Empowering the People of God: Catholic Action before and after Vatican II

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Empowering the People of God catholic practice in north america series co-editors: Angela Alaimo O’Donnell, Associate Director of the Francis and Ann Curran Center for American Catholic Studies, Fordham University John C. Seitz, Assistant Professor, Theology Department, Fordham University This series aims to contribute to the growing field of Catholic studies through the publication of books devoted to the historical and cultural study of Catholic practice in North America, from the colonial period to the present. As the term “practice” suggests, the series springs from a pressing need in the study of American Catholicism for empirical investigations and creative explorations and analyses of the contours of Catholic experience. In seeking to provide more comprehensive maps of Catholic practice, this series is committed to publishing works from diverse American locales, including urban, suburban, and rural settings; ethnic, postethnic, and transnational contexts; private and public sites; and seats of power as well as the margins. series advisory board: Emma Anderson, University of Ottawa Paul Contino, Pepperdine University Kathleen Sprows Cummings, University of Notre Dame James T. Fisher, Fordham University Paul Mariani, Boston College Thomas A. Tweed, University of Texas at Austin Empowering the People of God catholic action before and after vatican ii Edited by Jeremy Bonner, Christopher D. Denny, and Mary Beth Fraser Connolly fordham university press New York 2014 Copyright © 2014 Fordham University Press All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or any other—except for brief quotations in printed reviews, without the prior permission of the publisher. Fordham University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of URLs for external or third-party Internet websites referred to in this publication and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate. Fordham University Press also publishes its books in a variety of electronic formats. Some content that appears in print may not be available in electronic books. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Empowering the people of God : Catholic action before and after Vatican II / edited by Jeremy Bonner, Christopher D. Denny, and Mary Beth Fraser Connolly. — First edition. pages cm. — (Catholic practice in North America) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8232-5400-2 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Catholic Action—United States—History—20th century. I. Bonner, Jeremy, editor of compilation. BX2348.Z6E47 2014 267'.18273—dc23 2013017376 Printed in the United States of America 16 15 14 5 4 3 2 1 First edition To our mothers and our fathers, laypeople who bore witness. ...