Dancing with the priest-lady : the autobiography of Constance Frances Williston
https://archives.anglican.ca/link/catalog4828
- Author
- Williston, Constance Frances, 1917-2007
- Publication Date
- c1996
- Material Type
- Book
- Location
- Trinity College (Graham Library)
- Call Number
- BX 5620 W56A3 1996
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication
- Dundas ON
- Publisher
- Artemis Enterprises
- Publication Date
- c1996
- Physical Description
- 112 p. : ill. ; 22.7 x 15 cm.
- Material Type
- Book
- Notes
- The autobiography of Constance Williston, born in China to Anglican missionary parents, and her own life as a missionary, deaconess, deacon and ordained priest in the Anglican Church of Canada. Although she never married, Canon Williston adopted two Chinese orphans and raised them as a single mother. She has maintained a lifelong connection to the church in China and in now retired from the Diocese of Niagara.
- Includes bibliography, p. 112.
- Contents: Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Unto good works -- I back on the child I was -- Hey days in Cochrane -- To be a pilgrim -- Look what the Lord has wrought -- Single all my life -- The three S's and two T's of China -- It was tough going -- On taking baths -- The trip of the tongue -- A trip of consequence -- Photo Gallery -- Of food and table talk -- Give up ? Never ! -- The priest lady -- Oh bother ! Not again ! -- To which there is no response -- Ring-a-round-a-daisy -- You were there when I needed a hug -- When the elevator is not full -- Will I ? Won't I ? Will I join the dance ? -- Until the loom is silent -- Appendix: Chinese Names -- Bibliography.
- Subjects
- Williston, Constance Frances, 1917-2007
- Anglican Church of Canada - Clergy - Biography
- Women priests - Canada - Biography
- Single mothers - Canada - Biography
- Women clergy - Anglican Church of Canada - Biography
- Women missionaries - China - Biography
- Women missionaries - Anglican Church of Canada
- Holy Catholic Church in China - History
- ISBN
- 1-85247-24-1
- Call Number
- BX 5620 W56A3 1996
- Location
- Trinity College (Graham Library)