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De Opere Monachorum and the Influence of Saint Augustine on Monasticism
(Creighton University, 1943)
It is the purpose of this thesis to demonstrate not only the importance and high esteem which St. Augustine held in monastic life, but also his influence on this form of life through his treatise De Opere Monachorum and ...
The Influence of the Benedictines in the Development of Education
(Creighton University, 1948)
The student of education or of history, either profane or ecclesiastical, can hardly pass over the contributions that the Benedictine Order has made to civilization. Still, despite the fact that the Order holds precedence ...
Can the Conduct of Savonarola be Justified!
(Creighton University, 1923-06-22)
In order to arrive at a reasonable and fair solution of the question propounded in our theme we shall first take a brief survey of the state of Italy shortly before and at the time when Savonarola began his life as a member ...
The History of Duchesne College
(Creighton University, 1938)
The purpose of this thesis is to present the historical development of Duchesne College from 1881 to 1937, stressing: |1) the difficulties of prejudice and religious indifference surmounted in the early years, and 2) the ...
Saint Jerome and Monasticism
(Creighton University, 1945)
Closely allied are the age of Jerome and the twentieth century. There is a marked conformity in the political, social, and economic structures of the two periods, similarly there is a parallelism existing between the ...
The Development and Curricular Organization of Nebraska Schools Conducted by the Benedictine Sisters of Mount St. Scholastica, Atchison, Kansas
(Creighton University, 1949)
Montecassino lifting itself from the ruins and rubble of World War II is symbolic of the Benedictine spirit that has come down through fourteen centuries and that shall continue to function in the great work of the Church ...
A History of the Schools of the Sisters of Humility in Iowa
(Creighton University, 1935)
The purpose of this thesis is to furnish a concise and interesting account of the schools established and conducted by the Sisters of Humility in Iowa, where this community has labored for over fifty years. An earnest ...
History of the Work in Education Done by the Sisters of Mercy of the Diocese of Kansas City
(Creighton University, 1947)
Not often do the makers of history put into writing a record of the deeds for which men of later days hold them famous. They penetrate into virgin lands, build their pyramids, lay their roads, fling out their cities, ...
Public Schools Taught by the Ursuline Sisters of Mount St. Joseph, Maple Mount, Kentucky
(Creighton University, 1945)
The Ursuline Sisters of Mount St. Joseph, Maple Mount, Kentucky, conduct seventeen public schools; thirteen of which are in Kentucky; two, in New Mexico; and two, in Missouri.|It is the purpose of this thesis to furnish a ...
St. Augustine's Idea of Monasticism as Set Forth in his Correspondence
(Creighton University, 1931)
The purpose of this dissertation is to discover, from Augustine's own words, as expressed in his letters, as much as may he learned from direct statements about his views on the subjects of monasticism and the monastic ...