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Aherne, Sister  Maria Consuelo SSJ, Joyous Service: The History of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Springfield (Holyoke, MA: Sisters of St Joseph, 1982)

Aherne, Sister  Maria Consuelo SSJ, The History of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Springfield  (Chicopee, MA: Pond-Ekberg, 1983)

Almog, Lili, Perfect Intimacy (New York: PowerHouse Books, 2006)

Ambrose, Sister Mary,  Ambie, I'm Lovable! I'm Capable! (and a Sister of the Holy Cross) (Saint Mary’s: 1997)

Ames, Sister Aloysia, With You I Shall Always Be: Memoirs of Sisters of St. Joseph in Idaho and Eastern Washington (Clarkston: Clarkston Herald Print. Co, 1980)

Anderson, M. Christine, 'Catholic nuns and the invention of social work: the sisters of the Santa Maria Institute of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1897 through the 1920s', Journal of Women's History 12 (2000) 1, 60-88

Andre, Sister Lorayne OSB, Handing on a Heritage: The Sisters of Saint Benedict Saint Bede Priory, Eau Claire Wisconsin 1892-1992 (Eau Claire:  St. Bede Priory, 1992)

Anthony, Geraldine, A Vision of Service: Celebrating the Federation of Sisters and Daughters of Charity (Lanham: Sheed & Ward, 1997)

Arellano, Maria Guadalupe, Out of the Abyss: The Life and Spirit of Mother Maria Auxilia de la Cruz O.S.S.E  (Oblate Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, 1988)

Aucoin, Jane, Sisters of St. Joseph of Bourg/Medaille: History 1650-2000 (Cincinnati, OH: CSJs of Medaille, 2000)

Bailey, Barbara, Like a River: Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary: 150 Years (Strasburg: Editions du Signe, 1999)

Ballini, Sister Maria Rosa, DSP, The Daughters of St. Paul in Kenya 1976-2006  (Nairobi: Paulines Publications Africa, 2007)

Ballini, Sister Maria Rosa, DSP, The Daughters of St. Paul in Tanzania  (Nairobi: Paulines Publications Africa, 2004)

Barbour, Sister Richard Marie, Light in Yucca Land, 1852-1952  (Louisville: General Printing Company, 1982)

Barrett, Deborah, Guide to Religious Communities for Women  (Chicago: National Sisters Vocation Conference, 1983)

Barrion, Candidad, The Missionary Benedictine Sisters in the Philippines, 1906-1981 (Duluth: St Scholastica’s Priory, 1982)

Barry, Garrett Francis, Violation of Cloister: An Historical Synopsis and Commentary (Washington DC: The Catholic University of American Press, 1942)

Becker, Penny Edgell, '"Rational Amusement and Sound Instruction": Constructing the True Catholic Woman in the Ave Maria, 1865-1889', Religion and American Culture, 8 (1998), pp. 55-90

Belanger, Dina, Autobiography of Dina Belanger (Mother Marie Sainte-Cecile de Rome) Religious of Jesus & Mary (Canada: Religious of Jesus and Mary, 1984)

Benbenek, Casimira, 75 Years: Sisters, Servants of Mary, Ladysmith, Wisconsin, Superior Diocesan Community 1919-1994  (S.L.: The Sisters, 1995)

Berg, Sister Mary Majella, RSHM, College to University: A Memoir: Marymount University, Nineteen Forty Eight to Nineteen Ninety Nine (Arlington: Marymount University, 1999)

Best, Mary ESeventy Septembers: Spirit of Missionary Sisters  (Waukeegan: Holy Spirit Missionary Sisters, 1988)

Biter, Sister Miriam Rita, RSM,  A Brief History of the Loretto [Pennsylvania] Foundation of the Sisters of Mercy, 1848-1998 (Loretto: Sisters of Mercy, 1998)

Blasko, Stefan, Miriam Teresa Faithful In A Little: Demjanovich Roots (Toronto: Maria Magazine, 1984)

