Parish priest

Father Michael McGivney and American Catholicism

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Parish priest

Father Michael McGivney and American Catholicism

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"Father McGivney's vision remains as relevant as ever in the changed circumstances of today's church and society." -- Pope John Paul II Is now the time for an American parish priest to be declared a Catholic saint?In Father Michael McGivney (1852-1890), born and raised in a Connecticut factory town, the modern era's ideal of the priesthood hit its zenith. The son of Irish immigrants, he was a man to whom "family values" represented more than mere rhetoric. And he left a legacy of hope still celebrated around the world.In the late 1800s, discrimination against American Catholics was widespread. Many Catholics struggled to find work and ended up in infernolike mills. An injury or the death of the wage earner would leave a family penniless. The grim threat of chronic homelessness and even starvation could fast become realities. Called to action in 1882 by his sympathy for these suffering people, Father McGivney founded the Knights of Columbus, an organization that has helped to save countless families from the indignity of destitution. From its uncertain beginnings, when Father McGivney was the only person willing to work toward its success, it has grown to an international membership of 1.7 million men.At heart, though, Father McGivney was never anything more than an American parish priest, and nothing less than that, either -- beloved by children, trusted by young adults, and regarded as a "positive saint" by the elderly in his New Haven parish.In an incredible work of academic research, Douglas Brinkley (The Boys of Pointe Du Hoc, Tour of Duty) and Julie M. Fenster (Race of the Century, Ether Day) re-create the life of Father McGivney, a fiercely dynamic yet tenderhearted man. Though he was only thirty-eight when he died, Father McGivney has never been forgotten. He remains a true "people's priest," a genuinely holy man -- and perhaps the most beloved parish priest in U.S. history. Moving and inspirational, Parish Priest chronicles the process of canonization that may well make Father McGivney the first American-born parish priest to be declared a saint by the Vatican.

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W. Morrow
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240

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Table of Contents

A friend of the family
An American child
The priesthood
A start in the seminary
In the city of New Haven
In charge
A church fair
Modern men
McGivney's solution
A bleak night in Ansonia
Inertia in a hurry
Faith in Meriden
A stern voice
Talk of the town
A priest's life.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-233) and index.

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Genre
Biography.

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Dewey Decimal Class
282/.092, B
Library of Congress
BX4705.M194 B75 2006

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xiv, 240 p. :
Number of pages
240

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OL22721983M
ISBN 10
0060776846
OCLC/WorldCat
61151599
Library Thing
206310
Goodreads
173435

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