The Path of Mercy The Life of Catherine McAuley

by Mary C. Sullivan

Book Overview

Breaking new ground in presenting the life of Catherine McAuley (1778?-1841), the Dublin woman who founded the Sisters of Mercy, Mary C. Sullivan has written the first full-length, documented narrative of McAuley in more than fifty years. This work places McAuley in her Irish context, particularly in post-penal Dublin, where the destitution, epidemics, and lack of basic education, especially of poor women and young girls, led her to a life of practical...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081321873X
• ISBN13: 9780813218731
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Catholic University of America Press
• Length: 454 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.3"