LEADER 02050nam a22005291i 4500001 9992820423506421 005 20150602235843.6 006 m o d | 007 cr |n||||||||| 008 150602s2015 nyua ob 001 0deng d 019 915134723923764358942680651 020 9780823265466 (electronic bk.) 020 0823265463 (electronic bk.) 020 |z9780823265435 020 |z0823265439 035 (NhCcYBP)ebd12849708 035 |z(NjP)Voyager9282042 037 22573/ctt14g3jsj |bJSTOR 040 NhCcYBP |cNhCcYBP 043 n-us---n-cn-qu 050 4 BX1407.P24 |bD69 2015 082 04 267/.182 |223 099 Electronic Resource 100 1 Downey, Jack Lee, |eauthor. 245 14 The bread of the strong : |bLacouturisme and the folly of the Cross, 1910-1985 / |cJack Lee Downey. 250 First edition. 264 1 New York : |bFordham University Press, |c2015. 300 1 online resource (x, 266 pages.) 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 computer |bc |2rdamedia 338 online resource |bcr |2rdacarrier 347 data file |2rda 490 1 Catholic practice in North America 520 "The Bread of the Strong investigates the origins, development, and migration of a Roman Catholic retreat movement founded by Onesime Lacouture, SJ. Although suppressed in its original host region of Quebec, it migrated to the United States, thanks largely to John Hugo's advocacy, and critically influenced Dorothy Day's spiritual development"-- |cProvided by publisher. 520 "Contributing to the ongoing excavation of the spiritual lifeworld of Dorothy Day-"the most significant, interesting, and influential person in the history of American Catholicism"--The Bread of the Strong offers compelling new insight into the history of the Catholic Worker movement, including the cross-pollination between American and Quebecois Catholicism and discourse about Christian antimodernism and radicalism. The considerable perseverance in the heroic Christian maximalism that became the hallmark of the Catholic Worker's personalism owes a great debt to the influence of Lacouturisme, largely under the stewardship of John Hugo, along with Peter Maurin and myriad other critical interventions in Day's spiritual development. Day made the retreat regularly for some thirty-five years and promoted it vigorously both in person and publicly in the pages of The Catholic Worker. Exploring the influence of the controversial North American revivalist movement on the spiritual formation of Dorothy Day, author Jack Lee Downey investigates the extremist intersection between Roman Catholic contemplative tradition and modern political radicalism. Well grounded in an abundance of lesser-known primary sources, including unpublished letters, retreat notes, privately published and long-out-of-print archival material, and the French-language papers of Fr. Lacouture, The Bread of the Strong opens up an entirely new arena of scholarship on the transnational lineages of American Catholic social justice activism. Downey also reveals riveting new insights into the movement's founder and namesake, Quebecois Jesuit Onesime Lacouture. Downey also frames a more reciprocal depiction of Day and Hugo's relationship and influence, including the importance of Day's evangelical pacifism on Hugo, particularly in shaping his understanding of conscientious objection and Christian antiwar work, and how Hugo's ascetical theology animated Day's interior life and spiritually sustained her apostolate. A fascinating investigation into the retreat movement Day loved so dearly, and which she claimed was integral to her spiritual formation, The Bread of the Strong explores the relationship between contemplative theology, asceticism, and radical activism. More than a study of Lacouture, Hugo, and Day, this fresh look at Dorothy Day and the complexities and challenges of her spiritual and social expression presents an outward exploration of the early- to mid-twentieth century dilemmas facing second- and third-generation American Catholics"-- |cProvided by publisher. 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 533 Electronic reproduction. |bNew York |nAvailable via World Wide Web. 588 Description based on print version record. 648 7 1900-1999 |2fast 655 7 Church history. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01411629 655 7 History. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01411628 600 10 Day, Dorothy, |d1897-1980. 610 20 Catholic Church |zUnited States |xHistory |y20th century. 600 10 Lacouture, Onésime, |d1881-1951 |xInfluence. 600 10 Hugo, John, |d1911-1985 |xInfluence. 610 20 Catholic Church |zQuébec (Province) |xHistory |y20th century. 650 0 Pacifism |xReligious aspects |xCatholic Church |xHistory |y20th century. 650 0 Catholic Worker Movement. 651 0 United States |xChurch history |y20th century. 776 08 |cOriginal |z9780823265435 |z0823265439 |w(DLC) 2015002944 830 0 Catholic practice in North America 910 JSTOR DDA 956 40 |uhttps://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt14jxrnz 980 12547849