Blessed Sacrament, Sisters of, Centurybook Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament (Bensalem, PA: Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, 1990)

Boehmer, Sister Mary Clare, ASC,  Echoes in our hearts (Red Bud, IL: Adorers of the Blood of Christ, 1994)

Bogel, Sister Mary Edwina, FSSJ, In all Things Charity  A Biography of Mother M. Colette Hilbert, Franciscan Sisters of St. Joseph (Hamburg: Immaculate Conception Convent, 1983)

Boklage, Sister Mary George, RSM, Out of the Cornfields: A 25 Year History of Clermont Mercy Hospital (Batavia: 1997)

Bollech, Norene, The Villa St. Joseph Story: Pre-Villa Days to Life at Villa St. Joseph Today (La Crosse: Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration, 1995)

Boo, Sister Mary Richard,  House of Stone: The Duluth Benedictines  (Duluth: St. Scholastica Priory, 1991)

Bord, Mother Marie, Three Centuries of Life: Sisters of St Paul of Chartres (s.l.: Sisters of St Paul de Chartres, 1992)  

Bosco, Antoinette, Mother Benedict: Foundress of the Abbey of Regina Laudis (Fort Collins: Ignatius Press, 2007)

Bourke, Sister Mary Carmel, RSM, A Woman Sings of Mercy (Marrickville: Southwood Press, 1991)

Bowman, Thea, Sister Thea Bowman, Shooting Star: Selected Writings and Speeches (Winona: Saint Mary's Press, 1993)

Boyle-Durgin, Mary Louise, Odyssey of Love  (Dixfield: Marylee Publishers, 1994)

Brad, Geagley, A Compassionate Presence: The Story of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange (Orange: Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange. 1996)

Brainard, Cecilia Manguerra, Behind the Walls: Life of Convent Girls (Manila: Anvil, 2005)

Brau, Sister Mary Annrene, RSM, Mercy in the Heartland: A 100-Year Story of the Sisters of Mercy in Kansas (St. Louis: Sisters of Mercy in Kansas, 1986)

Breault, Claire and Fitzgerald, Kathleen, Whatever Happened to the Good Sisters: A Collection of Real Life Stories (Lake Forest, ILL: Whales' Tale Press, 1992)

Breffney, Brian, Unless the Seed Die: The Life of Elizabeth Hayes (Mother M. Ignatius O.S.F.), Foundress of the Missionary Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception (n/a: 1981)

Brekus, Catherine A., The Religious History of American Women: Reimagining the Past (Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 2007).

Brennan, Carleen, Balloons and Band-Aids (Mankato: School Sisters of Notre Dame, 1985)

Brennan, Margaret R, What Was There For Me Once: A Memoir (Toronto: Novalis, 2009)

Brennan, Margaret, The Good Rain: Sisters of St Joseph of Rochester in Brazil, 1964-2004 (Rochester: Sisters of St Joseph of Rochester, 2004)

Brewer, Eileen Mary, Nuns and the Education of American Catholic Women, 1860-1920 (Chicago: Loyola University Press, 1987)

Briggs, Kenneth, Double Crossed: Uncovering the Catholic Church's Betrayal of American Nuns (New York: Doubleday, 2006)

Brophy, Annette and Mara Faulkner, Born of Common Hungers (Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 1997)

Brosnan, Joan, Monica Maginnis, A Life: A Biography of Sister Monica Maginnis, Ursuline of Brown County, St. Martin, Ohio (Cincinnati: Kahny Publishing, 1995)

Brumm, Geoffrey, Sent by the Word: 100 Years of Service by Divine Word Missionaries, 1896-1996, and Sister Servants of the Holy Spirit (1899-1999) on Mainland New Guinea (Papua New Guinea: Divine Word Missionaries, Holy Spirit Sisters, 1995)

Budnowski, Else, She Obeyed an Inner Voice: Life of Maria-Teresa Tauscher van den Bosch, Foundress of the Carmelite Sisters of the Divine Heart of Jesus (Boston: Daughters of St. Paul, 1981)

