The Catholic Church in southwest Iowa : a history of the Diocese of Des Moines /
Commissioned by the diocese to commemorate its centenary, this is the first book-length study of the history of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Des Moines, Iowa. Formally established in 1911, the Diocese of Des Moines built on the foundations laid by earlier generations of missionaries, religious wome...
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Collegeville, Minnesota :
Liturgical Press,
2018.
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Table of Contents:
- Building a Catholic presence in the Hawkeye state
- The politics of Catholic space : carving a niche in southwest Iowa
- "In a place of pasture He hath settled me" : Austin Dowling and a new diocese
- "That I may squeeze a small part in your hearts and affections" : Thomas Drumm and vital expansion
- "I know I shall be the happiest bishop in America" : Gerald Bergan during depression, war, recovery
- "It is good to have a home in Iowa" : Edward Daly and maturation and mobility
- Transnational changes and a new Iowa Catholicism
- A force for justice
- "Oh what a splendid day it was" : the papal visit.