Eyewitness accounts of true heroism by the Sisters of Mercy during the Civil War.
About the Book:
Angles of Mercy, An Eyewitness Account of Civil War and Yellow Fever was written by Sister Mary Paulinus Oakes as a true labor of love. It provides factual documentation and eyewitness accounts about the Sisters of Mercy during the Civil War. "Of all the forms of charity and benevolence seen in the crowded wards of hospitals, those of the Catholic sisters were among the most efficient ... they were veritable angels of mercy."
About the Author:
Sister Mary Paulinus Oakes, R.S.M. originally from Vicksburg, Mississippi, confesses she is a history buff with special interest in the Civil War and Southern history. She has a B.A. from Webster University, St. Louis and a M.A. from Xavier University in Chicago and Loyola in New Orleans. She has served as elementary school principal, a high school administrator and taught in Mercy schools in Mississippi and Oklahoma. For twenty years, she has been on the adjunct faculty of Hinds Community College in Hinds and Warren counties teaching American literature. During the last decade, she has been instrumental in setting up a homeless shelter for women and children in New Orleans and Jackson. She presently serves as certified chaplain in the chemical dependency and behavioral health units of St. Dominic Hospital in Jackson, Mississippi.
Reviews:
"Angels of Mercy is a powerful testament to the special gift that religious women are to our church, our society and our history. The Mercy Sisters whose life is chronicled in this book, offer compelling reading about heroic women, providing Christian service, under hostile and life threatening circumstances. In this eyewitness historical account of the Civil War and the outbreak of yellow fever, readers will get to meet heroes and saints who not only served the needs of many in their time but provide inspiration and encouragement for the ages to come."
Daniel Medinger
Associate Publisher - The Catholic Review
Baltimore, Maryland
"What a deeply insightful and distinctively sophisticated first-hand account of the Sisters of Mercy nursing ministry in wars and epidemics. Superbly edited and annotated by Sister Mary Paulinus R.S.M., this memoir dearly represents the practical zeal that is at the core of the original charism of Mother Catherine McAuley, founder of the Sisters of Mercy."
Christopher Kauffman
Professor of Church History - Catholic University of America
Editor - U.S. Catholic Historian
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