Buerge, David and Murray, Cecilia, OP,Evergreen Land: A History of the Dominican Sisters of Edmonds, Washington (Edmonds: Active Press, 1997)

Burns, Helen Marie, RSM., “Founding Women: A CompositePortrait”  MAST Journal 5.1 (Fall 1994): 1-7

Burns, Sister Mary Elizabeth RSM, Beyond Measure: A Legacy of Mercy (Gold leaf Press, 2009)

Buschgerd, Sister Annette, For a Great Price: The story of the Missionary Sisters of the Precious Blood (Reimlingen: Mariannhill Mission Press, 1990)

Butkovich, Sister Mary Virginia, OSF, Sisters of St. Francis of the Immaculate Conception: 100 Years (West Peoria: The Congregation, 1991)

Butler, Mary Josetta, RSM, and Claudette Dwyer, That Our Work in the Church May Grow (Chicago: Sisters of Mercy, 1980)

Cahalane, Eileen, History of the Immaculate Conception Province(Newton:Missionary Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception, 1994)

Callahan, Sister Irene, RSM, Catherine's Sisters (A Memoir 1935-2005) (Baltimore: Sisters of Mercy, 2006)

Campbell, Stephanie, A Love That Impels: A History of the Benedictine Sisters of Ridgely, Maryland (Erie: Benet Press, 1986)

Campbell, Stephanie, Vision of Change, Voices of Challenge: The History of Renewal in the Benedictine Sisters of Erie 1958-1990 (Philadephia: Xlibris Corporation, 2001)

Cantwell, Margaret, North to Share: The Sisters of Saint Ann in Alaska and the Yukon Territory(Victoria: Sisters of St. Ann, 1992)

Carey, Ann,  Sisters in Crisis: The Tragic Unraveling of Women's Religious Communities (Huntington: Our Sunday Visitor, 1997)

Carfagna, Rosemarie, Educating Women at Ursuline College: Curriculum, Collaboration, and Growth (Lewiston: Edwin Mellen Press, 1998)

Carfagna, Sister  Rosemarie,OSU, Portraits of Angela: The Spirit of Angela Merici in the Lives of Ursuline Sisters (Cleveland: Ursuline Sisters, 2005)

Carini, Sister Josephine, FMA, The “YES” Lives On! 100 Years Salesian Sisters of St John Bosco 1908-2008 (Roma: The Daughters, 2008)

Carmelites, Celebrating 200 Years: Carmel Reaches American Shores (Terre Haute: The Carmel of Terre Haute, 1990)

Carney, Sheila, RSM. “The Sisters of Mercy in Pittsburgh: 150th Anniversary Celebration.” MAST Journal 6.3 (Summer 1996): 46-48.

Caron, Ann Marie, RSM., “Catherine Seton of New York: ‘Love the Poor . . . Love the Works of Mercy’”, MAST Journal 5.3 (Summer 1995), 4-7

Carpenter, Sister Phyllis, SAC, Upon the Shoulders of Giants: A History of the Missionary Sisters of the Catholic Apostolate, Queen of Apostles Province (Huntington: Pallotine Sisters, 1998)

Caspary, Anita Marie, Witness to Integrity: The Crisis of the Immaculate Heart Community of California (Princeton: Liturgical Press 2003)

Castelazo, Mona, Under the Skyflower Tree: Reflections of a Nun-Entity (iUniverse, Inc., 2005)

Catholic Church Diocese of Dodge City, Kansas, Hearts Ablaze: Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Dominican Sisters of Great Bend (Dodge City: Diocese of Dodge City, 2002)

Chatfield, Joan,First Choice: Mission: The Maryknoll Sisters, 1912-1975  (Ann Arbor: University of California, Berkeley, 1987)

Chi, Madeleine, Shanghai Sacred Heart: Risk in Faith: 1926-1952 (St Louis: The Author, 2001)

Chowning, Margaret, Rebellious Nuns: The Troubled History of a Mexican Convent, 1752-1863 (2006)

