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Women Religious, the Poor, and the Institutional Church in Chile

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Katherine Anne Gilfeather
Katherine Anne Gilfeather*
Affiliation:
Maryknoll Sisters, Maryknoll, New York 10545
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The Church in Chile, in its efforts to reach and evangelize the poor, crippled by a gradually diminishing clergy, has over more than a decade come to place extraordinary emphasis on the presence of religious personnel in marginal urban and rural areas. This pastoral priority has induced considerable numbers of religious women to leave their original works (especially education) to take part in the direct apostolate in marginal areas, while the majority of foreign religious women who have recently arrived have opted to follow their example.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs , Volume 21 , Issue 1: Special Issue: The Church and Politics in Latin America , February 1979 , pp. 129 - 155
Copyright
Copyright © University of Miami 1979

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