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Steadfast in the faith : the life of Patrick Cardinal O'Boyle / Morris J. MacGregor.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- MacGregor, Morris J., 1931-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- O'Boyle, Patrick, 1896-1987.
- O'Boyle, Patrick.
- Cardinals--United States--Biography.
- Cardinals.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (441 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, c2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Cardinal Patrick O'Boyle (1896-1987) is largely remembered as the controversial leader of the Archdiocese of Washington during its first, formative quarter century.Combining considerable foresight about the Church's social concerns with a stubborn resistance to innovation, he countered opposition from those who reviled his progressive stand.
- Contents:
- A Scranton childhood
- A curate's education
- Catholic charities
- Other duties as assigned
- An organization man
- Pomp and circumstance
- Learning on the job
- Fighting Jim Crow
- A capital pulpit
- The measure of the man
- Vatican II
- A fretful man
- A civil rights crusader
- State in fide
- "What'll they think of next?"
- Finale.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 405-412) and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-8132-1620-6
- OCLC:
- 463022772
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