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with a vocation to
the priesthood
We can be sure that there have been many women in the past who had a vocation to the priesthood. But on account of the social and cultural climate of the day, these vocations were nipped in the bud and their record wiped from history.
It is all the more remarkable that the vocation to the priesthood of a few key figures has, to some extent, survived the relentless anti-feminine censorship of history.
 Women Priests in the South of Italy and in Sicily 150 - 550 |
 St. Clare of Assisi 1194 - 1253 |
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 Sister Caroline Clément 1825 - 1887 |
 Saint Magdalena Sofia Barat foundress of the Nuns of the Sacred Heart 1779 – 1865 |
 Saint Thérèse of Lisieux 1873-1897 |
Sister Isabel of Trinidad Spanish mystic 1880-1906 |
Mother Ignacia Nazaria, foundress of Missionaries of the Papal Crusade 1889 – 1943 |
 Gertrud Heinzelmann 1914 - 1999 |
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Sr. Irene McCormack
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Died as a martyr for her people in Peru Sr. Irene was called by her community to preside at the eucharist. |
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