Michael Power
The Struggle to Build the Catholic Church on the Canadian Frontier
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press
- Initial publish date
- Apr 2005
- Category
- History, Catholic
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780773532489
- Publish Date
- Jan 2007
- List Price
- $45.95
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780773529144
- Publish Date
- Apr 2005
- List Price
- $125.00
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780773572966
- Publish Date
- Apr 2005
- List Price
- $45.95
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Description
Setting his account against the dramatic backdrop of pre-Confederation Canada, McGowan traces the challenges Power faced as a young priest helping to establish and sustain the Catholic Church in the newly settled areas of the continent. Power was appointed first bishop of Toronto in 1841 and became an ardent proponent of the Ultramontane reforms and disciplines that were to revitalize the Roman Catholic Church. McGowan explores the way in which Power established frameworks for Catholic institutions, schools, and religious life that are still relevant to English Canada today.
About the author
Mark G. McGowan is professor of history at the University of Toronto, Principal Emeritus of St Michael’s College, and the author of Michael Power: The Struggle to Build the Catholic Church on the Canadian Frontier and The Waning of the Green: Catholics, the Irish, and Identity in Toronto, 1887–1922.
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