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Seasons of Grace
A History of the Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit

Leslie Woodcock Tentler
Foreword by Edmund Cardinal Szoka 		Seasons of Grace is a history of the catholic Church and community in southern lower Michigan from the 1830s through the 1950s. More than a chronicle of clerical successions and institutional expansion, the book also examines those social and cultural influences that affected the development of the Catholic community.
To document the course of institutional growth in the diocese, Tentler devotes a portion of the book to tracing the evolution of administrative structures at the Chancery and the founding of parishes, parochial schools, and social welfare organizations. Substantial attention is also given to the social history of the Catholic community, reflected in changes in religious practice, parish life and governance, and the role of women in church organizations and in devotional activities. Tentler also discusses the issue of Catholics in state and local politics and Catholic practice with regard to abortion, contraception, and intermarriage.		 "A carefully researched and documented account of the history of Catholicism in southeastern lower Michigan from 1833-1958 . . . From this historical perspective, we can comprehend the remarkably strong, stable, and unquestioning loyalty to the diocese and to the pope in the years of the golden age of Roman Catholic orthodoxy which was remarkably rich in achievement and pride. [Tentler's] research is exhaustive and meticulous, The book is a worthy contribution not only to church history, but also to the history of southern lower Michigan."
—Astrid B. Beck, Michigan Historical Review
 
Great Lakes Books Series

$49.95s cloth / ISBN 0-8143-2105-4
$23.95l paper / ISBN 0-8143-2106-2

610 pages
29 illustrations

1990