This is a new biography of the Founder of the Legion of Mary, one of the Catholic Church's most effective charitable agencies in the world today.
In the Legion of Mary, Duff built an organisation that depended on each member playing his or her part, rather than on any individual leader. Describing responsibility as 'the biggest tonic on earth', he believed in sharing responsibility, and warned against thinking that others cannot do things as well as we can ourselves.
The Legion of Mary is an organisation of lay Catholics dedicated to every form of social service and Catholic action for the welfare of the Church and of society. Duff's vision of a lay movement was revolutionary in its time and as recounted in this book explains why he faced so much opposition from Church authorities, especially in Ireland.
But Duff, who is on the path towards canonisation, exemplified the Catholic tradition of charitable work at its best - that you do not preach by lecturing but by works of mercy, compassion and unselfish altruism. This is an inspiring tale.
By:
Finola Kennedy
Imprint: Continuum Publishing Corporation
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 156mm,
Spine: 23mm
Weight: 412g
ISBN: 9781441167477
ISBN 10: 1441167471
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 07 January 2011
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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General/trade
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Undergraduate
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ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Introduction 1. Beginnings 2. Blackrock College 3. The Civil Servant as a Young Man 4. Joseph Gabbett 5. Myra House and de Montfort 6. The Legion of Mary Begins 7. Work on 1923 Land Act 8. The Sancta Maria Hostel 9. The Morning Star and Regina Caeli Hostels 10. A Finance Man 11. Rome and Dublin Approve 12. Building the Legion 13. Rivalries 14. The McQuaid Era 15. Ecumenism 16. Battle for an Imprimatur 17. Edel, Fr Aedan, Alfie 18. Peregrinatio Pro Christo 19. Building the Nation 20. Before the Second Vatican Council 21. The Second Vatican Council 22. War and Peace 23. To Walk the Common Path 24. The Happy Mean 25. In the Spirit of Faith Glossary/Abbreviations Index
Finola Kennedy has been a Lecturer at University College Dublin and at the Institute of Public Administration, Ireland. She has served on a number of Boards, including the Housing Finance Agency (chairman), ACCBank and the Railway Procurement Agency. She was a member of the Review Group on the Constitution and the Commission on the Status of Women. She is the author of the pioneering study, Cottage to Crèche: Family Change in Ireland (2001). She has contributed frequently to newspapers such as the Irish Times, the Sunday Business Post and the Sunday Independent.
Reviews for Frank Duff: A Life Story
Book and book launch mentioned in The Irish Catholic Article in Irish Jesuit News Book mentioned in Andrew Connell's column in The Irish Catholic. Title mentioned in Catholic Herald http: //www.catholic herald.co.uk/commentandblogs/2011/07/11/the-john-paul-ii-vigil-that-transported-pilgrims-to-heaven/ Article in The Irish Independent Article in The Irish Echo online Interview with Finola Kennedy in The Catholic Herald This biography is an affectionate tribute to a friend and hero of the author, and a well-researched, if uncritical, piece of work about an interesting man who had far-reaching ideas and effects on Irish society.--Sanford Lakoff Finola Kennedy... has now turned her exceptional talents to providing a thorough, thoughtful, even-handed life of Frank Duff... [a] meticulously researched study.--Sanford Lakoff ... an admirable biography... In giving us this excellent biography of Frank Duff, Finola Kennedy has reminded us of fierce conflicts which existed between the laity and the Church in this country and of the real resistance to it.--Sanford Lakoff
