Oral History Interivew of Sister Rita Hennessey, CSJ

Title:: Oral History Interivew of Sister Rita Hennessey, CSJ
Description:: Sister Rita remembers various parts of her work as a sister: her ministry in nursing homes and working with the homeless, her time teaching and the difficulty of closing schools in the Catholic school system.
Creator:: Sisters of St. Joseph of Boston
Date:: 1988
Format:: Audio recordings (nonmusical)
Genre:: Oral histories
Location:: Congregation of the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Boston
Collection (local):: Throw Open the Windows! Digitizing the Experiences of the Sisters of Saint Joseph During the Era of Vatican II
Subjects:: Nuns
Nursing homes
Church work with the homeless
Teachers
Sisters of St. Joseph of Boston
Places:: Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:: 2 audio cassette tapes
Permalink:: https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/w950b851w
Terms of Use:: No known copyright restrictions.
This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution No Derivatives License (CC BY-ND).

Language:: English
Notes:: Title from accompanying material.
Interviewee: Rita Hennessey, CSJ. Interviewer: Anne Cronin, CSJ
Preferred Citation:: Courtesy of Boston CSJ Archives, Brighton, Massachusetts, 02135
Notes (date):: Date from item or accompanying material.
Notes (object):: AUDIO_Hennessey_Rita_08M-A_production (31 minutes, 36 seconds)
AUDIO_Hennessey_Rita_08M-B_production (17 minutes, 25 seconds)
Notes (funding):: This audio was digitized as part of a project entitled "Throw Open the Windows! Digitizing the Experiences of the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Boston During the Era of Vatican II," completed in 2024 by the Boston CSJ Archives. This project was supported by a Recordings at Risk grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR). The grant program is made possible by funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Identifier:: ADUIO_Hennessey_Rita