Once There Was A Nun

Mary McCarran’s Years as Sister Mary Mercy

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Education, Christian Life
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Author: Ruth Montgomery ISBN: 9781789123340
Publisher: Papamoa Press Publication: January 13, 2019
Imprint: Papamoa Press Language: English
Author: Ruth Montgomery
ISBN: 9781789123340
Publisher: Papamoa Press
Publication: January 13, 2019
Imprint: Papamoa Press
Language: English

THE INSPIRING, REVEALING STORY OF ONE WOMAN’S YEARS BEHIND CONVENT WALLS AND HER RETURN TO THE WORLD OUTSIDE

In 1925 Mary McCarran joined her sister Margaret in the Convent of the Holy Names. Here is the story of the black-garbed postulant, hopeful and homesick. Here is the nun, tried and proven, exchanging vows for a gold wedding ring.

Sister Mary Mercy made her greatest sacrifice in a small convent room where, after thirty-two years, she exchanged her beloved habit for a new pink dress—and returned to the secular world.

This is Mary McCarran’s unforgettable and inspiring story of those three decades as a member of a religious community.

“An apparently faithful view of some inner workings of the Catholic Church seldom revealed dispassionately to the public at large...an altogether extraordinary story told in an extraordinary manner.”—NEW YORK JOURNAL AMERICAN

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THE INSPIRING, REVEALING STORY OF ONE WOMAN’S YEARS BEHIND CONVENT WALLS AND HER RETURN TO THE WORLD OUTSIDE

In 1925 Mary McCarran joined her sister Margaret in the Convent of the Holy Names. Here is the story of the black-garbed postulant, hopeful and homesick. Here is the nun, tried and proven, exchanging vows for a gold wedding ring.

Sister Mary Mercy made her greatest sacrifice in a small convent room where, after thirty-two years, she exchanged her beloved habit for a new pink dress—and returned to the secular world.

This is Mary McCarran’s unforgettable and inspiring story of those three decades as a member of a religious community.

“An apparently faithful view of some inner workings of the Catholic Church seldom revealed dispassionately to the public at large...an altogether extraordinary story told in an extraordinary manner.”—NEW YORK JOURNAL AMERICAN

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