Reclaiming Catholicism : Treasures Old and New

by Groome, Thomas H.

• ISBN13: 9781570758638
• ISBN10: 1570758638
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-02-28
• Publisher: Orbis Books

Summary

The American Catholic community prior to Vatican II (1962-1965) can be numbered among the most vital expressions of Catholicism in the history of the church. Despite the vast cultural divide that separates us from that era, the contributors to this book-a who's who of leading theologians and spiritual writers-assess whether reclaimed spiritual wisdom from those times can enrich the faith lives of Catholics today. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Thomas H. Groome is Senior Professor of Theology at Boston College, where he also serves as chair of the Institute of Religious Education and Pastoral Ministry. His bestselling books include What Makes Us Catholic. Michael J. Daley teaches religion at St. Xavier High School, Cincinnati, and serves as an adjunct teacher of theology at Xavier University. He has co-edited two other books, Vatican II: Forty Personal Stories and The Many Marks of the Church.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Introduction: A Generation X Catholic: "Back in the Day" Is Not My Day	p. xv
Perspectives
Reclaiming Our Past and Moving Forward: A Pervasive Faith	p. 3
Becoming a Theologian: Ressourcement, Personal and Ecclesial	p. 8
Studying the Bible, Then and Now	p. 13
Jesus: A Change in Emphasis	p. 18
The Church: Catholicism Before and After Vatican II	p. 22
The Mass: Heaven on Earth	p. 27
The Humbling of the Priesthood	p. 32
Catholics among Southern Neighbors in the 1950s	p. 37
Our Ancestors Would Be Incredulous: Vatican II and the Religious Other	p. 42
The Pre-Vatican II Church and Women	p. 47
Sin: "Don't Lose All That Old-Time Catholic Guilt"	p. 51
From the Treasury of Vowed Women Religious: The Past Remembered, the Present Embraced	p. 56
The Pre-Vatican II Parish: Haven in a Heartless World	p. 61
Catholic Teaching on Sexuality: From Romanticism to Reality	p. 67
The Afterlife: Death, Judgment, Purgatory, Heaven, Hell	p. 72
Personalities
John Courtney Murray: Theologian of Religious Freedom	p. 79
Leonard Feeney: In Memoriam	p. 84
Madeleva Wolff, C.S.C: Woman of Faith and Vision	p. 88
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin: Communion with God through the Earth	p. 93
Thomas Merton: Monk and Prophet for the World	p. 99
Virgil Michel Godfrey Diekmann: "Full, Active, and Conscious Participation"	p. 104
Fulton J. Sheen: "The Man with Hypnotic Eyes"	p. 109
John Tracy Ellis: Historian and Priest	p. 115
Father Charles E. Coughlin: "The Radio Priest"	p. 120
Monsignor George Higgins and Monsignor. John Ryan: Public Intellectuals and Social Reformers	p. 125
Mary Perkins Ryan: Loyal and Prophetic Woman of the Church	p. 130
Marie Augusta Neal, S.N.D. de Namur: Passionate Voice for Justice	p. 136
African American Catholics: Witnesses to Fidelity	p. 141
Dorothy Day Peter Maurin: Twentieth-century Prophets	p. 147
Mary Luke Tobin, S.L.: About Her Father's/Mother's Business	p. 152
Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C.: Leadership Spanning Two Centuries	p. 156
Practices
Questions and Answers-Again-from the Baltimore Catechism	p. 163
Catholic Schools: Daily Faith	p. 169
Amica Fidelis, Ora Pro Nobis-Devotion to Mary	p. 174
Contraception: Conflict and Estrangement in the Recent Catholic Past	p. 179
The Last Sacrament: From Extreme Unction to the Anointing of the Sick	p. 185
All the Angels and Saints: What Happened to Them?	p. 190
Catholic Eucharist, before and after Vatican II	p. 195
First Confession: "Bless Me Father, for I Have Sinned"	p. 200
Asceticism: Then and Now	p. 204
The Rosary: "A Treasure to Be Rediscovered"	p. 209
Catholics Growing Up: The Legion of Decency	p. 215
The Angelus: Praying throughout the Day	p. 219
The Eucharistic Fast: A Long Past into the Present	p. 224
Lent: No Feasting without Fasting	p. 228
Contributors	p. 233
Index	p. 243
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