Parish priest : Father Michael McGivney and American Catholicism Douglas Brinkley and Julie M. Fenster

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brinkley, Douglas.

Contributor:

Fenster, J. M. (Julie M.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

McGivney, Michael J. (Michael Joseph), 1852-1890.

McGivney, Michael J.

Catholic Church--United States--Clergy--Biography.

Catholic Church.

Priests--United States--Biography.

Priests.

Knights of Columbus--Biography.

Knights of Columbus.

Physical Description:

xiv, 240 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : W. Morrow, c2006.

Summary:

The son of Irish immigrants, McGivney was a man to whom "family values" represented more than mere rhetoric. And he left a legacy of hope still celebrated around the world. In the late 1800s, discrimination against American Catholics was widespread. Many Catholics struggled to find work and ended up in infernolike mills, where an injury or death would leave a family penniless. Called to action in 1882 by his sympathy for these suffering people, Father McGivney founded the Knights of Columbus, an organization that has helped to save countless families from the indignity of destitution. From its uncertain beginnings, it has grown to an international membership of 1.7 million men. At heart, though, Father McGivney was never anything more than an American parish priest, and nothing less than that, either--perhaps the most beloved parish priest in U.S. history.--From publisher description.

Contents:

A friend of the family

An American child

The priesthood

A start in the seminary

In the city of New Haven

In charge

A church fair

Modern men

McGivney's solution

A bleak night in Ansonia

Inertia in a hurry

Faith in Meriden

A stern voice

Talk of the town

A priest's life.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-233) and index.

ISBN:

0060776846 (alk. paper)

9780060776848 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

61151599