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Michael Power : the struggle to build the Catholic Church on the Canadian frontier / Mark G. McGowan.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion ; 40.Publication details: Montréal [Ont.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2005.Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 378 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraitsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780773572966
  • 0773572961
  • 1282863606
  • 9781282863606
  • 9786612863608
  • 6612863609
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Michael Power.DDC classification:
  • 282/.092 22
LOC classification:
  • BX4705.P711 M34 2005eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Contents -- Acknowledgments -- INTRODUCTION: Eulogy for a Bishop -- 1 Land and Sea -- 2 Forming the Heart, the Spirit, and the Body -- 3 Saddlebag Christianity -- 4 Clip the Gowns of the Clergy -- 5 The Ultramontane Revolution -- 6 At the Edge of Civilization -- 7 The Fifth Age -- 8 Virtually a Canadian -- 9 The Year of the Irish -- CONCLUSION: Seeking Stability -- APPENDIX 1 Toronto Diocesan Regulations, 1842 -- APPENDIX 2 The Prisoners from Ste-Martine, 1838 -- APPENDIX 3 Population of the Diocese of Toronto, 1842�48 -- Abbreviations -- Notes
IndexA -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W
Review: "From his role in the devotional revolutions of the nineteenth century to tending the Irish famine migrants in the fever sheds of Toronto, Michael Power's extraordinary life provides glimpses into the role of the Church during the most important events in early Canadian history. Writing with insight, Mark McGowan untangles the man from the myth." "Setting his account against the dramatic backdrop of pre-Confederation Canada, McGowan traces the challenges Power faced as a young priest helping to establish and sustain the Catholic Church in the newly settled areas of the continent. Appointed first bishop of Toronto in 1841, Power became an ardent proponent of the Ultramontane reforms and disciplines that were to revitalize the Roman Catholic Church. McGowan explores the way in which Power established frameworks for Catholic institutions, schools, and religious life that are still relevant to English Canada today."--Jacket
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)404583

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

"From his role in the devotional revolutions of the nineteenth century to tending the Irish famine migrants in the fever sheds of Toronto, Michael Power's extraordinary life provides glimpses into the role of the Church during the most important events in early Canadian history. Writing with insight, Mark McGowan untangles the man from the myth." "Setting his account against the dramatic backdrop of pre-Confederation Canada, McGowan traces the challenges Power faced as a young priest helping to establish and sustain the Catholic Church in the newly settled areas of the continent. Appointed first bishop of Toronto in 1841, Power became an ardent proponent of the Ultramontane reforms and disciplines that were to revitalize the Roman Catholic Church. McGowan explores the way in which Power established frameworks for Catholic institutions, schools, and religious life that are still relevant to English Canada today."--Jacket

Contents -- Acknowledgments -- INTRODUCTION: Eulogy for a Bishop -- 1 Land and Sea -- 2 Forming the Heart, the Spirit, and the Body -- 3 Saddlebag Christianity -- 4 Clip the Gowns of the Clergy -- 5 The Ultramontane Revolution -- 6 At the Edge of Civilization -- 7 The Fifth Age -- 8 Virtually a Canadian -- 9 The Year of the Irish -- CONCLUSION: Seeking Stability -- APPENDIX 1 Toronto Diocesan Regulations, 1842 -- APPENDIX 2 The Prisoners from Ste-Martine, 1838 -- APPENDIX 3 Population of the Diocese of Toronto, 1842�48 -- Abbreviations -- Notes

IndexA -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W

English.