Empowering the People of God : Catholic Action Before and after Vatican II.
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- 9780823254033
- 267.18273
- BX2348.Z6 E47 2014
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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