Title The forgotten Desert Mothers : sayings, lives, and stories of early Christian women / Laura Swan.

Publication Info.

New York : Paulist Press, 2001.

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Location	Call No.	Status
University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location	270.2082 S972F	Check Shelf

Description	218 pages ; 21 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-218).
Contents	The world of the desert mothers -- Desert spirituality -- The sayings of desert mothers -- Bright stars of the desert mothers -- Deaconesses of the early church -- Mentors of the monastic way.
Subject	Monastic and religious life of women -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600.
ISBN	0809140160 alkaline paper
	9780809140169 alkaline paper

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