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Empowering the People of God : Catholic Action Before and after Vatican II.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Catholic Practice in North America SeriesPublisher: New York : Fordham University Press, 2013Copyright date: ©2013Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (406 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780823254033
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Empowering the People of GodDDC classification:
  • 267.18273
LOC classification:
  • BX2348.Z6 E47 2014
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART I: CATHOLIC ACTION -- 1 Catholic Action in the Archdiocese of New York: The Case of the Catholic Club of New York City -- 2 The Liturgical Movement and Catholic Action: Women Living the Liturgical Life in the Lay Apostolate -- 3 "The Priesthood of the Layman": Catholic Action in the Archdiocese of San Francisco -- 4 From Participation to Community: John Courtney Murray's American Justi. cation for Catholic Action -- 5 Azzione Cattolica in an American Setting: The Society of Saint Charles- Scalabrinians and Catholic Action -- PART II: THE PEOPLE OF GOD -- 6 Relevant Transformations: The Young Women of the Extension Lay Volunteers, 1961-1971 -- 7 Reaching Out to the People of God: The Implications of Renewal for the Sisters of Mercy in Parish Schools -- 8 "This Is Our Challenge! We Will Pursue It": The National Council of Catholic Women, the Feminist Movement, and the Second Vatican Council, 1960-1975 -- 9 Who Will Guard the Guardians? Church Government and the Ecclesiology of the People of God, 1965-1969 -- 10 Empowering the People of God: John Cardinal Dearden's Church of Tomorrow -- 11 Christian Unity, Lay Authority, and the People of God: The Community of Christ Our Brother in the Archdiocese of Atlanta, 1967-1969 -- Notes -- List of Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Summary: A collection of essays tracing the development of selected Catholic lay apostolates in the decades before and after the Second Vatican Council. Contributors demonstrate how Catholic Action that functioned as an auxiliary of the American bishops gave way to groups more inclined to challenge episcopal authority during the 1960s and 1970s.
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Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART I: CATHOLIC ACTION -- 1 Catholic Action in the Archdiocese of New York: The Case of the Catholic Club of New York City -- 2 The Liturgical Movement and Catholic Action: Women Living the Liturgical Life in the Lay Apostolate -- 3 "The Priesthood of the Layman": Catholic Action in the Archdiocese of San Francisco -- 4 From Participation to Community: John Courtney Murray's American Justi. cation for Catholic Action -- 5 Azzione Cattolica in an American Setting: The Society of Saint Charles- Scalabrinians and Catholic Action -- PART II: THE PEOPLE OF GOD -- 6 Relevant Transformations: The Young Women of the Extension Lay Volunteers, 1961-1971 -- 7 Reaching Out to the People of God: The Implications of Renewal for the Sisters of Mercy in Parish Schools -- 8 "This Is Our Challenge! We Will Pursue It": The National Council of Catholic Women, the Feminist Movement, and the Second Vatican Council, 1960-1975 -- 9 Who Will Guard the Guardians? Church Government and the Ecclesiology of the People of God, 1965-1969 -- 10 Empowering the People of God: John Cardinal Dearden's Church of Tomorrow -- 11 Christian Unity, Lay Authority, and the People of God: The Community of Christ Our Brother in the Archdiocese of Atlanta, 1967-1969 -- Notes -- List of Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

A collection of essays tracing the development of selected Catholic lay apostolates in the decades before and after the Second Vatican Council. Contributors demonstrate how Catholic Action that functioned as an auxiliary of the American bishops gave way to groups more inclined to challenge episcopal authority during the 1960s and 1970s.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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