Upper West Side Catholics

Author : Thomas J. Shelley
Publisher : Fordham Univ Press
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2019-11-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780823285433

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This remarkable history of a beloved Upper West Side church is in many respects a microcosm of the history of the Catholic Church in New York City. Here is a captivating study of a distinctive Catholic community on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, an area long noted for its liberal Catholic sympathies in contrast to the generally conservative attitude that has pervaded the archdiocese of New York. The author traces this liberal Catholic dimension of Upper West Side Catholics to a long if slender line of progressive priests that stretches back to the Civil War era, casting renewed light on their legacy: liturgical reform, concern for social justice, and a preferential option for the poor long before this phrase found its way into official church documents. In recent years this progressivism has demonstrated itself in a willingness to extend a warm welcome to LGBT Catholics, most notably at the Church of the Ascension on West 107th Street. Ascension was one of the first diocesan parishes in the archdiocese to offer a spiritual home to LGBT Catholics and continues to sponsor the Ascension Gay Fellowship Group. Exploring the dynamic history of the Catholic Church of the Ascension, this engaging and accessible book illustrates the unusual characteristics that have defined Catholicism on the Upper West Side for the better part of the last century and sheds light on similar congregations within the greater metropolis. In many respects, the history of Ascension parish exemplifies the history of Catholicism in New York City over the past two centuries because of the powerful presence of two defining characteristics: immigration and neighborhood change. The Church of the Ascension, in fact, is a showcase of the success of urban ethnic Catholicism. It was founded as a small German parish, developed into a large Irish parish, suffered a precipitous decline during the crime wave that devastated the Upper West Side from the 1960s to the 1980s, and was rescued from near-extinction by the influx of Puerto Rican and Dominican Catholics. It has emerged during the last several decades as a flourishing multi-ethnic, bilingual parish that is now experiencing the restored prosperity and prominence of the Upper West Side as one of Manhattan’s most integrated and popular residential neighborhoods.

Author : Thomas J. Shelley
Publisher : CUA Press
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2023-05-19
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780813237053

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John Tracey Ellis by Thomas J. Shelley Pdf

For several decades prior to his death in October1992, Monsignor John Tracy Ellis was the most prominent historian of American Catholicism. His bibliography lists 395 published works, including seventeen books, most famously, American Catholics and the Intellectual Life, a scathing indictment of the mediocrity of Catholic higher education and a clarion call for American Catholics to make a greater contribution to American intellectual life. Ellis’s ecumenically-minded scholarship led to his election in 1969 as the President of both the American Catholic Historical Association and the predominantly Protestant American Society of Church History. As a professor at the Catholic University of America, Ellis trained numerous graduate students, who made their own contributions to American Catholic history, and he also furthered the careers of several talented young church historians. Especially in his later years, during the polarized atmosphere that followed Vatican II, Ellis became an outspoken but balanced advocate of reform in the Church, urging greater transparency and honesty, collegiality on the diocesan level, a role for the laity in the selection of bishops, reassessment of church teaching on birth control, decentralization to provide an enhanced role for the local churches, and an eloquent defense of religious freedom and the American Catholic commitment to separation of church and state. His fellow church historian, Jay P. Dolan, remarked that Ellis “used history as an instrument to promote changes he believed necessary for American Catholicism. . . .No other historian of American Catholicism matched Ellis in this regard.”

Author : Lawrence John McCaffrey
Publisher : CUA Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : 0813208963

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The Irish Catholic Diaspora in America by Lawrence John McCaffrey Pdf

A revised and updated version of the leading history of the Irish experience in America.

Author : Margaret O'Brien Steinfels
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0742531619

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American Catholics, American Culture by Margaret O'Brien Steinfels Pdf

Essays by scholars, journalists, lawyers, business and labor leaders, church administrators and lobbyists, novelists, activists, policymakers and politicians address the most critical issues facing the Catholic Church in the United States.

Author : Catherine R. Osborne
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2018-04-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780226561165

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American Catholics and the Church of Tomorrow by Catherine R. Osborne Pdf

In the mid-twentieth century, American Catholic churches began to shed the ubiquitous spires, stained glass, and gargoyles of their European forebears, turning instead toward startling and more angular structures of steel, plate glass, and concrete. But how did an institution like the Catholic Church, so often seen as steeped in inflexible traditions, come to welcome this modernist trend? Catherine R. Osborne’s innovative new book finds the answer: the alignment between postwar advancements in technology and design and evolutionary thought within the burgeoning American Catholic community. A new, visibly contemporary approach to design, church leaders thought, could lead to the rebirth of the church community of the future. As Osborne explains, the engineering breakthroughs that made modernist churches feasible themselves raised questions that were, for many Catholics, fundamentally theological. Couldn’t technological improvements engender worship spaces that better reflected God's presence in the contemporary world? Detailing the social, architectural, and theological movements that made modern churches possible, American Catholics and the Churches of Tomorrow breaks important new ground in the history of American Catholicism, and also presents new lines of thought for scholars attracted to modern architectural and urban history.

Author : Robert Klein Engler
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781329077218

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Novus Ordo Seclorum: Essays on Catholics and the United States by Robert Klein Engler Pdf

Author : Steidl Jack, Jason
Publisher : Paulist Press
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781587689680

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LGBTQ Catholic Ministry by Steidl Jack, Jason Pdf

The author has spoken with countless Catholics who are passionate about LGBTQ ministry but feel stymied by a lack of resources. Fr. Martin’s book, Building a Bridge, is a helpful conversation starter, but what does community and pastoral care look like in the real world? How do ministers navigate the complexities of church teaching and institutions? Sometimes, the history of these relationships is hard to recount. The church’s mistreatment of LGBTQ Catholics is heartbreaking. Nevertheless, this painful history opens up to hope for the future. LGBTQ Catholics and their allies are tenacious. Decades of ministry provide a vision for what is possible in communities committed to justice and mercy. This book will amplify their stories to inspire LGBTQ people and allies today.

