Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.31337/oz.80.2.4
Mother M. Amadeja Pavlović and her Correspondence with Sr. M. Kasilda Vidović
Jasna Krista Mijatović
orcid.org/0000-0002-6505-7118
; Institute of Philosophy and Theology of Society of Jesus, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
Mother M. Amadeja Pavlović’s most fruitful correspondence appears to be that which unfolded between herself and individual sisters of the Sisters of Mercy of the Holy Cross. Approximately 200 personal letters, exchanged between Mother M. Amadejaand the sisters, were stored in the Archives of the Sisters of Mercy of the Holy Cross in Đakovo. Most letters were preserved by Sr. M. Kasilda Vidović (156 letterssigned by Mother M. Amadeja and two signed by Sr. M. Kasilda). It is precisely these letters that are the subject of this research, the aim of whichis to verify the extent to which the aforementioned correspondence can serve as anarchival source for a more accurate delineation of the personality and spirituality of Mother M. Amadeja Pavlović. In previous studies of the written legacy of Mother M.Amadeja, the letters which were addressed to individual sisters, and also to Sr. M. Kasilda were considered to be of secondary importance in relation to those sent toentire communities of the Sisters of Mercy of the Holy Cross. Research was conducted by using the method of quantitative and qualitative contentanalysis, and it reveals that the correspondence between Mother M. Amadeja and Sr. M. Kasilda is in fact an archival source par excellence, in terms of spreading knowledge of the personality and spirituality of Mother M. Amadeja.
Keywords
Mother M. Amadeja Pavlović; Sr. M. Kasilda Vidović; Sisters of Mercy of the Holy Cross; correspondence; personality; spirituality
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329969
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Publication date:
9.4.2025.
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