lay voluntary associations and the creation of an Irish-Catholic community in Toronto, 1850-1895 Clarke, Brian P. 1952- creator text bibliography Electronic books. quc Montreal Buffalo McGill-Queen's University Press c1993 1993 monographic eng

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1 online resource (xii, 340 p.) Lay voluntary associations played a vital role in the creation of a religiously informed ethnic culture among the Irish Catholics in Toronto. Clarke places the Toronto experience in the context of the two Irish-Catholic awakenings - one national, the other religious - in the nineteenth century. While the role of the laity in the nationalist awakening is commonly recognized, their part in the movement for religious renewal is usually minimized. Initiative on the part of the laity has been thought to have existed only outside the church, where it remained a troubling and at times insurgent force. Clarke revises this picture of the role of the laity in church and community. He examines the rich associational life of the laity, which ranged from nationalist and fraternal associations independent of the church to devotional and philanthropic associations affiliated with the church. Associations both inside and outside the church fostered ethnic conscious ness in different but complementary ways that resulted in a cultural consensus based on denominational loyalty. Through these associations, lay men and women developed an institutional base for the activism and initiative that shaped both their church and their community. Clarke demonstrates that lay activists played a pivotal role in transforming the religious life of the community. 1. The Irish in Toronto -- 2. Reform of the Roman Catholic Church -- 3. Renewal -- 4. The Parish and the Hearth: Women's Confraternities and the Devotional Revolution -- 5. "To Bribe the Porters of Heaven": Poverty, Salvation, and the Saint Vincent de Paul Society -- 6. "Heroic Virtue": Parish Temperance Societies and Male Piety -- 7. "A Pariah Among Nations": The Rise of Irish Nationalism in Toronto -- 8. "Loyal Hibernians?": Fenianism and the Hibernian Benevolent Society -- 9. "The Sacred Cause and the National Faith": The Resurrection of Irish Nationalism -- 10. New Departures. Brian P. Clarke. Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-331) and index. n-cn-on Irish Ontario Toronto History 19th century Irish Ontario Toronto Societies, etc History 19th century Religious institutions Ontario Toronto History 19th century Catholic Church Ontario Toronto Societies, etc History 19th century Laity Ontario Toronto Societies, etc History 19th century Canada History Fenian Invasions, 1866-1870 Église catholique Ontario Toronto Associations Irlandais Ontario Toronto Associations Histoire 19e siècle Irlandais Ontario Toronto Histoire 19e siècle Église catholique Toronto Histoire 19e siècle Irlandais Canada Toronto Histoire 19e siècle Catholiques irlandais Canada Toronto Histoire 19e siècle HISTORY / Canada / General F1059.7.I6 C58 1993eb 971.3/5410049162 Clarke, Brian P., 1952- Montreal ; Buffalo : McGill-Queen's University Press, c1993 (DLC) 95106760 (OCoLC)29816537 9780773564367 (electronic bk.) 0773564365 (electronic bk.) http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=404724 http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1001/95106760-d.html http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=404724 http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1001/95106760-d.html N$T 111206 20200709055433.0 ocn767671813