Sing No Sad Songs for Me: We Religious: who We are and what We are about
- ISBN-10
- 0589006711
- ISBN-13
- 9780589006716
- Category
- Religion / Monasticism
- Pages
- 255
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1971
- Publisher
- Reed
- Author
- Sister Mary Damian
Description
Twenty-three Catholic nuns and priests, mostly New Zealanders and Australians, write about their lives.
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