ANNE M. HOLLAND MEMORIAL LIBRARY

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Pathfinder : Significant Women in Church History

 

In the Library:

Browse the shelves at these Dewey numbers:      

  In the Reference Section

Call number                       Title

REF 282.03 NEW              New Catholic Encyclopedia (15 volumes)   

REF 282.092 BAL               Modern Saints (2 volumes)

REF 282.092 BUT               Butler’s Lives of the Saints (4 volumes)

REF 282.092 CHE              Treasury of Women Saints

REF 282.092 DEL            Dictionary of Catholic Biography

REF 282.092 ONE               One Hundred Saints

  In the Biography Section

Call number                                             Title

BIO CATHERINE OF ARAGON ROL      The Pomegranate and the Rose                  

BIO DONOVAN CAR                              Salvador Witness (Jean Donovan)

BIO GORRIS WOL                                 Sister Henrietta of Hough

BIO SETON DIR                                     Mrs. Seton               

BIO SOUBIROUS                                 St. Bernadette  of Lourdes

BIO STEIN HER                                      Edith Stein

BIO ST. THERESA OF AVILA BEE        St. Theresa of Avila

BIO TERESA MUG                                 Something Beautiful for God (Mother Teresa)

BIO TERESA WEL                                 Mother Teresa

BIO TED BRO                                        Kataeri Tekakwitha

BIO FOR                                                 Ita Ford

Collective Biography

CB DEL                                              Saints are Now

CB HAR                                                  Thirteen for Christ

CB NIE                                                    Seven Women

CB ONE                                                  Saints Adventures in Courage

CB SHE                                                   Little Pictorial Lives of the Saints

CB SWE                                                  Like Grains of Wheat

CB WAR                                                  Saints Who Made History

In General Non-Fiction

232 .931 DEM                                        The Immaculate Heart (Our Lady of Fatima)

242 ALL                                                  Praying with Dorothy Day

270.082 MAL                                           Women and Christianity

282 FIG                                                   Women Shaping Church History

282.092 GAL                                           Laws of Heaven: Catholic Activists Today  

 

 

www.INFOhio.org Databases:

Encyclopedia Britannica Choose the time period if your Saint is prominent in World History

EBSCOhost  Search for contemporary holy persons the Religion and Philosophy database.

SIRS Discover Deluxe Choose the biographies

American National Biography For American Saints and holy women such as Cabrini, Seton, Day, Tekawitha

 

Web Sites

 

Patron Saints Index

This site has information on topics with patron saints, and profiles of those saints. Profiles have portraits, biographical information, areas of patronage, prayers, links to related sites, readings, etc.

 

Catholic Information Network: Saints and Martyrs

A resource directory with saints and searchable index.

 

Patrons Saints for Special Sufferings

Index of saints who were victims of abuse or who suffered in specific ways

 

St. Benedict Center: Lives of the Saints

Saints like St. Catherine, Maria Goretti

 

For All the Saints

Easily searchable Saint index

 

Fordham U's "Women and Sanctity"

Highlights women's contributions specifically

 

Saints Pictured Site

This site has an number of illustrations of male and female saints.

 

A Librarian's Guide to Catholic Resources on the Internet: Saints

Includes some links to the Catholic Encyclopedia

 

Catholic Encyclopedia and other documents at New Advent Catholic supersite

 

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Some interesting holy women