The New Orleans Sisters of the Holy Family
Subtitle: African American missionaries to the Garifuna of Belize
By: Edward T. Brett
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Notre Dame, Ind
Language: eng
Number of pages: 227
ISBN-13: 9780268022303
Subjects: Sisters of the Holy Family (New Orleans, La.); Catholic Church; Missionaries; Missions; History
Description: This book discusses The Sisters of the Holy Family, founded in New Orleans in 1842 and were the first African-American Catholics to serve as missionaries. The author discusses this group in terms of United States foreign mission history, African-American Catholic history, and the history of religious women.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.         ) and index.
Table of contents: title: Foundation and growth in New Orleans; title: Mother Austin Jones and the early mission; title: Trouble with the bishop; title: The 1920s to the Second Vatican Council; title: Changes in the 1950s through the early 1970s; title: Problems over language and inculturation; title: Mission experiences of three Holy Family sisters; title: Withdrawal from Belize.