Sister Pat recalls life as a Mercy nun and vows
The 150th anniversary mass at Immaculate Conception Church marks the Sisters of Mercy background. Sister Patricia Moylan speaks of her entry in 1956 after her family disowned her and details novitiate life, Vatican II reforms, and her work with battered women.
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Sisters of Mercy
Immaculate Conception Church
Sister of Mercy
Cedar Rapids
Patricia Moylan
Marquette University
Mercy Hospital
Order
Beaver Dam
Wis
Pat
Sister Pat
Catherine McAuley
el Salvador
Aunt Pat
Novices Julie Brown and Mary Gutzer enter Mercy life
Two young women in Cedar Rapids join the two year novitiate of the Sisters of Mercy. Julie Brown twenty six and Mary Gutzer twenty nine bring college degrees and work experience from Forest Service and audiology. They live with five sisters in Sacred Heart Convent learning budgeting and shared duties while discerning religious life.
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Pat
Sacred Heart
Mercy
Mercy Hospital
Montana
Philadelphia
Chicago
Milwaukee
Cedar Rapids
Sandra VanAmburg
Cedar Rapids Sisters of Mercy
Julie Brown
Mary Gutzwiller
The
Forest Service
Libby
Mont
University of Montana
Julie
University of Cincinnati
Area Education Agency
Waterloo
Pueblo
Colo
Congregation
Sisters of Mercy
Mercy Order
Sacred Heart Convent
Sister Mary
Cincinnati
Ohio
Prairie Drive
Study Urges Churches to Speak Up in Public Policy
In Hartford, a study based on interviews with 44 Hartford-area leaders finds religious institutions seen as credible authorities. They urge churches and synagogues to engage more actively in public policy rather than avoid it.
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Hartford, Conn
Hartford
Songs of Zion a hit in black and white congregations
Nashville AP reports Songs of Zion, a collection of songs used in black churches, has sold out its first 64 000 copies and the United Methodist Publishing House announces a second printing of 60 000 due to strong demand across white and black congregations.
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Nashville, Tenn
Zion
United Methodist Publishing House
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John McIvor
Pat Moylan
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Christian Crusaders
Malcolm Peel
First Presbyterian Church
3Rd Avenue
5Th Street
Greene
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church
Roy Ringwald
Sun
Eugene Hancock
Poor Cree
Beverley Duffy
Jackie Haveman
Steve Schroeder
Pete Hagglund
ST. Paul’s Sanctuary
Channel
St. Joseph’s
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