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Nunnery life in the Church of England; or, Seventeen years with Father Ignatius — John Shaqi

Nunnery life in the Church of England; or, Seventeen years with Father IgnatiusMary Agnes, Sister, O.S.B.

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Nunnery life in the Church of England; or, Seventeen years with Father Ignatius

Name: Nunnery life in the Church of England; or, Seventeen years with Father Ignatius
Author: Mary Agnes, Sister, O.S.B.

Mary Agnes, Sister, O.S.B.

Ignatius, Father, O.S.B., 1837-1908; Monastic and religious life of women; Monasticism and religious orders for women -- Anglican Communion

CHAPTER XV.

    AT LLANTHONY AGAIN                                           146

                           CHAPTER XVI.

    APPARITIONS AND MIRACLES                                     158

                           CHAPTER XVII.

    LIBERTY                                                      176

    APPENDIX _A_                                                 193

        ”    _B_                                                 197

        ”    _C_                                                 199




PREFACE.


In the summer of last year (1889), I first heard of the authoress of this
autobiography: not accidentally, as some might put it, but rather by the
good providence of Jehovah, who “worketh all things after the counsel of
His own will.”

Ex-sister Mary Agnes, or Miss J. M. Povey, had been attending one of Mrs.
Edith O’Gorman Auffray’s (better known as “The Escaped Nun”) lectures
at the Town Hall, Kensington, and after the lecture she obtained an
interview with the lecturess, during which she gave her a short account
of her own experiences in convents nominally connected with the Church of
England. The following day I happened to meet Mrs. Auffray, who passed on
to me what Miss Povey had told her. I at once made up my mind to request
this lady, if possible, to publish her experiences, and I wrote a letter
to her offering any assistance in my power, if she entertained the idea
of making her experiences more widely known.

I should have mentioned that Mrs. Auffray had recommended Miss Povey to
communicate with me, and had urged upon her the importance of bearing
witness to the merciful deliverance God had vouchsafed to her.

I feel bound, therefore, to express to Mrs. Auffray my thanks for the
good advice she gave Miss Povey; and let me say here that though perhaps
no woman has been more vilified, and persecuted, by the Roman Catholics,
and I fear too by many Ritualists and weak, half-hearted Protestants,
than has Mrs. Auffray, yet no woman has been more blessed by God in
exposing the errors of Romanism. To my mind, it is as easy to prove the
perfect veracity of Mrs. Auffray’s story, told with such power, as it is
to prove that once Queen Elizabeth reigned in England, or that the Duke
of Wellington led his soldiers to victory when the battle of Waterloo was
fought. I had not long to wait before receiving from Miss Povey a small
portion of her manuscript; and, being struck with the unaffected style,
and genuine appearance of the story thus commenced, I consented at her
request to correct and revise, or, in one word, to edit, the whole of the
material she might feel disposed to place in my hands.

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Nunnery life in the Church of England; or, Seventeen years with Father Ignatius

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