Reese Abbie (53 results)

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Owner info to inside front cover, otherwise text clean and tight; Oxford Oral History Series; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 272 pages.

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paperback. Condition: Good. Reprint. Ships in a BOX from Central Missouri! May not include working access code. Will not include dust jacket. Has used sticker(s) and some writing or highlighting. UPS shipping for most packages, (Priority Mail for AK/HI/APO/PO Boxes).

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. As a subculture, cloistered monastic nuns live hidden from public view by choice. Once a woman joins the cloister and makes final vows, she is almost never seen and her voice is not heard; her story is essentially nonexistent in the historical record and collective, public history.From interviews conducted over six years, Abbie Reese tells the stories of the Poor Clare Colettine Order, a cloistered contemplative order at the Corpus ChristiMonastery in Rockford, Illinois. Seldom leaving their 25,000-square-foot gated enclosure, members of this community embrace an extreme version of poverty and anonymity-a separation that enables them towithdraw from the world to devote their lives to prayer. This removal, they contend, allows them to have a greater impact on humanity than if they maintained direct contact with loved ones and strangers.Dedicated to God explores individual and cultural identity through oral history interviews with several generations of nuns, focusing on the origins and life stories of the women who have chosen to become members of one of the strictest religious orders. But thenarrative is also one of a collective memory and struggle against extinction and modernity, a determination to create community within the framework of ancient rules.The author's stunningphotographs of their dual worlds, religious and quotidian, add texture to the narrative. This artistic and ethnographic work highlights the countercultural values and dedication of individuals who, at incredible personal cost, live for love of God and humanity, out of faith in what cannot be seen, and with the belief that they will be rewarded in the afterlife. For almost six years, Abbie Reese worked intimately with members of a community of cloistered monastic nuns in Rockford, Illinois. Dedicated to God tells their stories, based on a series of oral history interviews of the Poor Clare Colettine Order. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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4th edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; xvii, 247 pages: illustrations; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; Introduction -- Called / Sister Mary Monica -- Community life -- Called / Sister Maria Deo Gratias -- The claustrophobic nun -- Called / Sister Mary Michael -- Monastic living in a throwaway culture -- Called / Sister Mary Joseph -- Little house, big heart -- Called / Sister Mary Clara -- Mothers of souls -- Called / Sister Joan Marie -- The suffering servants -- Idealism and reality -- Called / Sister Ann Marie -- Erased from the landscape -- Called / Sister Mary Veronica. Summary; As a subculture, cloistered monastic nuns live hidden from public view by choice. Once a woman joins the cloister and makes final vows, she is almost never seen and her voice is not heard; her story is essentially nonexistent in the historical record and collective, public history. From interviews conducted over six years, Reese tells the stories of the Poor Clare Colettine Order, a cloistered contemplative order at the Corpus Christi Monastery in Rockford, Illinois. In the second decade of the twenty-first century, Catholicism appears under siege. Reporters fixate on drama-accusations, investigations, the selection of a new pope. They ignore the inner story, the very reason why the church has survived from the Roman Empire's persecution through Renaissance splendor to the present day. This is the story of a search for truth, peace, and salvation, a story of selfless dedication that continues behind monastic walls even in our time. 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. Subjects; Corpus Christi Monastery (Rockford, Ill.). Monastic and religious life of women - Illinois - Rockford. Colettines. Oral history - Illinois - Rockford. Oral biography. Nuns - Illinois - Rockford.Christian communities & monasticism; Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church; Oral history; American history. Illinois. RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic. RELIGION / Christian Church / History. RELIGION / Monasticism. RELIGION / Christian Rituals & Practice / General. HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI). 1 Kg.

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4th edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; xvii, 247 pages: illustrations; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; Introduction -- Called / Sister Mary Monica -- Community life -- Called / Sister Maria Deo Gratias -- The claustrophobic nun -- Called / Sister Mary Michael -- Monastic living in a throwaway culture -- Called / Sister Mary Joseph -- Little house, big heart -- Called / Sister Mary Clara -- Mothers of souls -- Called / Sister Joan Marie -- The suffering servants -- Idealism and reality -- Called / Sister Ann Marie -- Erased from the landscape -- Called / Sister Mary Veronica. Summary; As a subculture, cloistered monastic nuns live hidden from public view by choice. Once a woman joins the cloister and makes final vows, she is almost never seen and her voice is not heard; her story is essentially nonexistent in the historical record and collective, public history. From interviews conducted over six years, Reese tells the stories of the Poor Clare Colettine Order, a cloistered contemplative order at the Corpus Christi Monastery in Rockford, Illinois. In the second decade of the twenty-first century, Catholicism appears under siege. Reporters fixate on drama-accusations, investigations, the selection of a new pope. They ignore the inner story, the very reason why the church has survived from the Roman Empire's persecution through Renaissance splendor to the present day. This is the story of a search for truth, peace, and salvation, a story of selfless dedication that continues behind monastic walls even in our time. 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. Subjects; Corpus Christi Monastery (Rockford, Ill.). Monastic and religious life of women - Illinois - Rockford. Colettines. Oral history - Illinois - Rockford. Oral biography. Nuns - Illinois - Rockford.Christian communities & monasticism; Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church; Oral history; American history. Illinois. RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic. RELIGION / Christian Church / History. RELIGION / Monasticism. RELIGION / Christian Rituals & Practice / General. HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI). 1 Kg.

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Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. A bright, presentable copy in curling covers. Spine not creased. 230 x 155 mm. xx, 256 pp. A study of the Poor Clare Colettine Order at the Corpus Christi Monastery in Rockford, Illinois. Includes an introduction, appendix on interviewees, endnotes, further reading list and index. Reprint. First published 2014. Book.

Condition: New. pp. 272.