Christensen, Fern B, Students of Sacred Heart Convent of Natchitoches, Louisiana 1847-1876 (Natchitoches: Raephern Press, 2006)

Chu, Cindy Yik-yi, The Diaries of the Maryknoll Sisters in Hong Kong, 1921-1966 (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007)

Chu, Cindy Yik-yi, The Maryknoll Sisters in Hong Kong, 1921-1969  (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004)

Clark, Emily, Voices from an Early American Convent: Marie Madeleine Hachard and the New Orleans Ursulines, 1727-1760 (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2007)

Clark, Peter W,  Greatest Gift of All: Henriette Delille  (New Orleans: Heritage of America Foundation Press, 1992)

Clauss, Sister Mary Benedicta, OSB, God Calls the Walsh Family (Utia: McDowell Publications, 2006)

Clifford, Elizabeth Ann,The Story of Victory Noll (Huntington: Our Lady of Victory Missionary Sisters, 1981)

Clough, Sister Joy RSM, First in Chicago: A History of Saint Xavier University (Chicago: Saint Xavier University, 1997)

Colbert, Helenita, To Love Me in Truth (Los Angeles: Carmelite Sisters of the Most Sacred Heart, 1987)

Colby, Betsy Tieso, A Century of Service: Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, 1888 to 1988 (Nazareth: Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, 1988)

Collins, Mary Ann, Another Side of Catholicism: Insights from a Former Catholic Nun (Bloomington: iUniverse, 2004)

Compton, Donna, Sisters of Our Lady of Sorrows in Louisiana  (Shreveport: Graphic Industries, 2005)

Condon, Sister Mary Brigid, RSM,  From Obscurity to Distinction: The Story of Mercy Hospital, Iowa City, 1873-1993 (Iowa City: Mercy Hospital, 1993)

Condon, Sister Mary Brigid, RSM,  From Simplicity to Elegance: The Story of Mercy Hospital, Davenport [Iowa], 1869-1994 (Davenport: Genesis Health System, 1997)

Condon, Sister Mary Brigid, RSM,  Dream of a Safe Place: The Story of the Des Moines [Clark Street] House of Mercy (Des Moines: Mary Brigid Condon, 2001)

Condon, Sister Mary Brigid, RSM,  For the Love of Humanity: A History of the Sisters of Mercy of Aurora, Illinois, 1910-1995  (Aurora, Illinois: The History Project, 1995)

Connell, Kathleen, A Journey in Faith and Time: History of the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary (Tarrytown: Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary, 1993)

Connelly, Sister Mary Henrietta, RSM, Mother M. Patricia Joseph Waldron: Founder and Superior of the Philadelphia Sisters of Mercy, 1861-1916 (Devon, Pa.: Cooke Publishing Co., 1986)

Consolata Missionary Sisters, Consolata Missionary Sisters: Celebrating Life & Ministry in the USA, 1954-2004 (Belmont: Rogue River Books, 2004)

Corcoran, Theresa, Mount Saint Vincent University A Vision Unfolding, 1873-1988 (Lanham: University Press of America, 1999)

Corrigan, Monica, Trek of the Seven Sisters: Diary of Sister Monica Corrigan (Tucson: Carondelet Health Network, 1997)

Costin, M. Georgia, Priceless Spirit: A History of the Sisters of the Holy Cross, 1841-1893 (South Bend: University of Notre Dame Press, 1994)

Courtney, Anne,Pioneer Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul of New York (New York: Sisters of Charity Archives, 1998)

Crawford, Kerry A, In This Time of Grace: Memories, Hopes, and Dreams of the Benedictine Sisters of Pittsburgh on Their 125th Anniversary (Pittsburgh: Benedictine Sisters of Pittsburgh, 1997)

Croteau, Carol Clark,  Heart Touching Heart  (Baltimore: Mission Helpers of the Sacred Heart, 1990)

Crow, Anna B, Behind The Wall  The Sisters of the Visitation Mobile, Alabama: Their Community, Academy and Retreat House 1833 – 2002  (Mobile: Visitation Monastery, 2002)

