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If anyone can NCAN : twenty years of speaking out
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- Creator
- [National Coalition of American Nuns]
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
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- Publication
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- Chicago : National Coalition of American Nuns, 1989
- Physical Details
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- 80 pages ; 22 cm
- OCLC
- ocm28190149
- Cover title.
- "NCAN, National Coalition of American Nuns: working, studying, speaking out on human rights and justice issues, "Anniversary issue: vol 19, nos. 3-4, summer and fall, 1989".--Cover p. 3.
- Includes index to 87 selected statements and positions of the National Coalition of American nuns on human rights. social justice, etc., 1969-1989.
- Twenty-year purview / Margaret Ellen Traxler -- Support of Dr. Mary Daly -- Against domination of communities of religious women by priests -- Support for the Immaculate Heart Sisters -- Endorsement of Chicago Construction Coalition --- Support for Hospital Service Personnel in Memphis -- Cooperation with Interreligious Committee on Peace -- Condemnation of White Racism in Cairo, IL -- Appeal for clemency for gang leader -- Statement of purpose -- Call for full participation of Sisters in Church and political affairs -- Endorsement of Project Equality -- Against segregation -- Joint sttement with NAL on Equal Rights for Women in the Church -- Call for Office on Status of Women in the Church -- Questioning the canonizing of foundress -- Against owning War-stocks -- Call for the ordination of women -- Support for Lettuce Boycott -- Call for Funding Office of Black Catholics -- Support for IHM Sisters in St. Raymond's School, Detroit -- Support for Black Workers in Mobile, AL -- NCAN joins PADRES in disappointment -- Support of Shirley Chisholm -- Opposing internationalization of Jerusalem -- Against capital punishment.-- Call for Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty -- Declaration of Independence -- Call for solidarity in diocese -- Document on Bishop's "Theological reflections" -- Support for United Farm Workers -- Catholic education -- Arab-Israel conflict -- Nixon administration, impeachment and energy crisis -- Penal reform -- The Third World -- Support for amnesty -- Displacement of the poor from Manhattan -- Endorsement of Carter-Mondale candidacy -- Protest against AT&T failure to pay taxes -- Statement on full employment -- Support for United Farm workers -- Reaffirmation of ERA -- Call for decriminalizing prostitution -- Against B-1 Bomber Program -- Criticism of Vatican document -- Support for J.P. Stevens boycott
Subjects
- Nuns -- Political activity -- United States -- Bibliography.
- Women in the Catholic Church -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
- Church -- Authority -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
- Women -- Attitudes -- United States -- Social aspects -- 20th century.
- United States -- Social policy.
- United States -- Church history -- 20th century.