Sacramento and the Catholic Church

by Avella, Steven M.

• ISBN13: 9780874177602
• ISBN10: 087417760X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-09-01
• Publisher: Univ of Nevada Pr

Summary

This book examines the interplay between the city of Sacramento, California, and the Catholic Church from the cityrs"s beginnings to the twenty-first century, to illustrate the sometimes hidden ways religious communities help form and sustain urban community.

Author Biography

 Steven M. Avella was born in Chicago in 1951 and moved to California in 1953. He grew up in Sacramento. He graduated from Dominican College in Racine, Wisconsin, in 1973 and received his Master’s and Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame in 1985. He is currently on the faculty of Marquette University, Milwaukee, where he teaches courses on Religion and American Life and the American West.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
A Cooperative Community, 1850-1886	p. 13
Cathedral Building As Urban Project, 1865-1889	p. 43
Religious Sisters As Urban Agents, 1850-1920	p. 71
Catholics and the Ethnic Consensus, 1880-1930	p. 100
Building the City Beautiful, 1890-1930	p. 133
Catholic Social Provision: The Depression and World War II, 1930-1945	p. 160
Carving a Space and Creating Community: The Catholic Church and the North Area, 1940-1970	p. 187
Building a Visible Latino Presence in the City, 1930-1970	p. 215
Homelessness and Fighting the City Consensus, 1970-2000	p. 247
Conclusion	p. 275
Notes	p. 281
Bibliography	p. 333
Index	p. 355
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