Catholics in New York : society, culture, and politics, 1808-1946 / edited by Terry Golway.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Golway, Terry, 1955-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Catholics--New York (State)--New York.

Catholics.

New York (N.Y.)--Social life and customs.

New York (N.Y.).

National Book Committee.

Manners and customs.

New York (N.Y.)--Politics and government--To 1898.

Politics and government.

New York (N.Y.)--Politics and government--1898-1951.

New York (State)--New York.

Physical Description:

206 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Fordham University Press, 2008.

Summary:

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 12 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 reflection 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.

Contents:

Catholic New Yorkers: Family, Parish, & Community

Confessions of a 'retired' Catholic / Peter Hamill

A Separate Feast: the Italian influence on Catholic New York / Mary Elizabeth Brown

A People Set Apart: the Church grows in Brooklyn...and Queens / Patrick J. McNamara

St. Brigid's Parish: a pilgrim church for an immigrant people / David Gibson

From Serfdom to Freedom: Polish Catholics find a refuge / Alex Storozynski

Building Catholic New York: Institutions and Organizations

The sweetness of a Sunday gathering / Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini

Saving Grace: the emigrant savings bank and its depositors / Tyler Anbinder

Apart and Among: Sisters in the lives of Catholic New Yorkers / Bernadette McCauley

Bridging the Racial Gap: John Lafarge and the Catholic Interracial Council / James Thomas Keane

Public Faces: Catholics in Labor and Politics

Life of the Party / Peter Quinn

Faith, Power, and Identity: Catholics in New York politics / Salvatore J. LaGumina

Soggarth Aroon: The rise and fall of Rev. Edward McGlynn / Edward T. O'Donnell

On the Catholic Waterfront: struggling for power, opportunity, and justice / James T. Fisher

An Afterword: The New Catholic New York

Spanish Harlem welcomes an Irishman / William Donohue

A New Mission: Cardinal Spellman and New York's Puerto Ricans / David A. Badillo

Green Grass, Cape Cods, and Suburban Catholicism / Dan Barry.

ISBN:

9780823229048

0823229041

OCLC:

185032882