Mary Beth Fraser Connolly: 2 books

Book cover of Women of Faith

Women of Faith

The Chicago Sisters of Mercy and the Evolution of a Religious Community

by Mary Beth Fraser Connolly
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2014

When the Sisters of Mercy lost their foundress Sister Catherine McAuley in 1841, stories of Mother Catherine passed from one generation of sisters to the next. McAuley’s Rule and Constitutions along with her spiritual writings and correspondence communicated the Mercys’ founding charism. Each...
Book cover of Empowering the People of God

Empowering the People of God

Catholic Action before and after Vatican II

by Christopher D. Denny, Mary Beth Fraser Connolly
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013

The early 1960s were a heady time for Catholic laypeople. Pope Pius XII’s assurance “You do not belong to the Church. You are the Church” emboldened the laity to challenge Church authority in ways previously considered unthinkable. Empowering the People of God offers a fresh look at the Catholic...
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