The history of Ascension parish is a microcosm of the history of the Catholic Church in New York City because it has been characterized by the two most powerful dynamics that have shaped the nature of New York Catholicism: immigration and neighborhood change.
The history of Ascension parish is a microcosm of the history of the Catholic Church in New York City because it has been characterized by the two most powerful dynamics that have shaped the nature of New York Catholicism: immigration and neighborhood change.
Monsignor Thomas J. Shelley, a priest of the archdiocese of New York, is Emeritus Professor of Church History at Fordham University. His publications include Bicentennial History of the Archdiocese of New York and Fordham, A History of the Jesuit University of New York: 1841¿2003 (Fordham).
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Foreword by Father Daniel S. Kearney ix List of Abbreviations xi 1. A Home of Their Own 1 2. The Founding Fathers 6 3. The Upper West Side 15 4. The Ascension Parish Plant 27 5. The Confident Years at Ascension 37 6. A Parish in Transition 46 7. Quo Vadis ? 56 8. A Neighborhood in Peril 74 9. Recovery and Renaissance 83 10. Old and New Horizons 97 Appendixes A. Pastors of the Church of the Ascension 117 B. Upper West Side Catholic Churches in 1865 119 C. Upper West Side Catholic Churches in 1910 121 Acknowledgments 123 Notes 125 Bibliography 137 Index 143
Foreword by Father Daniel S. Kearney ix List of Abbreviations xi 1. A Home of Their Own 1 2. The Founding Fathers 6 3. The Upper West Side 15 4. The Ascension Parish Plant 27 5. The Confident Years at Ascension 37 6. A Parish in Transition 46 7. Quo Vadis ? 56 8. A Neighborhood in Peril 74 9. Recovery and Renaissance 83 10. Old and New Horizons 97 Appendixes A. Pastors of the Church of the Ascension 117 B. Upper West Side Catholic Churches in 1865 119 C. Upper West Side Catholic Churches in 1910 121 Acknowledgments 123 Notes 125 Bibliography 137 Index 143
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