Articles from Behind the Walls: Life of Convent Girls in the Philippines

The fol­low­ing are per­son­al essays from a book project I did in 2005, BEHIND THE WALLS: LIFE OF CONVENT GIRLS (Anvil, 2005).  For more infor­ma­tion about the book, please vis­it https://ceciliabrainard.com/book/behind-the-walls/ .  The pub­lish­er Anvil Philip­pines may have a few copies left in their online store.

The book has been praised by Loi­da Nico­las, Chair and CEO, TLC Beat­rice Foods as follows:

“The sto­ries in this book will give read­ers an inkling of how and why the cole­giala women think, speak and act as they do. The nuns have def­i­nite­ly put their stamp on our psy­che — for good and for not so good. But most of all, they taught us how to live and how to overcome.”

I’ll be post­ing arti­cles from that book in this blog post, so check back:

1.  Dr. Herminia Meñez Coben  — “Behind the Walls of St. Scholastica’s College”

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3. Gemma Cruz-Araneta — Benevolent Assimilation   

      3.  Neni Sta Romana Cruz — Growing Up St. Scholastican

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