two years of steady progress in Colorado's educational field is a record of which the Sisters of Loretto are justly proud. From that memorable day in the July of 1864, when three brave women opened the first Lorettine school in Denver, to the present time which witnesses a group of about two …
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A History of the Schools of the Sisters of Humility in Iowa
The purpose of this thesis is to furnish a concise and interesting account of the schools established and conducted by the Sisters of Humility in Iowa, where this community has labored for over fifty years. An earnest effort has been made to be as accurate as possible in tracing the history of …
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A History of the Schools Conducted by the Sisters of Loretto New Mexico
The purpose of this study is to assemble and preserve historical information concerning the establishment and development of the schools conducted by the Sisters of Loretto in New Mexico. This history covers a period of nearly one hundred years, during which time there has been a gradual …
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The Development and Curricular Organization of Nebraska Schools Conducted by the Benedictine Sisters of Mount St. Scholastica, Atchison, Kansas
… continue to function in the great work of the Church on earth till time is no more. In the oration for the feast of Saint Benedict, July 11, the definition of that spirit is given as the Church prays: "O God, who hast deigned to fill thy most blessed Confessor Benedict with the spirit of all …