Hi Richard, I don't know how they do it in other countries, but here in the U.S., the person takes on a saint's name as their FIRST name. Whether the entire name is taken is dependent on how well known the saint is or if their order has others in the same monastery or priory who have taken the names of other saints with the same first name. You can't very well call for Sr. Maria or Fr. John when there are other Sr. Marias or Fr. Johns in the same house and have them know which one you mean. They do, however, retain their own last name, so if Siostry Marii just happens to have her own last name the same as St. Maria Goretti, then I'd say yes, you could do it the way you plan, but my guess is that her name is Siostry Marii Goretti (LAST NAME). At least that's how the Dominicans do it.
Hope that makes sense, Jennifer Jennifer Gullickson, MLIS Assistant Librarian Dominican Theological Library Dominican House of Studies 487 Michigan Ave NE Washington, DC 20017 (202) 495-3822 jgullick...@dhs.edu<mailto:jgullick...@dhs.edu> From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access [mailto:RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA] On Behalf Of Stewart, Richard Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2013 1:19 PM To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: [RDA-L] Identifying a person of religious vocation Hello all, I'd appreciate any thoughts about whether I'm on the right track in dealing with this name. I'm doing original cataloging of Ciasta i ciasteczka Siostry Marii (Sister Maria's cakes and cookies). The author's name appears as Siostry Marii (genitive case) on the title page and Siostra Maria Goretti on the verso of the t.p. So following 9.2.2.2 and 2.2.2, Siostra Maria would be the preferred form. I can find no biographical information on Siostra Maria, other than that she apparently runs an orphanage and bakery connected with a basilica in Poland. Luckily and to my surprise, the form I have chosen for the authorized access point, 100 0_ $a Maria, $c Siostra, does not conflict with any authorized or variant access points in the NAF. A wrinkle in constructing the variant access point (400 1_ $a Goretti, Maria, $c Siostra) is that "Goretti" may not be this individual's surname; rather I suspect that "Maria Goretti" may be her name in religion honoring Saint Maria Goretti. Am I right in supposing that I don't need to worry about this distinction in setting up the access point? Thanks in advance to the Collective Wisdom for any confirmation or correction. -- Richard A. Stewart Cataloging Supervisor Indian Trails Library District 355 Schoenbeck Road Wheeling, Illinois 60090-4499 USA Tel: 847-279-2214 Fax: 847-459-4760 rstew...@indiantrailslibrary.org<mailto:rstew...@indiantrailslibrary.org> http://www.indiantrailslibrary.org/ To unsubscribe from RDA-L send an e-mail to the following address from the address you are subscribed under to: lists...@listserv.lac-bac.gc.ca<mailto:lists...@listserv.lac-bac.gc.ca> In the body of the message: SIGNOFF RDA-L ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. ______________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from RDA-L send an e-mail to the following address from the address you are subscribed under to: lists...@listserv.lac-bac.gc.ca In the body of the message: SIGNOFF RDA-L
