Michael Power: The Struggle to Build the Catholic Church on the Canadian Frontier

Mark G. McGowan

Published by McGill-Queen's University Press 2005

Michael Power

The Struggle to Build the Catholic Church on the Canadian Frontier

Mark G. McGowan

Volume 40 in the series McGill-Queen's Studies in the History of Religion

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780773572966

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About this book

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 and grace, Mark McGowan untangles the man from the myth.

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McGowan Mark G. :

Mark G. McGowan is professor of history at the University of Toronto and principal emeritus of St Michael’s College. His is the author of several books including The Imperial Irish: Canada’s Irish Catholics Fight the Great War, 1914–1918.Mark G. McGowan, principal and associate professor at St Michael's College, is the author of The Waning of the Green: Catholics, the Irish, and Identity in Toronto, 1887-1922.

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Front Matter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
Introduction: Eulogy for a Bishop Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Land and Sea Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	14
Forming the Heart, the Spirit, and the Body Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	37
Saddlebag Christianity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	57
“Clip the Gowns of the Clergy” Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	84
The Ultramontane Revolution Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	107
At the Edge of Civilization Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	136
The Fifth Age Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	167
Virtually a Canadian Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	199
The Year of the Irish Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	227
Conclusion: Seeking Stability Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	259
Toronto Diocesan Regulations, 1842 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	273
The Prisoners from Ste-Martine, 1838 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	287
Population of the Diocese of Toronto, 1842-48 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	289
Abbreviations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	291
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Language: English
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 392
Illustrations
- Other: 27 b&w photographs

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Published: April 28, 2005
ISBN: 9780773572966