Oral history interview with Ruth Heaney.

Interview conducted for Voices from the Catholic Worker. Sister Ruth Heaney, O.S.B., discusses what drew her to the Catholic Worker, and life on Maryfarm in Easton, Pa. and Holy Family Farm in Starkenburg, Mo. She talks about her husband, Larry, and his visions for the Missouri farm, as well as rais...

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Main Author: Heaney, Ruth
Other Authors: Troester, Rosalie Riegle
Format: Cassette Audio Book
Language:English
Created: 1989.
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245 1 0 |a Oral history interview with Ruth Heaney. 
260 |c 1989. 
300 |a 2 sound cassettes (120 min.) :  |b analog +  |e transcript (49 leaves) 
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337 |a audio  |2 rdamedia. 
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520 |a Interview conducted for Voices from the Catholic Worker. Sister Ruth Heaney, O.S.B., discusses what drew her to the Catholic Worker, and life on Maryfarm in Easton, Pa. and Holy Family Farm in Starkenburg, Mo. She talks about her husband, Larry, and his visions for the Missouri farm, as well as raising their family alone after his death. She speaks about Peter Maurin's influence and relationship with her husband and her experiences with Dorothy Day. She also discusses becoming a Benedictine nun and starting a prison ministry. Heaney shares many stories and anecdotes. Interviewed by Rosalie Riegle Troester. Interruptions in audio present in original recording. 
518 |a Recorded on July 14, 1989 in Columbia, Mo. 
590 |a Dorothy Day - Catholic Worker Collection, Series 9.1. 
506 |a Open to all users. 
599 |a MUA_DD-CW_00355. 
599 |a CLIR. 
599 |a CRRA. 
600 1 0 |a Heaney, Ruth  |v Interviews. 
600 1 0 |a Heaney, Lawrence. 
600 1 0 |a Maurin, Peter. 
610 2 0 |a Maryfarm (Easton, Pa.) 
610 2 0 |a Holy Family Farm. 
650 0 |a Catholic Worker Movement  |x History. 
650 0 |a Rural churches. 
650 0 |a Farm life. 
650 0 |a Church work with prisoners. 
655 0 |a Oral histories. 
700 1 |a Troester, Rosalie Riegle. 
730 0 |a Voices from the Catholic Worker.