Cudzewicz, Eunice, Medical Missionary Sisters For The Third Millennium (Philadelphia: Medical Mission Sisters, 1996)

Cullen, Mary Ellen, By the Flame of the Lantern: A History of the Sisters of St. Martha of Prince Edward Island, 1916-2000 (Charlottetown: Sisters of St. Martha,  2005)

Cunningham, Miriam Ann, The Sisters of the Holy Cross in Utah (Salt Lake City: 1983)

Curran, Patricia, Grace Before Meals: Food Ritual and Body Discipline in Convent Culture (Urbana: University of Chicago Press, 1989)

Curry, Lois, Women after His Own Heart: The Sisters of Saint Dominic of the American Congregation of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Caldwell, New Jersey, 1881-1981  (New York: New City Press, 1981)

Cusato, Michael, F, Vita Evangelica: Essays In Honour of Margaret Carney (St. Bonaventure:  Franciscan Institute, 2006)

Czek J, Jef, Fire on the Nunnery Grounds: The 1834 Burning of the Ursuline Convent (Somerville: Somerville Comics, 2000)

Dahm, Jordan,  A Common Heart: The Dubuque Franciscans' Faith Journey 1975 - 2000  (Dubuque: Sisters of St. Francis of Dubuque, 2000)

Daigler, Sister Mary Jeremy, RSM, Through the Windows: A History of the Work of Higher Education Among the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas  (Scranton: University of Scranton Press, 2000)

Daly, Emily Joseph,  History of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, Albany Province, 1965-1985  (Albany: Sisters of St. Joseph, 1986)

Danz, Dianne, Fortresses of Faith ~ The Story of Sacred Heart Academy , Lancaster, PA (Victoria: Trafford Publishing, 2007)

Darcy, Catherine C, The Institute of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas (Lanham: University Press of America, 1993)

Dash, Alan, Carmel in Philadelphia: The First Hundred Years (Philadelphia: Carmelite Monastery, 2002)

Daughters of Charity, Steel Frames: Eyewitness Accounts of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire (San Francisco: Daughters of Charity, 2005)

Daughters of Mary, Help of Christians, Rooted in the Covenant: Plan of Formation of the Daughters of Mary, Help of Christians (Rome: The Daughters, 2000)

Daughters of St. Paul, The Daughters of St. Paul: 50 Years of Service in the U.S.A., 1932-1982  (Boston: The Daughters of St. Paul, 1982)

Daughters of St. Paul,  "Yes is forever!": Mother Thecla Merlo, the First Daughter of St. Paul  (Boston: St. Paul Editions, 1981)

Davies, Linda, Sisters of Our Lady of Sion Centenary 1980-1990 (Won Wron: 1990)

Dawes, Sister Dorothy, OPReligious Pioneers: Building the Faith in the Archdiocese of New Orleans (New Orleans: Archdiocese of New Orleans, 2004)

Day, Agnita Claire, A Woman For All Times: The Life of Mother Odilia (Katharina Berger) Foundress of the Sisters of St. Mary of the Third Order of St. Francis (Sisters of St. Mary, 1980)

de Lourdes, Sister Bernadette, O.Carm, Woman of Faith: Foundress Mother M. Angeline Teresa, O. Carm, Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm (Germantown: St. Teresa's Motherhouse, 1984)

Deggs, Mary Bernard, No Cross, No Crown Black Nuns in Nineteenth-Century New Orleans (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2002)

Denham, Sister Ann, Cloister of the Heart: Association of Contemplative Sisters (Bloomington: EXLibris, 2009)

Deza, Flordeliza C, Bread For The World: 100 Years of Life and Mission, 1904-2004 Sisters of St Paul of Chartres Philippine Province  (Manila: Sisters of St Paul of Chartres, 2004)

Dinan, Susan E., Women and Poor Relief in Seventeenth-Century France: The Early History of the Daughters of Charity (2006)

