First Advisor

Gordon B. Dodds

Term of Graduation

Summer 1990

Date of Publication

7-16-1990

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts (M.A.) in History

Department

History

Language

English

Subjects

Sisters of St. Mary of Oregon -- Missions -- Peru -- Tamshiyacu, Catholic Church -- Missions -- Peru -- Tamshiyacu, Catholic Church -- Missions -- Latin America

DOI

10.15760/etd.6015

Physical Description

1 online resource (3, 128 pages)

Abstract

On August 17, 1961, Pope John XXIII appealed to religious communities in the United States to send ten-percent of their personnel to assist the Church in Latin America. Thousands answered his call. This unprecedented effort drew four members of the Sisters of St. Mary of Oregon to the village of Tamshiyacu in the jungles of Peru from 1966 to 1973.

The purpose of this thesis is to examine the experience of the sisters within the context of the total missionary effort and the religious changes affecting the Catholic Church in the United States and Latin America during the 1960's.

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https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/23759

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