Frank Duff

A Life Story

Frank Duff

A Life Story

Finola Kennedy (Author)

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This is a new biography of the Founder of the Legion of Mary, one of the Catholic Church's most effective charitable agencies in the world today.

In the Legion of Mary, Duff built an organisation that depended on each member playing his or her part, rather than on any individual leader. Describing responsibility as 'the biggest tonic on earth', he believed in sharing responsibility, and warned against thinking that others cannot do things as well as we can ourselves.

The Legion of Mary is an organisation of lay Catholics dedicated to every form of social service and Catholic action for the welfare of the Church and of society. Duff's vision of a lay movement was revolutionary in its time and as recounted in this book explains why he faced so much opposition from Church authorities, especially in Ireland.

But Duff, who is on the path towards canonisation, exemplified the Catholic tradition of charitable work at its best - that you do not preach by lecturing but by works of mercy, compassion and unselfish altruism. This is an inspiring tale.

Introduction

1. Beginnings
2. Blackrock College
3. The Civil Servant as a Young Man
4. Joseph Gabbett
5. Myra House and de Montfort
6. The Legion of Mary Begins
7. Work on 1923 Land Act
8. The Sancta Maria Hostel
9. The Morning Star and Regina Caeli Hostels
10. A Finance Man
11. Rome and Dublin Approve
12. Building the Legion
13. Rivalries
14. The McQuaid Era
15. Ecumenism
16. Battle for an Imprimatur
17. Edel, Fr Aedan, Alfie
18. Peregrinatio Pro Christo
19. Building the Nation
20. Before the Second Vatican Council
21. The Second Vatican Council
22. War and Peace
23. To Walk the Common Path
24. The Happy Mean
25. In the Spirit of Faith

Glossary/Abbreviations
Index

Product details

Published	Jan 07 2011
Format	Paperback
Edition	1st
Extent	304
ISBN	9781441167477
Imprint	Burns & Oates
Dimensions	9 x 6 inches
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing

Author

Finola Kennedy

Finola Kennedy has been a Lecturer at University C…

This biography is an affectionate tribute to a friend and hero of the author, and a well-researched, if uncritical, piece of work about an interesting man who had far-reaching ideas and effects on Irish society.

The Irish Times
...this is a fine biography and Duff has been fortunate in having such a sympathetic yet fair and meticulous biographer as Finola Kennedy.

The Irish Examiner
A new biography of Frank Duff is something to be welcomed at a time when historical memory is under pressure from so many sources... this book should be a timely reference point for our attention and consideration.

The Furrow
[Duff] exemplified the Catholic tradition of charitable work at its best- you do not preach by lecturing but by works of mercy, compassion and unselfish altruism... this is an inspiring book.

Maria Legionis
Kennedy's biography is both expansive and detailed. It shows a truly busy man who contributed in an outstanding way to the Church to which he belonged, as well as playing a significant part as a civil servant in the building of the Republic of Ireland.

Church of Ireland Gazette
... [a] well-researched and stimulating biography.

Times Education Supplement