Discalced Carmelite Nuns of Chiung Lin, It Is Good To Be Here: The Story of Our Foundation (Chiung Lin, Hsinchu: Discalced Nuns of Chiung Lin, 2004)

Discalced Carmelite Nuns, Carmel in the United States 1790 – 1990  (Eugene, Oregon: Queens Press, 1990)

Domarecki, Sister Mary Amelia, CSSF, Felician Sisters of Lodi, New Jersy: Immaculate Conception Province 1913-1976 (Newark: Felician Sisters, CSSF, 2004)

Dominican Sisters of Saint Cecilia Congregation, Dominican Sisters of Saint Cecilia Congregation (Nashville: St. Cecilia Motherhouse, 2000)

Dominican Sisters, Adrian Dominican Sisters: History and Mission (Adrian: Dominican Sisters, 1989)

Dowling, Sister Dolores, OSB,   In Your Midst: The Story of the Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration (Clyde: Congregation of The Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration, 1988)

Downey, Sister Mary Charlotte, RSM, Mercy Responds to Vatican II (Newport, R.I.: Salve Regina University, 1995)

Doyle, Mary Ellen, Pioneer Spirit: Catherine Spalding, Sister of Charity of Nazareth (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2006)

Doyle, Sister Katherine, RSM, Compassionate Pioneer, The Story of Mary Baptist Russell, A Sister of Mercy  (California: Sisters of Mercy, 2004)

Doyle, Sister Mary Katherine ,RSM,  Like a Tree by Running Water: The Story of Mary Baptist Russell, California's First Sister of Mercy (Nevada City, CA: Blue Dolphin Publishing, 2004)

Doyle, Sister Mary Katherine, RSM, “Mary Baptist Russell of California.” MAST Journal 5.1, (Fall 1994): 40-46.

Duncan, Maisie, A Cloistered War: Behind the Convent Walls During the Japanese Occupation (Singapore: Times Editions, 2004)

Duquette, Sister Marion, RSM, The Face of Mercy: The Sisters of Mercy of Vermont, 1872-1991 (Burlington, Vermont: Sisters of Mercy, 1992)

Durkin, Sister Mary Cabrini, OSU, Mother Marianne of Molokai: Valiant Woman of Hawaii  (Strasbourg: Editions Du Signe, 1999)

Dwyer, Claudette,  The Quality of Mercy: In Honor of Sister Mary Josetta Butler, RSM, 1904-1995 (Chicago: Sisters of Mercy, 1996)

Earley, Sister Mary Elizabeth, SC, The Sisters of Charity of New York, 1960-1996 (New York: Sisters of Charity of New York Press, 1997)

Ebaugh, Helen Rose Fuchs,  Women in the Vanishing Cloister: Organizational Decline in Catholic Religious Orders in the United States  (New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1993)

Edwards, Emily, Stones, Bells, Lighted Candles: Personal Memories of the Old Ursuline Academy in San Antonio at the Turn of the Century  (San Antonio: Daughters of the Republic of Texas, 1981)

Emmanuelle-Marie, OP, Hope Beyond Hope: The Story of the Dominican Sisters of Bethany  (Brooklyn: New City Press, 1988)

Enderle, Sister Dolores, OP, A Time To Grow (Bloomington: Author House, 2009)

Enna, Carl Damien, A Century of Leprosy in Louisiana and the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul (C.D.Enna, 1994)

Ewens, Mary,  The Role of the Nun in Nineteenth-Century America: Variations on the International Theme  (Salem: Ayer,1984)

Fabella, Virginia, Maryknoll Sisters in the Philippines (Quezon City: Maryknoll Sisters Philippines, 2001)

Fabikova, Blezena, Journey of a Hundred Years: A History of the Congregation of the School Sisters of the Third Order Regular of St. Francis (Rome: The Generalate, 1992)

Faherty, William Barnaby, Deep Roots and Golden Wings: One Hundred and Fifty Years with the Visitation Sisters in the Archdiocese of Saint Louis 1933 – 1983  (St. Louis: River City Publishers, 1982)

