Called and Sent

About the Book

This brief history is an attempt to share the wealth of God's goodness to one small religious family, the Society of St. Ursula, founded at Dole, France in 1606. This richness has been experienced in various ways across four centuries by all who were educated by the Sisters or who came into contact with them in other ministries. The account highlights the works of "women of undaunted courage, enormous faith and burning apostolic zeal." The members of this religious community carry on this legacy in France, Switzerland, Germany, United States, India and Africa.

About the Author

The Authors Agnes McManus, SU was born in New York City and raised in Saugerties, New York. She was a graduate of the College of Mount St. Vincent and did graduate and post-graduate work at Fordham University where she earned her PhD in American History. After a teaching career at the high school level, she went to Rome where she taught Church History at Regina Mundi Pontifical Institute. While living in Europe from 1977-1981, she worked on the documents for the canonization of Anne de Xainctonge and did the initial research for this history before her untimely death in 1982. Sister Agnes McManus, SU Carol Perry, SU was born and raised in Kingston, New York. She earned her BS from Fordham University, and did graduate work at Regina Mundi Pontifical Institute and at St. Mary’s College at Notre Dame, Indiana, where she earned her MA. She taught at the Academy of St. Ursula, Notre Dame School and John A. Coleman High School before assuming her present position as Resident Bible Scholar at Marble Collegiate Church, New York City. Sister Carol Perry, SU