Do Penance Or Perish
Title | Do Penance Or Perish PDF eBook |
Author | Frances Finnegan |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 288 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780195174601 |
Frances Finnegan traces the history of the Magdalen Asylums in Ireland, homes founded in the 19th century for the detention of prostitutes undergoing reform, but which later received unwed mothers, wayward girls and the mentally retarded, all of them put to work as forced labour in church-run laundries.
Do Penance Or Perish
Title | Do Penance Or Perish PDF eBook |
Author | Frances Finnegan |
Publisher | |
Pages | 256 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Church work with prostitutes |
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Origins of the Magdalene Laundries
Title | Origins of the Magdalene Laundries PDF eBook |
Author | Rebecca Lea McCarthy |
Publisher | McFarland |
Pages | 271 |
Release | 2010-03-08 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0786455802 |
The convents, asylums, and laundries that once comprised the Magdalene institutions are the subject of this work. Though originally half-way homes for prostitutes in the Middle Ages, these homes often became forced-labor institutions, particularly in Ireland. Examining the laundries within the context of a growing world capitalist economy, the work argues that the process of colonization, and of defining a national image, determined the nature and longevity of the Magdalene Laundries. This process developed differently in Ireland, where the last laundry closed in 1996. The book focuses on the devolution of the significance of Mary Magdalene as a metaphor for the organization: from an affluent, strong supporter of Jesus to a simple, fallen woman.
The Christian Armed Against the Seductions of the World and the Illusions of His Own Heart
Title | The Christian Armed Against the Seductions of the World and the Illusions of His Own Heart PDF eBook |
Author | C. P. Ignazio del Costato di Gesú |
Publisher | |
Pages | 332 |
Release | 1865 |
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How to Avoid Purgatory
Title | How to Avoid Purgatory PDF eBook |
Author | Father Paul O'Sullivan |
Publisher | SP Books |
Pages | 23 |
Release | 1936 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN |
The object of this little book is to show how we can avoid Purgatory by using the means God has so generously offered us, and, secondly, to show that the use of these means is within the reach of every ordinary Christian. The careful perusal of these pages will be a source of much benefit and consolation to all who read them. The author offers them to the loving Heart of Jesus and asks Him to bless them. How to Avoid Purgatory Table of Contents Foreword Chapter 1 Can We Avoid Purgatory? Chapter 2 How Can We Avoid Purgatory? Chapter 3 The First Means: Removing the Cause Chapter 4 The Second Means: Penance Chapter 5 The Third Means: Suffering Chapter 6 The Fourth Means: Confession, Communion, Holy Mass Chapter 7 The Fifth Means: Asking God Chapter 8 A Sixth Means: Resignation to Death Chapter 9 The Seventh Means: Extreme Unction (Anointing of the Sick) Chapter 10 Indulgences and Purgatory Chapter 11 The Third Orders Chapter 12 Those Who Earnestly Help the Holy Souls Chapter 13 To Avoid Purgatory, Do As Follows Chapter 14 How We Can Help the Holy Souls Appendix I The Brown Scapular
The Confession of St. Patrick
Title | The Confession of St. Patrick PDF eBook |
Author | Saint Patrick |
Publisher | CreateSpace |
Pages | 30 |
Release | 2015-08-17 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781516942206 |
In this book St. Patrick testifies to us of his conversion, trials, and tribulations in seeking, surrendering, and suffering for Christ. Even though most of us do not dare attempt to aspire to reach the heights of St. Patrick, it is important to realize that God made each and every person an individual - not to be like another - but rather to be like Christ. He made each person unique and endows each of us with different gifts and graces. This is why we study and admire other followers of Christ but we are not to try to be exactly like another. In growing in virtue - yes. But God has a very specific wills and assignments for each of us. Nevertheless it is helpful to study and reflect on the virtues of others like St. Patrick.
Paradise Lost. Book 10
Title | Paradise Lost. Book 10 PDF eBook |
Author | John Milton |
Publisher | |
Pages | 156 |
Release | 1972 |
Genre | Poetry |
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