An Analysis of the Controversy Caused by Mary Ward's Institute in the 1620s
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After experiencing what she described as a divine revelation to 'Take the Same of the Society', the Yorkshire-born Mary Ward left the Poor Clares convent she had entered on the Continent to found her own Institute of English Ladies, modeled upon the Society of Jesus. She and her followers worked in Europe and England to provide support for existing Catholic populations but also, and especially in England, to bring new converts to the faith. If their work as teachers and educators was usually respected both by those they helped and by the Church authorities they aimed to serve, their insitutional choice was a subject of hot debate. In the 1620s, Mary Ward's Institute faced strong opposition from the secular clergy and the Society of Jesus began to distance itself from these controversial women. This article explores the controversy which finally led the Pope to order the dissolution of Mary Ward's Institute in 1631.
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