Research Catalog

Title

His humble servant : Sister M. Pascalina Lehnert's memoirs of her years of service to Eugenio Pacelli, Pope Pius XII / by Sister M. Pascalina Lehnert ; translated by Susan Johnson.

Author

Lehnert, M. Pascalina, Sister, 1894-1983

Publication

South Bend, Ind. : St. Augustines Press, 2014.

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Details

Description

214 pages; 22 cm

Summary

A personal and detailed portrait of Pope Pius XII, the memories of Sister M. Pascalina Lehnert, who served as his housekeeper for forty years. She shares insights into the person, life, and thinking of Pius XII.--Excerpted from back cover.

Uniform Title

Ich durfte ihm dienen. English

Alternative Title

Ich durfte ihm dienen.

Subjects

• Biographies
• Popes > Biography
• Pius > XII, > Pope, > 1876-1958

Genre/Form

Biographies

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Preface / Sr. Pascalina Lehnert -- Translator's foreword / Susan Johnson -- Prologue: From the diary of a fifteen-year-old -- An envoy of peace to the world -- Happy times at "Stella Maris" and in Munich -- Farewell to Munich and the move to Berlin -- Cardinal Secretary of State -- Pastor Angelicus -- The tiara as a crown of thorns: the Second World War -- Preparing for the 1950 holy year -- A feast as a symbol: St. Joseph the Worker -- Creation of cardinals and first illness -- The Marian year and a further illness -- Anima Christi ... and testament -- Eightieth birthday and fortieth episcopal jubilee -- Serviendo consumer -- Consummatum est.

ISBN

• 9781587313677 (paperbound : alk. paper)
• 1587313677 (paperbound : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2013042090

OCLC

• 794711823
• SCSB-12236103

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library