The Catholic Philanthropic Tradition in America

by Mary J. Oates

From their earliest days in America, Catholics organized to initiate and support charitable activities. A rapidly growing church community, although marked by widening church and ethnic differences, developed the extensive network of orphanages, hospitals, schools, and social agencies that came to represent the Catholic way of giving. But changing economic, political, and social conditions have often provoked sharp debate within the church about the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253341590
• ISBN13: 9780253341594
• Release Date: May 1995
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.5"