Witness to Integrity: The Crisis of the Immaculate Heart Community of California
Witness to Integrity is a first-person account of the historic dispute between the Immaculate Heart of Mary Sisters (I.H.M.) and James Francis McIntyre, the Cardinal Archbishop of Los Angeles. Former Mother General of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Sisters and president of the Immaculate Heart Community, Anita Caspary, I.H.M., tells her story of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Sisters' motivations and struggles in their claim for authority and freedom to live a Christian life in accordance with...
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Witness to Integrity is a first-person account of the historic dispute between the Immaculate Heart of Mary Sisters (I.H.M.) and James Francis McIntyre, the Cardinal Archbishop of Los Angeles. Former Mother General of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Sisters and president of the Immaculate Heart Community, Anita Caspary, I.H.M., tells her story of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Sisters' motivations and struggles in their claim for authority and freedom to live a Christian life in accordance with their consciences. The conflicts that lead a part of the Immaculate Heart Sisters' Community to become an ecumenical community are described with vividness.Anita Caspary's personal narrative reflections provide in-depth details of the story that has captured media attention in books, television documentaries, and plays. In addition, the use of original sources from the Immaculate Heart Community archives that have not been open to the public assists in producing new insights and correcting inaccuracies and myths.
ForewordPrefaceAcknowledgmentsCh. 1The Accusation1Ch. 2Memories of a Catholic Girlhood7Ch. 3Background and Beginnings15Ch. 4Called to Be a Nun25Ch. 5Teacher, Professor, and Administrator31Ch. 6The Sixties and the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart45Ch. 7Cardinal James F. McIntyre55Ch. 8The Archdiocesan Visitations67Ch. 9The 1967 Chapter of Renewal: Creating the Vision85Ch. 10Embracing the Vision109Ch. 11The Cardinal's Response to Renewal119Ch. 12The Vatican Visitations149Ch. 13A Test Case for the Vatican183Ch. 14A New Life for Religious Women209Ch. 15The Immaculate Heart Community219Epilogue223App. ABackground of the Ninth General Chapter's Decree on Education225App. BActions on the Part of the Ordinary Which Have Created Difficulties for the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart231App. CPsychological Influences on the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart239App. DDecrees of the Ninth General Chapter of the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, October 1967 (Abbreviated Form)243App. ELetter to Pope Paul VI from Sister Anita M. Caspary, I.H.M.263App. FTalk to the Immaculate Heart Community by Sister Anita M. Caspary, I.H.M., December 6, 1969267Bibliography273Index281
