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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.

Table of Contents

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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      Publisher: Fordham University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 05/11/2019
      ISBN13: 9780823285419, 978-0823285419
      ISBN10: 0823285413

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.

      Table of Contents

      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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