The service of the poor; an inquiry into the reasons for and against the establishment of religious sisterhoods for charitable purposes |
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... duties of society at large , and of charitable single women , with regard to the service of the poor ; to suggest some arrange- ments by which the necessary work may be effectually done , without having recourse to sisterhoods ; and to ...
... duties of society at large , and of charitable single women , with regard to the service of the poor ; to suggest some arrange- ments by which the necessary work may be effectually done , without having recourse to sisterhoods ; and to ...
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... duties , and show their quiet spirit by a veil and simple dress , reserving to them- selves , however , the liberty to marry , and return to their former manner of life , if circumstances induce them to do so . " In the earliest society ...
... duties , and show their quiet spirit by a veil and simple dress , reserving to them- selves , however , the liberty to marry , and return to their former manner of life , if circumstances induce them to do so . " In the earliest society ...
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... duty in the state of liberty which they enjoyed , " the age of admission was after- wards in some places fixed at forty . " Those who were elected to the order of sisters promised to the mistress of the sister- hood , by giving the ...
... duty in the state of liberty which they enjoyed , " the age of admission was after- wards in some places fixed at forty . " Those who were elected to the order of sisters promised to the mistress of the sister- hood , by giving the ...
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... duties of the parish priest a small sum of money for re- muneration , and thus to enrol their names as it were among the sheep of his flock . Their chaplain had to pay to the parish priest half those presents made at the funerals of the ...
... duties of the parish priest a small sum of money for re- muneration , and thus to enrol their names as it were among the sheep of his flock . Their chaplain had to pay to the parish priest half those presents made at the funerals of the ...
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... duty of curator and tutor at once was administered by the person to whom the Bishop had devolved his power over the Beguine , who indeed was generally either the prefect of some monastery , or the dean of some sacred college , or the ...
... duty of curator and tutor at once was administered by the person to whom the Bishop had devolved his power over the Beguine , who indeed was generally either the prefect of some monastery , or the dean of some sacred college , or the ...
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