Michael Power: The Struggle to Build the Catholic Church on the Canadian Frontier (Volume 40) (McGill-Queen’s Studies in the Hist of Re)

This biography of Toronto's first Roman Catholic bishop also serves as a compelling history of Canadian Catholicism. From His Role In The Devotional Revolutions Of The Nineteenth Century To Tending The Irish Famine Migrants In The Fever Sheds Of Toronto, Michael Power's Extraordinary Life Provides Glimpses Into The Role Of The Church During The Most Important Events In Early Canadian History. Writing With Insight, Mark Mcgowan Untangles The Man From The Myth. Setting His Account Against The Dramatic Backdrop Of Pre-confederation Canada, Mcgowan Traces The Challenges Power Faced As A Young Priest Helping To Establish And Sustain The Catholic Church In The Newly Settled Areas Of The Continent. Appointed First Bishop Of Toronto In 1841, Power Became An Ardent Proponent Of The Ultramontane Reforms And Disciplines That Were To Revitalize The Roman Catholic Church. Mcgowan Explores The Way In Which Power Established Frameworks For Catholic Institutions, Schools, And Religious Life That Are Still Relevant To English Canada Today.--jacket. Introduction : Eulogy For A Bishop -- Land And Sea -- Forming The Heart, The Spirit, And The Body -- Saddlebag Christianity -- Clip The Gowns Of The Clergy -- The Ultramontane Revolution -- At The Edge Of Civilization -- The Fifth Age -- Virtually A Canadian -- The Year Of The Irish -- Conclusion : Seeking Stability. Mark G. Mcgowan. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. From his role in the devotional revolutions of the nineteenth century to tending the Irish famine migrants in the fever sheds of Toronto, Michael Power's extraordinary life provides glimpses into the role of the Church during the most important events in early Canadian history. Writing with insight and grace, Mark McGowan untangles the man from the myth.Setting his account against the dramatic backdrop of pre-Confederation Canada, McGowan traces the challenges Power faced as a young priest helping to establish and sustain the Catholic Church in the newly settled areas of the continent. Appointed first bishop of Toronto in 1841, Power became an ardent proponent of the Ultramontane reforms and disciplines that were to revitalize the Roman Catholic Church. McGowan explores the way in which Power established frameworks for Catholic institutions, schools, and religious life that are still relevant to English Canada today.Born to Irish parents in 1804 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Power began his work as a priest in the St Francis River Valley. After a series of other frontier postings, he moved to Toronto, where he died, just days before his forty-third birthday, following work with the Irish immigrant community during the typhoid epidemic. Setting his account against the dramatic backdrop of pre-Confederation Canada, McGowan traces the challenges Power faced as a young priest helping to establish and sustain the Catholic Church in the newly settled areas of the continent. Power was appointed first bishop of Toronto in 1841 and became an ardent proponent of the Ultramontane reforms and disciplines that were to revitalize the Roman Catholic Church. McGowan explores the way in which Power established frameworks for Catholic institutions, schools, and religious life that are still relevant to English Canada today.