01925cam a2200277u  450000100100000000300070001000500170001700700030003400800410003702000440007802400180012204000200014010000230016024501330018325000310031626000420034730000510038950400660044052009020050660000560140861000550146461000360151965000390155565000220159470000310161663760634 OCoLC 20190501175725.0ta991012s2006    nyuaf   db    001 0beng d  a0060853484 (lg. print : pbk.) :c$24.953 a9780060853488  aOCOcOCOdBAKER1 aBrinkley, Douglas.10aParish priesth[text (large print)] :bFather Michael McGivney and American Catholicism cDouglas Brinkley and Julie M. Fenster.  a1st Harper large print ed.  aNew York :bHarperLargePrint,cc2006.  axv, 299 p., [8] p. of plates :bill. ;c23 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [287]-289) and index.  aThe son of Irish immigrants, McGivney was a man to whom "family values" represented more than mere rhetoric. And he left a legacy of hope still celebrated around the world. In the late 1800s, discrimination against American Catholics was widespread. Many Catholics struggled to find work and ended up in infernolike mills, where an injury or death would leave a family penniless. Called to action in 1882 by his sympathy for these suffering people, Father McGivney founded the Knights of Columbus, an organization that has helped to save countless families from the indignity of destitution. From its uncertain beginnings, it has grown to an international membership of 1.7 million men. At heart, though, Father McGivney was never anything more than an American parish priest, and nothing less than that, either--perhaps the most beloved parish priest in U.S. history.--From publisher description.10aMcGivney, Michael J.q(Michael Joseph),d1852-1890.20aCatholic ChurchzUnited StatesxClergyvBiography.20aKnights of ColumbusvBiography. 0aPriestszUnited StatesvBiography. 0aLarge type books.1 aFenster, J. M.q(Julie M.)