Migration for Mission: International Catholic Sisters in the United States

by Mary L. Gautier, Mary Johnson, Thu T. Do, et al.

Book Overview

Patterns of migration for the purpose of religious mission are an unexamined dimension of the immigration narrative. Catholic sisters from many countries around the world come to the United States to minister and to study. Sociologists from Trinity Washington University and CARA at Georgetown University combined forces to document and understand this contemporary and historical phenomenon. Together, they located more than 4,000 "international sisters"...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190933097
• ISBN13: 9780190933098
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.4"