NUNNERY LIFE
IN THE
CHURCH OF ENGLAND

“Sister Mary Agnes. O.S.B.”

Photogravure by Annan & Swan.

NUNNERY LIFE
IN THE
CHURCH OF ENGLAND;
OR,
Seventeen Years with Father Ignatius.

BY
SISTER MARY AGNES, O.S.B.

EDITED, WITH PREFACE,
BY THE REV.
W. LANCELOT HOLLAND, M.A.,
Vicar Of All Saints’, Hatcham.

FIFTH THOUSAND.

London:
HODDER AND STOUGHTON,
27, PATERNOSTER ROW.
MDCCCXCI.

Butler & Tanner,
The Selwood Printing Works,
Frome, and London.

CONTENTS.

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	PAGE
Preface	ix
Introduction	xxv
CHAPTER I.
My Reasons for Becoming a Sister	1
CHAPTER II.
Convent Life Entered Upon	17
CHAPTER III.
The Vow of Poverty	28
CHAPTER IV.
The Vow of Chastity	34
CHAPTER V.
The Vow of Obedience	42
CHAPTER VI.
The Dawn of Spiritual Light	49
[vi]CHAPTER VII.
Life at Feltham Convent	57
CHAPTER VIII.
Convent Life at Slapton, in Devonshire	64
CHAPTER IX.
Convent Life at Llanthony	79
CHAPTER X.