Farquer, Aileen M, Through Their Eyes Sharply: Cultural Mission of the Sisters of St Joseph (North Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2008)

Farr, Marianne, Sisters of Providence and Health Care at St. Ignatius Mission and St. Patrick Hospital 1855-1900 (Missoula: 1997)

Fay, Mary Anna, A Time For Remembering: The First Seventy-five Years: 1919-1994 (Crookston: Mount St. Benedict Monastery, 1994)

Fialka, John, Sisters: Catholic Nuns and the Making of America (New York: St Martin’s Press, 2003)

Fisher, Grace, Sisters in Teaching: The Minot Catholic Schools 1926-2006 (Minot: Minot Catholic Schools, 2006)

FitzGerald, Constance, The Carmelite Adventure (Baltimore: The Carmelite Sisters, 1990)

Fitzgerald, Maureen,  Habits of Compassion: Irish Catholic Nuns and the Origins of New York's Welfare System, 1830-1920 (Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 2006)

Flood, David, Room for One More: A History of Franciscan Sisters (Newton: Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Conception,1993)

Foley, Sister Nadine, OP, Claiming Our Truth: Reflections on Identity by United States Women Religious (Silver Spring: Leadership Conference of Women Religious, 1988)

Foley, Thomas, Faces of Faith (Baltimore: Cathedral Foundation Press, 2008)

Forissier, Antoine, For A Marian Church: Marist Founders and Foundresses (St Paul: Publications for Marist Fathers, 1992)

Francis, Mother Mary, Forth and Abroad: Still Merry on Land and by Sea (Fort Collins: Ignatius Press, 1997)

Franciscan Missionary Sisters of the Divine Child, 1927-2002 Diamond Jubilee: Franciscan Missionary Sisters of the Divine Child (Williamsville: Franciscan Missionary Sisters, 2002)

Franciscan Sisters of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Franciscan Sisters of Our Lady of Perpetual Help: 100th Jubilee Celebration (St Louis: The Sisters, 2001)

Franklin, Mary Lawrence, RSM, Valiant Mother Celestine Rafferty (Erie: 1985)

Freund, Norman C, A History of BVM Association to 2005  (Dubuque: Mount Carmel Press, 2006)

Freze, Werner, Congregation of the Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis, Muenster, Germany (Springfield: Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis, 1992)

Frietsch, Laverne, History of the Sisters of St. Francis, Oldenburg, Indiana, 1945-1975  (Dayton: Marianist Press, 1990)

Galush, William J., 'What should Janek learn? Staffing and curriculum in Polish-American parochial schools, 1870-1940', History of Education Quarterly 40 (2000) 4, 395-417

Gannon, Sister Margaret, IHM, Paths of Daring Deeds of Hope: Letters by and About Mother Theresa Maxis Duchemin (Scranton: Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, 1992)

Gardner, Virginia Ann, Let It Be: a Catholic Sister Remembering the Past Living the Present Pondering the Future (Erie: Sisters of St. Joseph, 1998)

Garvey, Joan B, The History of the Academy of the Holy Angels (New Orleans: Academy of the Holy Angels, 1998)

Gass, Marie Therese, unCONVENTional WOMEN: 73 Ex-Nuns Tell Their Stories (Lafayette: Sieben Hill, 2001)

Gaul, Mary Julitta, A History of the North American Western Province of the Sisters of Christian Charity (Wilmette: Maria Immaculata Convent, 1981)

Gauthier, Chantal, Women Without Frontiers: A History of the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Conception, 1902-2007  (Outremont: Carte Blanche, 2008)

Geagley, Brad,  A Compassionate Presence: The Story of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange (Orange: Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange 1987)

Gegen, Loretta, Born of Courage and Gratitude: A Story of the Ministry of the Adorers of the Blood of Christ in Korea (S.l: Sisters Adorers of the Blood of Christ, 2002)

