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"Index faces the biggest threat to her life thus far: the assassin Kanzaki Kaori-and Touma's right hand is useless against her! When Kaori reveals the truth behind Index's very existence, Touma realizes just how bad his unlucky streak has gotten"--Back cover.

When Toma Kamijo, a student in Academy City with the ability to negate all supernatural powers, as well as his own luck, meets Index, a nun whose mind has been implanted with 103,000 forbidden magical books, he finds himself at the center a war he never expected.

Presents the life of Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, known as Mother Teresa, who spent most of her life serving "the poorest of the poor" in Calcutta, India.

Introduction -- James McGauley's daughter 1778-1809 -- With the Callaghans at Coolock 1809-1822 -- The bequest and its use 1823-1826 -- New sorrows and responsibilities 1827-1829 -- The house of mercy 1829-1830 -- George's Hill at fifty-two 1830-1831 -- The beginnings and cholera 1832 -- Her "first-born" 1833 -- Daily life at Baggot Street 1834 -- Beliefs and motivations -- Short steps and great strides 1835 -- The traveling begins 1836 -- Suscipe 1837 -- Resilience 1838 -- Willie McAuley and his aunt December 1838 -- Loss and friendship -- Joys and sorrows mingled 1839 -- The rule goes to Rome early 1840 -- "100 miles to meet this cross" 1840 -- "The business of our lives" early 1841 -- "Providential guidance" May-August 1841 -- "'Tis come to a close" September-November 1841 -- Epilogue -- Appendix : a note on sources.

Catherine McAuley was born into a wealthy Dublin family in 1778. By the time she had reached adulthood, she had witnessed the death of both parents, and experienced considerable religious uncertainty and turmoil. Driven by a deep faith and pragmatic sense of charity, she opened, in 1827, an institution for unemployed and underprivileged women. This proved to be the first step towards the foundation, in 1831, of the Sisters of Mercy, an order now established on every continent. Catherine McAuley was declared Venerable by Pope John Paul II in 1990. The present volume, a collection of some of the most important writings by and about Catherine McAuley, includes letters, memoirs, and annals by many of the first Sisters of Mercy and McAuley's original manuscript of the Rule and Constitutions of the order.

A biography, in graphic novel format, of humanitarian Mother Teresa, a nun who helped the unfortunate in Calcutta.

After the violence of "Bloody Sunday" in 1965, Catholic sisters from around the country followed their faith to join the voting rights protests in Selma, Alabama. Never before in American history had vowed Catholic women made so public a political statement. Featuring a Franciscan Sister of Mary, Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, Sisters of St. Joseph of Rochester, a Sister of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and co-members of the Loretto Community.

When Mother Teresa died at the age of 87 in 1997, she left behind a well-trained organization that today continues her work in countries around the world.