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| Format | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Author, Analytic | Gleason, Philip |
| Title, Analytic | An Immigrant Group's Interest in Progressive Reform: The Case of the German-American Catholics |
| Journal Title | The American Historical Review |
| Date of Publication | Dec. 1967 |
| Volume ID | 73 |
| Issue ID | 2 |
| Location in Work | 367-379 |
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| Abstract | "In 1901 the national federation of German-American Catholic societies, an organization called the Central-Verein, pledged itself to champion 'the principles laid down by Leo XIII in his encyclical on labor' and spelled out its stand in a twelve-point of 'Social Political Action.' The following year the Central-Verein established a subordinate organization call the Volksverein to carry out its social program. The Volksverein did not prove successful, but in 1908 a special office was set up in St. Louis to direct the Central-Verein's social reform activities. This Central Bureau published the bilingual Central-Blatt and Social Justice, the first Catholic magazine in the United States to make social problems and reform its primary interest. . . . Three men were instrumental in guiding the German-American Catholics into social reform: Nicholas Gonner, Father Peter E. Dietz, and Frederick P. Kenkel." |
| Call Number | Digital file |
| MKI Terms | German Americans -- Societies, etc./ Catholics/ Social influence/ Political activity/ German Roman Catholic Central Verein of North America -- History |