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001 2006039268
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008 061127s2007 nyu 000 0aeng
010 $a 2006039268
020 $a9781594489372
020 $a1594489378
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm77333558
035 $a(OCoLC)77333558
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050 00 $aBX4705.J2617$bA3 2007
082 00 $a271/.97$aB$222
100 1 $aJackowski, Karol.
245 10 $aForever and ever, amen :$bbecoming a nun in the sixties /$cKarol Jackowski.
260 $aNew York :$bRiverhead Books,$c2007.
300 $a306 p. ;$c22 cm.
520 $aIn 1964, Karol Jackowski was just out of high school. But while her friends were heading off to college or finding their first jobs, Karol decided to enter the convent of the Sisters of the Holy Cross. Those years were a time of enormous change in the country and in the Church. They were times of joy, dedication, and a great deal of fun, set against the Second Vatican Council and the reforms it fostered, many of which remain controversial today. In this playful and candid memoir, Jackowski pulls back the curtain on the mysteries of convent life, as she recounts her rocky transition from worldly teenager to cloistered postulant; the trials she faced in coping with the restrictions of convent life; and the lessons she learned from the elderly nuns she was assigned to, who weren't nearly as pious as people thought.--From publisher description.
505 0 $aHearing the call -- Initiation into sisterhood -- Solitary confinement -- First profession of vows -- Everything changes -- Convent life unveiled -- Approaching forever.
600 10 $aJackowski, Karol.
610 20 $aSisters of the Holy Cross$vBiography.
650 0 $aNuns$zUnited States$vBiography.
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0726/2006039268-d.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0726/2006039268-b.html