"Lay People Can Teach": Rural Life, Edwin O'Hara, and the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, 1920-1960
The drastic decline in the number of religious vocations since the second Vatican Council has caused many to lament the loss and question the identity of Catholicism. Rural American Catholicism, however, has consistently lived with a shortage of religious. The Confraternity of Christian Doctrine ori...
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| Language: | English |
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American Catholic Historical Society
2009
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American catholic studies
Year: 2009, Volume: 120, Issue: 2, Pages: 53-69 |
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| Summary: | The drastic decline in the number of religious vocations since the second Vatican Council has caused many to lament the loss and question the identity of Catholicism. Rural American Catholicism, however, has consistently lived with a shortage of religious. The Confraternity of Christian Doctrine originated in a rural setting and became the standard form of religious education for the overwhelming majority of Catholics in America. In the process, this development exemplified how religious and laity worked jointly on a large and lengthy church initiative, recognized the gifts of the laity – particularly women, resulted in some form of continuing education and formation for the laity, and set the stage for the explosion of lay ministerial involvement that would become common in the post-Vatican II church. |
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| ISSN: | 2161-8534 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: American catholic studies
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