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A worldwide heart : the life of Maryknoll Father John J. Considine / by Robert Hurteau.

Van Pelt Library BV2072.2.C66 H87 2013
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Hurteau, Robert.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Considine, John Joseph, 1897-1982.
Considine, John Joseph.
Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America.
Missiologists--United States--Biography.
Missiologists.
Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America--Biography.
United States.
Genre:
Biographies.
Physical Description:
xxxvi, 308 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
Maryknoll : Orbis Books, 2013.
Summary:
The biography of a Tireless Mission Promoter and Maryknoll Legend Offers a Fascinating Window on the Catholic Missionary Movement in the Twentieth Century. John J. Considine, M.M. (1897-1982) was one of the leading figures in Catholic mission in the twentieth century-this despite his never having served in an overseas mission assignment. From the time of his entry in 1915 into the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers until his retirement in the mid-1970s, Considine was a tireless researcher, promoter, organizer of Catholic missions and their support institutions, innovator in communications, and mission scholar. As the first director of the U.S. bishops' Latin American Bureau he played a key role in promoting U.S. mission to Latin America in the 1960s. Ahead of his time in promoting a post-colonial view of mission, Considine was an early proponent of World Christianity, racial justice, and the brotherhood and sisterhood of all the world's peoples. This book offers the first critical assessment of his life and contributions during a turbulent and dynamic period in the history of the modern church. Book jacket.
Contents:
Introduction: an educator to world Christianity
The Considines of New Bedford
A calling as an opportunity for enterprise: 1911-1915
The family environment of Maryknoll Seminary: 1916-1917
An Americanism that persisted: 1917-1924
An enterprising man in an enterprising town: Rome, 1924-1930
A window on the world: 1931-1934
Excursus I: how to be a missiographer
The mission executive: service on the Maryknoll Society General Council, 1934-1946
Teaching and organizing for mission: 1946-1960
Excursus II: Considine, ecumenism, and inter-religious dialogue
Coming to grips with the real Latin America: 1960-1965
The seamy side of a conflict: 1965-1968
No one remembers who planted the seed: 1968-1982.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 288-298) and index.
ISBN:
9781626980211
1626980217
OCLC:
822532956

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