Introduction: The good of the church
The Catholic century
The Irish conquest
Under new management
Good neighbors
Personally opposed, but
Shifting foundations
The center cannot hold
Waiting for Roe
Moving out of the Catholic ghetto
"Southie won't go"
Lost battles
Habits of denial
The collapse
The learning curve
Not enough millstones
Lost in Dallas
The death watch
Ruin
Generations betrayed
The Beacon Hill massacre
Restoration
The wrong explanations
The dash-2 bishops
The church militant.
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The faithful departed : the collapse of Boston's Catholic culture by Philip F. Lawler. ISBN 9781594032110. Published by Encounter Books in 2008. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