Geiger, Virginia and Patricia McLaughlin, One Vision Many Voices: Lectures at Mother Caroline Friess Centenary Celebrations, 1992 (Lanham: University Press of America, 1992)

George, Mary Louis, Mother Paula O'Reilly, OSB:  Foundress of the Guthrie-Tulsa Oklahoma Benedictines (Tulsa: Mary Louis George, 1985)

Gilmore, Sister Mary Julia, SCL, Come North! The Life Story of Mother Xavier Ross, Foundress of The Sisters Of Charity Of Leavenworth (New York: McMullen Books, 2007)

Gimber, Eileen Leindecker, A Celebration of Franciscan Spirit The Sisters of St Francis of the Providence of God (Pittsburg: New Image Press, 2002)

Girgesa, Sister M. Incarnata, OSB,  Behind the Beginnings Benedictine Women in America (Saint Benedict’s Convent, 1981)

Godecker, Sister Mary Salesia, A Brief Historical Sketch of the Sisters of St. Benedict, Ferdinand, Indiana, 1867-1938 (Alberta: Monastery Print Shop, 1998)

Good Shepherd, Sisters of, Discipleship of Zeal (Baltimore: Sisters of the Good Shepherd, 1996)

Gorman, Adele Francis, OSF, & Clare McDonnell, OSF, The Call and the Response: a 125th Anniversary Tribute to Mother Mary Francis Bachmann, OSF ... (Aston, PA: Sisters of St Francis, 1980)

Gorman, Kathleen M, Early Chronicled History of the Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration (Clyde: Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration, 1984)

Gorman, Sister Adele Francis,OSF,  Celebrating the Journey… Volume II: History of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia, 1855-1970 (Philadelphia: Sisters of St Francis, 2005)

Gouailhardou, Sister Marilyn, RSM,  “Celebrating 150 Years in the U.S.A.: Frances Warde, RSM.” MAST Journal 4.2: 1-2

Graber, Geraldine, Nuns Don’t Cry (Victoria: AYDY Press, 2006)

Grabowski, M.B, Felician Sisters: History of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Felix of Cantalice (Newark, NJ: Johnson, 1993)

Grady, Sister Mary Pauline, ACS, Ruma, Home and Heritage: The Story of a Convent in Rural Southern Illinois, 1876-1984 (St Louis: Christian Board of Publication, 1984)

Grady, Sister Mary Pauline, ASC, Clementine Zerr: Her Place in the Story of God's Nurturing Love of the Adorers of the Blood of Christ, ASC Profiles 6 (Rome: International Center of ASC Spirituality, 2001)

Grady, Sister Mary Pauline, ASC, Joy in the Planting  (Ruma: Adorers of the Blood of Christ, 1994)

Grammond, Madeleine, Celebrate History, Celebrate Life: Celebrations of the 150th Anniversary of the Founding of the Congregation of the Sisters of Saint Anne (Lachine: Les Éditions Sainte-Anne , 200?)

Green, Sister Mary Zita, OSF, A Chronology of 125 Years: The Sisters of St. Francis of Milllvale, Pittsburgh, PA. 1866-1991 (Pittsburgh: Sisters of St. Francis, 1991)

Green, Sister Mary Zita, The First 50 years: A History of the Sisters of St. Francis and their Works in the Missions of Puerto Rico (Pittsburgh: Duquesne University Printing 1981)

Greene, Mary Evelyn, The Sisters of Mercy of Connecticut, 1930-1982  (West Hartford: Sisters of Mercy of Connecticut, 1983)

Greenwell, Ivo, Into America With Love  (iUniverse, Inc., 2007)

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Gurley, Sister Mary Catherine, OSF, Celebrating the Journey… Volume I: Mother Mary Francis Bachmann, 1824-1863 (Philadelphia: Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia 2005)

Gutsche, Clara,The Convent Series(Joliette, Quebec: ABC Art Books Canada, 2001)

Hackett, Sheila,  Dominican Women in Texas: From Ohio to Galveston and Beyond (Houston: D. Armstrong, 1986)

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