Author : Celia Viggo Wexler
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2016-09-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781442254145

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Catholic Women Confront Their Church by Celia Viggo Wexler Pdf

Catholic Women Confront Their Church tells the stories of nine exceptional women who have chosen to remain Catholic despite their deep disagreements with the institutional church. From Barbara Blaine, founder of Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests (SNAP), to Sister Simone Campbell, whose “Nuns on the Bus” tour for social justice generated national attention, the book highlights women whose stories illustrate not only problems in the church but also the promise of reform. The women profiled span a diverse range of ages, ethnicities, and experiences—single and married, lesbian and straight, mothers and sisters. The women profiled share one trait—that faith is bigger than the institutional church. The book’s Introduction provides readers with an essential overview of the history of women in the church, and the Conclusion looks at the potential for future change. Ideal for anyone who has struggled with the Catholic church’s relationship with women, this moving book offers hope.

Author : John T. McGreevy
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2016-10-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780226497471

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Parish Boundaries by John T. McGreevy Pdf

A “remarkable” study of white Catholics and African Americans—and the dynamics between them in New York, Chicago, Boston, and other cities (The New York Times Book Review). Parish Boundaries chronicles the history of Catholic parishes in major cities such as Boston, Chicago, Detroit, New York, and Philadelphia, melding their unique place in the urban landscape to the course of twentieth century American race relations. In vivid portraits of parish life, John McGreevy examines the contacts and conflicts between European-American Catholics and their African American neighbors. By tracing the transformation of a church, its people, and the nation, McGreevy illuminates the enormous impact of religious culture on modern American society. “Thorough, sensitive, and balanced.”—Kirkus Reviews “Parish Boundaries can take its place in the front ranks of the literature of urban race relations.”—The Washington Post "A prodigiously researched, gracefully written book distinguished especially by its seamless treatment of social and intellectual history."—American Historical Review “Parish Boundaries will fascinate historians and anyone interested in the historic connection between parish and race.”—Chicago Tribune

Author : Catholic editing company, New York
Publisher : New York : The Catholic editing Company
Page : 684 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1914
Category : United States
ISBN : CHI:75290078

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The Catholic Church in the United States of America by Catholic editing company, New York Pdf

Author : Terry Golway
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105131774080

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Catholics in New York by Terry Golway Pdf

This lavishly illustrated book chronicles the history, growth, and extraordinary legacy of New York's largest Christian denomination. Co-published with the Museum of the City of New York as a companion to its exhibition on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the establishment of the Archdiocese of New York, this book brings together rare images and original essays to explore the key dimensions of the Catholic experience in New York. Here is a fascinating pictorial record of Catholic struggles and triumphs, and thirteen insightful essays that trace the story of Catholic New York--from people, parishes, and traditions to the schools, hospitals, and other institutions that helped shape the metropolis. The struggles of generations of immigrants and their descendents against prejudice bear fruit in the remarkable ascendance of Catholics in the city's politics. From the emblematic account of one Manhattan parish's life across generations of neighborhood change to fresh perspectives on the extraordinary impact of Catholic institutional life on the making of the city, the essays range widely. There's a personal refl ection by Pete Hamill on growing up Catholic as well as revealing explorations of the Catholic presence in all corners of New York's social, political, cultural, and educational worlds. Catholic leaders such as Dorothy Day, Al Smith, and Mother Cabrini come to life in other essays. An afterword offers a look at Catholic New York facing new realities of race, ethnic change, and suburbanization after World War II. Blending memorable images with insightful commentary, Catholics in New York tells not just the story of the city's largest community of faith, but offers a new telling of what is for everyone a classic New York story.

Author : Peter Occhiogrosso
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1988-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0345356705

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Once a Catholic by Peter Occhiogrosso Pdf

Author : United States. Congress
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 606 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Law
ISBN : UCR:31210025939982

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Congressional Record by United States. Congress Pdf

Author : George Eaton Simpson,J. Milton Yinger
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2013-06-29
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781489905512

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Racial and Cultural Minorities by George Eaton Simpson,J. Milton Yinger Pdf

We need scarcely note that the topic of this book is the stuff of headlines. Around the world, political, economic, educational, military, religious, and social relations of every variety have a racial or ethnic component. One cannot begin to understand the history or contemporary situation of the United States, the Soviet Union, China, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Great Britain, Lebanon, Mexico, Canada-indeed, almost any land-without careful attention to the influence of cultural and racial divisions. Preparation of this new edition has brought a strong sense of deja vu, with regard both to the persistence of old patterns of discrimination, even if in new guises, and also to the persistence of limited and constraining explanations. We have also found, however, rich new empirical studies, new theoretical perspectives, and greatly expanded activity and analyses from members of minority groups. Although this edition is an extensive revision, with reference both to the data used and the theoretical approaches examined, we have not shifted from our basically analytical perspective. We strongly support efforts to reduce discrimination and prejudice; but these can be successful only if we try to understand where we are and what forces are creating the existing situation. We hope to reduce the tendency to use declarations and condem nations of other persons' actions as substitutes for an investigation of their causes and consequences.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 558 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1914
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:32044105530034

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The Catholic Church in the United States of America by Anonim Pdf