Boston Catholics A History Of The Church And Its People

Author : Thomas H. O'Connor
Publisher : UPNE
ISBN 13 : 9781555533595
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Boston Catholics written by Thomas H. O'Connor and published by UPNE. This book was released on 1998 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this engaging work, now available in paperback, Thomas H. O'Connor chronicles the activities, achievements, and failures of the Church's leaders and parishioners over the course of two centuries.

Author : Thomas O'Connor
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Boston Catholics : A History of the Church and Its People written by Thomas O'Connor and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this engaging work, Thomas H. O'Connor chronicles the activities, achievements, and failures of the Church's leaders and parishioners over the course of two centuries. Originally published by Northeastern University Press in 1998. With a new foreword by James M. O'Toole.

Author : Thomas H. O'Connor
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781555535445
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Hub written by Thomas H. O'Connor and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In The Hub, [O'Connor] synthesizes standard references on the city's development, from its 1630 founding through the 1960s desegregation battles and today's redevelopment." Publishers Weekly

Author : James J. Hennesey
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198020368
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Catholics written by James J. Hennesey and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1983-03-24 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by one of the foremost historians of American Catholicism, this book presents a comprehensive history of the Roman Catholic Church in America from colonial times to the present. Hennesey examines, in particular, minority Catholics and developments in the western part of the United States, a region often overlooked in religious histories.

Author : Thomas P. Lester
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439665044
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Catholic Boston written by Thomas P. Lester and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2018-09-03 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Strange as it may seem today, until 1780 it was illegal to practice Catholicism in Massachusetts, and even then scarcely tolerated, the first public Mass not being celebrated until eight years later. By 1808, so much progress had been made that Pope Pius VII created the Diocese of Boston, which then encompassed all of New England. The community continued to grow throughout the 19th century and by the early 20th century was a significant part of the Boston community. The Catholic community had come of age, from newcomers with customs often perceived as strange, to being ever present at public events and in local, state, and national politics. This book traces the evolution of the Catholic community and its relationship with the larger Boston community, from its very humble beginnings in the 18th century through the death of Card. Richard J. Cushing in 1970.

Author : James M. O'Toole
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Militant and Triumphant written by James M. O'Toole and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Militant and Triumphant fills a major gap in the historical record of American Catholicism by presenting a vivid, objective portrait of Cardinal William Henry O'Connell and his significance in the church and his times. Focusing on both the triumphs and controversies of O'Connell's career, James M. O'Toole chronicles the history of the Catholic Church in Boston in the first half of the twentieth century. The biography begins with a lively discussion of O'Connell's Irish immigrant youth and education and his early positions as rector of the American College in Rome and bishop of Portland, Maine. O'Toole convincingly demonstrates that as bishop, O'Connell actively built his own public image while ambitiously campaigning for the position of archbishop of Boston. The most enduring success, O'Toole argues, of O'Connell's 37-year tenure as archbishop of Boston--despite a sexual and financial scandal surrounding his nephew, the archdiocesan chancellor--was his elaboration of "a personal style of leadership that was different from that of earlier bishops, changing the expectations for Catholic bishops in America by thrusting on them the role of public figures they have generally south to play since." Throughout, the book examines O'Connell's cultural and symbolic leadership of New England's Catholic population, and describes O'Connell's role in defining American Catholicism as both "militant and triumphant": asserting its cultural vision beyond narrow denominational boundaries into broad areas of public morality, and confident of its eventual triumph over secular standards.

Author : Peter F. Stevens
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1614232415
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hidden History of the Boston Irish written by Peter F. Stevens and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2008-03-28 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When it comes to Irish America, certain names spring to mind—Kennedy, O’Neill, and Curley testify to the proverbial “footsteps of the Gael” in Boston. However, few people know of Sister Mary Anthony O’Connell, whose medical prowess carried her from the convent to the Civil War battlefields, earning her the nickname “the Boston Irish Florence Nightingale,” or of Barney McGinniskin, Boston’s first Irish cop, who proudly roared at every roll call, “McGinniskin from the bogs of Ireland—present!” Along with acclaim or notoriety, many forgotten Irish Americans garnered numerous historical firsts. In Hidden History of the Boston Irish, Peter F. Stevens offers an entertaining and compelling portrait of the Irish immigrant saga and pays homage to the overlooked, yet significant, episodes of the Boston Irish experience.

Author : Patrick W. Carey
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313014728
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Catholics in America written by Patrick W. Carey and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2004-11-30 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Roman Catholics have a long and storied history in the United States. From colonial times to the present, this group has seen its share of ups and downs, and has recently come under heated and extensive scrutiny. There is, however, a richer and more interesting history to this important denomination, and Carey details it here. Beginning with an overview of the transplanting of this faith into the New World, the author then details the extensive involvement this community has had in civil and political affairs, social and cultural milieus, and family and everyday life. Focusing on the people and events that have shaped Roman Catholicism in the United States, this broad history introduces readers to a vital American community. Beginning with a narrative history of Catholics and Catholicism in America, Carey brings the discussion through to current times, addressing the recent problems in the Church, women's roles, and responses to terrorism and war. He then goes on to include brief biographical sketches of important figures in the Church, and offers a chronology of key events. The result is one of the most comprehensive histories of Catholics in America available.

Author : Thomas Maier
Publisher : Basic Books (AZ)
ISBN 13 : 9780465043170
Total Pages : 748 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Kennedys written by Thomas Maier and published by Basic Books (AZ). This book was released on 2003-10-15 with total page 748 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A meticulously researched chronicle of five generations of the Kennedy dynasty explains how their Irish-Catholic roots informed their lives and political beliefs and reveals how the immigrant experience shaped both their remarkable success and many tragedies. 100,000 first printing.

Author : Martin Middlebrook
Publisher : Hyperion Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Catholic Church in Boston written by Martin Middlebrook and published by Hyperion Books. This book was released on 1977 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: