Table of Contents |
| Foreword / Christopher J. Kauffman | |
| Acknowledgments | |
| General Introduction / Steven M. Avella, Elizabeth McKeown | |
Pt. 1 | 1776-1865 | |
| Introduction | 1 |
| | Church and Society | 2 |
| | 1 | Rev. John Carroll to Cardinal Vitaliano Borromeo, 10 November 1783 | 4 |
| | 2 | Rev. John Carroll to John Thorpe, 17 February 1785 | 5 |
| | 3 | Rev. John Carroll, "Proposals to Establish an Academy at George Town, Patowmack River, Maryland," 1788 | 6 |
| | 4 | Rev. John Carroll et al. to George Washington [undated, late in 1789], and Reply, 12 March 1790 | 8 |
| | 5 | Bishop John Carroll, Prayer for Civil Authorities, 10 November 1791 | 10 |
| | 6 | Norfolk Trustee to President Thomas Jefferson and Members of Congress, December 1818 | 11 |
| | 7 | Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America, 1835 | 16 |
| | 8 | William Gaston, Address to the Constitutional Convention of North Carolina, 1835 | 18 |
| | 9 | Constitution of the Roman Catholic Churches of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia: Which are Comprised in the Dioceses of Charleston, and Province of Baltimore, U.S.A., As Fully Agreed To, and Accepted, After Repeated Discussion, By the Clergy and the Several Congregations, and Regularly Confirmed by the Bishop, and Subsequently Amended According to the Form Prescribed, 1839 | 21 |
| | 10 | John Hughes, Bishop of New York, "Address of the Catholics to Their Fellow Citizens of the City and State of New York," 10 August 1840 | 24 |
| | 11 | Address to the Catholic Lay Citizens, of the City and County of Philadelphia, to Their Fellow-Citizens, in Reply to the Presentment of the Grand Jury of the Court of Quarter Sessions of May Term 1844, in Regard to the Causes of the Late Riots in Philadelphia | 29 |
| | 12 | John Hughes, Archbishop of New York, to Horace Greeley, Editor, New York Tribune, 21 November 1851 | 33 |
| | Slavery | 36 |
| | 13 | Peter Kenny, S.J., Provincial Visitor, "'Temporalities': Report Submitted to Corporation Leadership re: Conditions on Plantations owned and operated by the Society of Jesus," 1820 | 37 |
| | 14 | Bill of Sale for Negroes of the Maryland Mission, 1835 | 38 |
| | 15 | Unsigned Editorial, "The Catholic Church, Domestic Slavery, and the Slave Trade," United States Catholic Miscellany, 9 December 1843 | 39 |
| | 16 | Roger Brooke Taney, Chief Justice, U.S. Supreme Court, to Rev. Samuel Nott of Wareham, Massachusetts, 19 August 1857 | 41 |
| | 17 | Rev. Edward Purcell, "The Church and Slavery," 8 April 1863 | 43 |
| | War | 47 |
| | 18 | "The Washington Union and the Sequestration of Church Property in Mexico during the War," 22 May 1847 | 47 |
| | 19 | James A. McMaster, "The Ship on the Breakers," 8 June 1861 | 50 |
| | 20 | Patrick N. Lynch, Bishop of Charleston, to John Hughes, Archbishop of New York, 4 August 1861 | 54 |
| | 21 | John Hughes, Archbishop of New York, to Patrick N. Lynch, Bishop of Charleston, 23 August 1861 | 60 |
| | 22 | John Hughes, Archbishop of New York, to William H. Seward, Secretary of State of the United States, 1 November 1862 | 67 |
Pt. 2 | 1865-1920 | |
| Introduction | 71 |
| | Education | 73 |
| | 23 | Ulysses S. Grant's Proposal and James G. Blaine's Amendment, 29 September-14 December 1875 | 73 |
| | 24 | Instruction of the Congregation de Propaganda Fide concerning Catholic Children Attending American Public Schools, 24 November 1875 | 74 |
| | Church and Economic Order | 77 |
| | 25 | Pastoral Letter of the Third Plenary Council of Baltimore on Forbidden Societies, 7 December 1884 | 77 |
| | 26 | Cardinal James Gibbons to Cardinal Simeoni, 25 February 1887 | 80 |
| | 27 | "Mgr. Ireland's Social Views: He Pleads for Material Welfare as a Means, Not an End," 14 October 1894 | 83 |
| | Coping with Modernity | 87 |
| | 28 | John A. Ryan, Professor of Moral Theology, St. Paul Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota, "The Small Family and National Decadence," 1904 | 88 |
| | 29 | Rev. William Kerby, "Reinforcement of the Bonds of Faith," January 1907 | 94 |
| | 30 | Rev. John J. Burke, C.S.P., General Secretary, National Catholic Welfare Council, Washington, D.C., "The National Catholic Welfare Council," 1920 | 100 |
| | 31 | Administrative Committee of the National Catholic Welfare Council, Statement on Federalization and Bureaucracy, 26 January 1922 | 103 |
| | Poverty and Reform | 104 |
| | 32 | Rev. William Kerby, "The Poor," November 1912 | 104 |
| | 33 | Rev. John A. Ryan, A Living Wage: Its Ethical and Economic Aspects, 1912 | 107 |
| | 34 | Rev. John A. Ryan, "Program of Social Reconstruction," Issued 12 February 1919 by the Administrative Committee of the National Catholic War Council | 115 |
| | 35 | Pastoral Letter Issued by the Roman Catholic Hierarchy of the United States, 26 September 1919 | 121 |
| | 36 | Rev. Joseph Reiner, S.J., Regent, School of Commerce and Sociology, St. Xavier's College, Cincinnati, Ohio, "A Program for Social Legislation," 1920 | 130 |
| | 37 | Helen P. McCormick, Assistant District Attorney and Chairman, Catholic Big Sisters, Brooklyn, N.Y., "Women's Interest in Social and Democratic Movements," 1920 | 134 |
Pt. 3 | 1920-45 | |
| Introduction | 137 |
| | Church and Society | 140 |
| | 38 | Rev. Francis J. Walsh, Mt. St. Mary's Seminary, Cincinnati, to Rt. Rev. Monsignor Edward A. Pace, Catholic University, Washington, D.C., 20 November 1920 | 140 |
| | 39 | Rt. Rev. Alexander Christie, Archbishop of Oregon City, to Rev. John J. Burke, General Secretary, National Catholic Welfare Council, 13 July 1922 | 143 |
| | 40 | Rev. John A. Ryan, "Comments on the Christian Constitution of States," 1922 | 144 |
| | 41 | Cardinal William H. O'Connell [Boston] to Bishop Edmund F. Gibbons [Albany], 14 October 1924, and Reply, 21 October 1924, and Cardinal William H. O'Connell to Mrs. Thomas W. Proctor, Boston, 15 December 1924 | 149 |
| | 42 | Rev. John A. Ryan, "Present Position of the Child Labor Amendment," February and March 1925 | 151 |
| | 43 | Pierce v. Society of Sisters, June 1925 | 154 |
| | 44 | "Alfred E. Smith's Reply to Charles C. Marshall," May 1927 | 156 |
| | Foreign Policy and International Order | 157 |
| | 45 | Pastoral Letter of the U.S. Hierarchy on Mexico, Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, 12 December 1926 | 157 |
| | 46 | "To the Spanish Hierarchy: A Statement Issued by the Catholic Bishops of the United States," 18 November 1937 | 162 |
| | 47 | Address of the Most Rev. Joseph P. Hurley, Bishop of St. Augustine, 6 July 1941 | 164 |
| | 48 | Most Rev. Francis J. L. Beckman, Archbishop of Dubuque, Iowa, "Congressmen: Be Warned!" 27 July 1941 | 168 |
| | 49 | Most Rev. John T. McNicholas, Columbus Day Address, 12 October 1942 | 172 |
| | 50 | "Victory and Peace," a Statement Issued by the Administrative Board of the National Catholic Welfare Conference, 14 November 1942 | 175 |
| | 51 | Administrative Board of the National Catholic Welfare Conference, "International Order," 16 November 1944 | 177 |
| | Depression and the New Deal | 181 |
| | 52 | "Statement on the Economic Crisis," Issued by the Administrative Board of the National Catholic Welfare Conference for the American Bishops, 12 November 1931 | 182 |
| | 53 | Testimony before the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, United States Congress, 73d Congress, 18-19 January 1934 | 184 |
| | 54 | Social Action Department of the National Catholic Welfare Conference, Organized Social Justice: An Economic Program for the United States Applying Pius XI's Great Encyclical on Social Life (131 Signers), 1935 | 190 |
| | 55 | Conference of Religious, National Conference of Catholic Charities; Chair, Sister Katharine, O.S.B., College of St. Scholastica, Duluth, Minnesota, "Catholic Programs of Child Care among Racial Groups," 1935 | 193 |
| | 56 | Rose J. McHugh, Chief, Administrative Surveys Division, Bureau of Public Assistance, Social Security Board, Washington, D.C., "Functions of Catholic Charities in Assisting People to Obtain Their Rights under the New Governmental Programs," 1939 | 204 |
| | 57 | Dorothy Day, House of Hospitality, 1939 | 210 |
| | 58 | Edward Roberts Moore, Roman Collar, 1948 | 214 |
Pt. 4 | 1945 to the Present | |
| Introduction | 217 |
| | Church and Society | 220 |
| | 59 | Administrative Board, National Catholic Welfare Conference, "Religion, Our Most Vital National Asset: A Statement by the Bishops of the United States," 16 November 1952 | 220 |
| | 60 | John Tracy Ellis, "Letter to a Bishop," 9 November 1972 | 224 |
| | 61 | Archbishop Joseph Bernardin, "Civil Religion in the United States," 8 June 1975 | 229 |
| | 62 | Margaret O'Brien Steinfels, "The Church and Its Public Life," 10 June 1989 | 233 |
| | Communism | 236 |
| | 63 | Diocesan Confidential Questionnaire on Communism, Commissioned by the National Catholic Welfare Conference with Responses from the Diocese of St. Augustine, Florida, 1945 | 237 |
| | 64 | Administrative Board, National Catholic Welfare Conference, "Persecution behind the Iron Curtain," 22 April 1952 | 242 |
| | 65 | Bishop Bernard J. Sheil, Address to the UAW-CIO International Education Conference, Chicago, 9 April 1954 | 243 |
| | 66 | Rev. Fulton J. Sheen, "Foreign Policies and the Missions," 1954 | 246 |
| | Race | 251 |
| | 67 | Rev. Daniel M. Cantwell, "Postscript on the Cicero Riot: A Turning Point in Race Relations Might Have Been Reached in Chicago with the Frank Display of Bigotry," 14 September 1951 | 251 |
| | 68 | Administrative Board, National Catholic Welfare Conference, "Discrimination and Christian Conscience," 14 November 1958 | 254 |
| | 69 | Cardinal Albert Meyer, "The Mantle of Leadership," Resurrection Parish, Chicago, Illinois, 21 September 1960 | 256 |
| | 70 | National Conference of Catholic Bishops, "Statement on National Race Crisis," 25 April 1968 | 259 |
| | War and Peace | 261 |
| | 71 | "Taking a Stand," 7 July 1950 | 262 |
| | 72 | "Questions Raised by the Korean War," September 1950 | 263 |
| | 73 | Rev. Philip Berrigan, S.S.J., "Vietnam and America's Conscience," October 1965 | 264 |
| | 74 | Cardinal Lawrence Shehan, "The Overriding Moral Issues of Modern Warfare," Pastoral Letter to the Archdiocese of Baltimore, 28 June 1966 | 267 |
| | 75 | William V. Shannon, "The Case for the War," 8 December 1967 | 270 |
| | 76 | "The War, Patriotism, and Extremism," 20 September 1972 | 273 |
| | 77 | Archbishop John Roach, Statement on the Murders of Catholics in El Salvador, 5 December 1980 | 275 |
| | 78 | National Conference of Catholic Bishops, The Challenge of Peace: God's Promise and Our Response, 3 May 1983 | 276 |
| | Education | 278 |
| | 79 | Administrative Board, National Catholic Welfare Conference, "The Child: Citizen of Two Worlds," 17 November 1950 | 279 |
| | 80 | Administrative Board, National Catholic Welfare Conference, "Private and Church-Related Schools in American Education," 20 November 1955 | 282 |
| | 81 | Washington Archdiocesan Catholic Lawyers' Committee on Equal Educational Rights, "Freedom of Choice in Education," 7, 14, and 21 April 1961 | 285 |
| | Social Questions | 288 |
| | 82 | Robert D. Cross, "Catholic Charities," 1962 | 289 |
| | 83 | Bishop Walter Sullivan, Address to the Committee for National Health Insurance, 12 September 1975 | 290 |
| | 84 | National Conference of Catholic Bishops, Statement on the Housing Crisis, 20 November 1975 | 293 |
| | 85 | Archbishop John Quinn, "Health Ministry in a Pluralist Nation," Address to the Catholic Hospital Association, 4 June 1979 | 295 |
| | 86 | Bishop Joseph M. Sullivan, "Budget Cuts and Human Lives: The Harsh Reality of the Economic System: Testimony before the House Committee on the Budget," 22 February 1982 | 299 |
| | 87 | Michael Novak, "The Two Catholic Letters on the U.S. Economy," 1985 | 303 |
| | 88 | National Conference of Catholic Bishops, A Pastoral Message: Economic Justice for All, November 1986 | 306 |
| | 89 | Rev. Edwin M. Conway, "The Forms of Homelessness: Testimony before a Subcommittee of the House Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs," 4 February 1987 | 311 |
| | Movies and Television | 314 |
| | 90 | Working Draft of the Daniel Lord-Martin Quigley (Moving Picture) Code Proposal, ca. November 1929 | 315 |
| | 91 | Administrative Board, National Catholic Welfare Conference, "Censorship," 17 November 1957 | 316 |
| | 92 | "State of the Question: Catholic Code for Television Viewers," 2 August 1958 | 319 |
| | Organized Labor | 321 |
| | 93 | "AFL-CIO Is Born," 17 December 1955 | 321 |
| | 94 | Alice Ogle, "California Farm Labor," 19-26 December 1964 | 323 |
| | 95 | Michael Novak, "Participatory Democracy at Work: The Grape Strike," 24 December 1965 | 326 |
| | 96 | "California Bishops Praise Farm Labor Law: Statement of the Catholic Bishops of California on Farm Labor Law," 5 June 1975 | 330 |
| | 97 | Msgr. George Higgins, Address to the National Catholic Educational Association on Unionism in Catholic Schools, 5 October 1976 | 331 |
| | Human Sexuality: Birth Control, Abortion, Homosexuality | 333 |
| | 98 | Administrative Board, National Catholic Welfare Conference, "Explosion or Backfire?" 19 November 1959 | 334 |
| | 99 | Dexter L. Hanley, S.J., "The Catholic and Population Policy," 1966 | 337 |
| | 100 | National Conference of Catholic Bishops, "Statement on the Government and Birth Control," 14 November 1966 | 341 |
| | 101 | National Conference of Catholic Bishops, "Statement on Abortion," 22 April 1970 | 344 |
| | 102 | Archbishop John Quinn, "A Pastoral Letter on Homosexuality," 5 May 1980 | 345 |
| | 103 | Archbishop Rembert Weakland, "Listening Sessions on Abortion: A Response," 20 May 1990 | 352 |
| | 104 | National Conference of Catholic Bishops Committee, "Always Our Children," Pastoral Message to Parents of Homosexual Children and Suggestions for Pastoral Ministers, 27 November 1997 | 357 |
| | Catholics and Electoral Politics | 361 |
| | 105 | John F. Kennedy, Address to the Houston Ministerial Association, September 1960 | 361 |
| | 106 | Statement of 166 Catholic Laymen on Religious Freedom in a Presidential Campaign, 5 October 1960 | 364 |
| | 107 | Administrative Board of the U.S. Catholic Conference, "Political Responsibility: Reflections on an Election Year," 12 February 1976 | 366 |
| | 108 | Archbishop John Roach, "The Need for Public Dialogue on Religion and Politics: Address to the National Conference of Catholic Bishops," 17 November 1981 | 368 |
| | 109 | Mario Cuomo, "Religious Belief and Public Morality: A Catholic Governor's Perspective," University of Notre Dame, 13 September 1984 | 371 |