César Chávez, the Catholic Bishops, and the Farmworkers’ Struggle for Social JusticeUniversity of Arizona Press, 21þ/06þ/2022 - 208 ãä ÇáÕÝÍÇÊ César Chávez and the farmworkers’ struggle for justice polarized the Catholic community in California’s Central Valley during the 1965–1970 Delano Grape Strike. Because most farmworkers and landowners were Catholic, the American Catholic Church was placed in the challenging position of choosing sides in an intrafaith conflict. Twice Chávez petitioned the Catholic Church for help. Finally, in 1969 the American Catholic hierarchy responded by creating the Bishops’ Ad Hoc Committee on Farm Labor. This committee of five bishops and two priests traveled California’s Central Valley and mediated a settlement in the five-year conflict. Within months, a new and more difficult struggle began in California’s lettuce fields. This time the Catholic Church drew on its long-standing tradition of social teaching and shifted its policy from neutrality to outright support for César Chávez and his union, the United Farmworkers (UFW). The Bishops’ Committee became so instrumental in the UFW’s success that Chávez declared its intervention “the single most important thing that has helped us.” Drawing upon rich, untapped archival sources at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Marco Prouty exposes the American Catholic hierarchy’s internal, and often confidential, deliberations during the California farm labor crisis of the 1960s and 1970s. He traces the Church’s gradual transition from reluctant mediator to outright supporter of Chávez, providing an intimate view of the Church’s decision-making process and Chávez’s steadfast struggle to win rights for farmworkers. This lucid, solidly researched text will be an invaluable addition to the fields of labor history, social justice, ethnic studies, and religious history. |
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... Higgins , a student of Father Ryan and an eventual friend of César Chávez . George Gilmary Higgins , the eldest son of C. V. Hig- gins and Anna Rethinger Higgins , entered the world on January 21 , 1916.120 From the Higgins's home in ...
... Higgins , a student of Father Ryan and an eventual friend of César Chávez . George Gilmary Higgins , the eldest son of C. V. Hig- gins and Anna Rethinger Higgins , entered the world on January 21 , 1916.120 From the Higgins's home in ...
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... Higgins finally quit his musings on social issues in 2001 , his weekly column had appeared in the Catholic News Service and more than twenty newspapers.126 The hierarchy rec- ognized Higgins's excellent work , and it promoted him in ...
... Higgins finally quit his musings on social issues in 2001 , his weekly column had appeared in the Catholic News Service and more than twenty newspapers.126 The hierarchy rec- ognized Higgins's excellent work , and it promoted him in ...
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... Higgins's congressional testimony brought a deluge of letters , both supportive and condemnatory , from Catholics around the nation . Swimming in mail , Higgins must have realized that through his service at the NCCML and the NACFL ...
... Higgins's congressional testimony brought a deluge of letters , both supportive and condemnatory , from Catholics around the nation . Swimming in mail , Higgins must have realized that through his service at the NCCML and the NACFL ...
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... Higgins , repre- senting the Catholic Church's commitment to social justice , was at the center of the storm . The 1960s was a watershed decade in Higgins's career . The U.S. bishops sent the Labor Priest to Rome as a peritus at all ...
... Higgins , repre- senting the Catholic Church's commitment to social justice , was at the center of the storm . The 1960s was a watershed decade in Higgins's career . The U.S. bishops sent the Labor Priest to Rome as a peritus at all ...
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... Higgins ( far left ) served on the commission investigating the role of the laity in the Church , influenced Higgins's perspective on social issues . John XXIII , and although his tenure was short ( he died in June 1963 ) , the ...
... Higgins ( far left ) served on the commission investigating the role of the laity in the Church , influenced Higgins's perspective on social issues . John XXIII , and although his tenure was short ( he died in June 1963 ) , the ...
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2 Chavez and the Bishops ad hoc Comittee | 31 |
3 Hasta la Victoria Onward to Victory | 67 |
Epilogue | 133 |
Notes | 147 |
Bibliography | 177 |
Index | 181 |
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