Archbishop Patrick John Ryan – His Life and Times
Book Contents
I Introduction
- Philadelphia, 1911
At ten minutes past four, Saturday afternoon February 11, the bells of the city churches began to echo the tolling of the cathedral bell; death had come to the Archbishop
- Profile
The power of personality and wit
II Ireland, 1831–1852: The ideal preparation
- Tipperary: Family background, education
- Famine, 1845–1849
The Thurles experience as a teenager
- Society, politics, religion
The ideal preparation for the life he chose to lead
III St. Louis, 1852–1884: From deacon to archbishop at a time of rapid growth and sweeping change
- The Roman Catholic Church in America
Small beginnings, prejudice and progress
- St. Louis: City, state, diocese
- Pastoral experience
Reputation as administrator and orator at home and abroad
- Civil War in St. Louis
Divided loyalties; experience as a prison chaplain
- Bishop despite the controversy
The doctrine of papal infallibility and other influences on his promotion
IV Philadelphia, 1884–1911: Leadership locally and nationally
- Philadelphia
The centre of a thriving industrial area
- The Archdiocese
Growth and diversity
- Dissension
Bishops disagree on major issues
- Reaching out
Spreading the message; challenging prejudices
- Preacher, orator and pamphleteer
To be a good Catholic is to be a good citizen
- African Americans and Native Americans
Support for Saint Katharine Drexel and influence on American hierarchy; appointment by President Roosevelt to the Board of Indian Commissioners
- Connections with Ireland
Irish Parliamentary Party; Parnell and Home Rule; visits to Ireland
- Active to the end
Slowing down and the appointment of a coadjutor
- Epilogue
His legacy; contemporary views
- Appendix A
"Men and things"
- Appendix B
Chronology
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index