Adapting In Eden: Oregons Catholic Minority, 1838-1986; Author: Brandt, Patricia; Joint Author: Pereyra, Lillian A.; Paperback

Author: Brandt, Patricia; Joint Author: Pereyra, Lillian A.
Paperback; Illustrated
Washington State University
ISBN: 0874222532

In the mid-nineteenth century, Catholic priests played key roles in Indian affairs, colonization, and regional development in the Old Oregon Country. During the following decades, Catholicscontinued to take a lead in creating social, health, and educational services for the region's rapidly expanding population. However, anti-Catholicism was an often subtle, and sometimes overt, part of the overall Pacific Northwest scene from frontier times until the Great Depression and World War II. Consequently, for many years the relationships within Oregon's Catholic minority -- among its episcopal leaders, priests, and laity -- were necessarily tight-knit and cohesive.By focusing on the personalities and administrative styles of Oregon's archbishops over time, the authors have delineat