Precious Blood charism and active ministry: how sisters in public schools influenced religious life

Date of Award

2016

Degree Name

M.A. in Theological Studies

Department

Department of Religious Studies

Advisor/Chair

Advisor: Sandra A. Yocum

Abstract

The primary ministry of a religious community has an impact on the way that that group understands its place in the Church. In this work, the Sisters of the Precious Blood's charism will be presented from the time of the community's foundation in the 1830s up through today, noting how active ministry has brought about a community which lives an apostolic life. These sisters, who in the beginning lived in large semi-cloistered convents, soon found themselves in active ministries, one of which was teaching in the area's public schools in northwestern Ohio. The narrative of renewing religious life in the middle of the twentieth century runs parallel to the standardization of religious education during release time in public schools. Finally, there is a discussion of how both the schools and the sisters' charism lives on today through the involvement of lay people.

Keywords

Sisters of the Precious Blood (Dayton, Ohio) History, Sisters of the Precious Blood (Dayton, Ohio) Interviews, Catholic Church Ohio History, Catholic Church Ohio Maria Stein, Catholic Church Ohio New Riegel, Nuns as public school teachers Ohio, Religion in the public schools Ohio, Catholics, German Ohio, Gifts, Spiritual, Theology, Religious History, Religious Congregations, Religious Education, History, Education History, Education, women religious, precious blood, charism, public schools, ohio

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Copyright © 2016, author

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