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The church & the land : the National Catholic Rural Life Conference and American society, 1923-2007 /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bovée, David S. (David Steven), 1952-
Corporate Author: National Catholic Rural Life Conference (U.S.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, [2010]
Subjects:
Rural churches > United States.
Catholic Church > United States.
National Catholic Rural Life Conference (U.S.)
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Catholic rural America to 1920
  • O'Hara and the formation of the conference
  • The Catholic rural population problem
  • The Great Depression
  • Programs to meet the crisis
  • Inside the NCRLC
  • Ligutti takes the helm
  • The conference becomes international
  • Helping developing countries
  • The end of the Ligutti era
  • Organizing for social involvement
  • For the family farm in the age of agribusiness
  • Fighting poverty
  • Stewardship of the planet
  • Catholic and American : the NCRLC over eight decades.