Michael Power : the struggle to build the Catholic Church on the Canadian frontier
"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
eBook, English, ©2005
McGill-Queen's University Press, Montréal [Ont.], ©2005
Electronic books
1 online resource (xvii, 378 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraits
9780773572966, 9781282863606, 9786612863608, 0773572961, 1282863606, 6612863609
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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
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