Roman Catholic Church

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Cultural formation Anne Carson
AC 's mother was a Roman Catholic and the two attended church together for much of her childhood.
Wachtel, Eleanor. “An Interview With Anne Carson”. Brick: A Literary Journal, No. 89, 1 June 2012–2026, pp. 29-53.
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AC felt a great comfort in attending mass with her mother and remembers, fondly, the smell...
Cultural formation George Douglas
After her mother 's conversion Lady Gertrude Douglas (later GD ) lost no time in becoming a Catholic herself. She was received into the Church as soon as she arrived in France.
Roberts, Brian. The Mad Bad Line. Hamish Hamilton, 1981.
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Cultural formation Oscar Wilde
In the aftermath of his trial, OW was widely pilloried in the press, his homosexuality abused by all of the covert means available. He became a convert to Roman Catholicism .
Cultural formation Gertrude Thimelby
GT was a member of an English gentry family who became Roman Catholics during her childhood. Her minority religious allegiance shaped her life.
Cultural formation Alexander Pope
Since he was born and faithfully remained a Catholic , he was excluded from university, from government jobs, and latterly from residing in London or owning a horse worth more than a certain sum.
Cultural formation Hélène Cixous
Early in life, HC also saw both of her parents suffer racism. At three years old, she discovered what being Jewish meant in Oran. When her father, a military officer during the war, took...
Cultural formation Muriel Spark
Though she attended a Presbyterian school, MS was rarely taken to church. She was terribly interested
Spark, Muriel. “My Conversion”. Critical Essays on Muriel Spark, edited by Joseph Hynes, G. K. Hall and Maxwell Macmillan, 1992, pp. 24-28.
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in the scriptures and in Christ as a romantic figure, but subscribed to no religious faith. She says...
Cultural formation Emily Gerard
She was born into the Scottish gentry, and her family originally belonged to the Scottish Episcopalian Church , which is to say they were Anglican. Following her mother's conversion to Roman Catholicism , EG and...
Cultural formation Mary Lavin
ML was a Roman Catholic . In Massachusetts religious observance was a relaxed affair. An altar was set up for Mass every Saturday night in the local movie house after the films were over, and...
Cultural formation Toni Morrison
The early life of Chloe Wofford (later TM ) was shaped by her birth as a working-class African-American at the tail end of segregation. At twelve she became a Roman Catholic .
Brockes, Emma. “Home truths”. The Guardian, 14 Apr. 2012, pp. Weekend 30 - 5.
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Cultural formation Frances Boothby
She clearly sprang from an educated segment of society, probably the gentry. It seems fairly certain that she was a Roman Catholic .
Cultural formation Michael Field
Edith Cooper and Katharine Harris Bradley (known as the poet MF ) were each received into the Roman Catholic Church.
Sturgeon, Mary. Michael Field. G. G. Harrap, 1922.
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Cultural formation William Shakespeare
Scholarly debate continues to rage on the question of whether WS subscribed to the Church of England or whether he adhered to the minority and persecuted Old Religion of Catholicism . Supporters of the Catholic...
Cultural formation Lucille Iremonger
She was born a Creole or white West Indian of English, Scottish, and French origins. She made her adult life as an Englishwoman. Her father was an Anglican while her mother was a bad Catholic...
Cultural formation Charlotte Despard
Protestantism was a central part of that family identity which she found oppressive. After her husband died she first took up spiritualism. then converted to Roman Catholicism , and later became a Theosophist.
Crawford, Elizabeth. The Women’s Suffrage Movement: A Reference Guide, 1866-1928. Routledge, 2001.
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