What Parish Are You From?

For Irish Americans, as for Chicago's other ethnic groups, the local parish once formed the nucleus of daily life. Focusing on the parish of St. Sabina's in southwest Chicago, Eileen McMahon takes a penetrating look at the response of Catholic ethnics to life in twentieth century America.

List of Maps and Tables

vii

Acknowledgments

xi

Introduction

1

(5)

The Making of the Irish Parish Community: A Historical Background

6

(21)

St. Sabina: A Parish Founded on a Prairie

27

(15)

``I'm from Sabina's,'' 1916 to 1941

42

(33)

Ticket to Heaven: Community and Religion at St. Sabina's, 1940 to 1960

75

(22)

The Saints Come Marching In: Irish and Catholic Identity

97

(19)

The Troubles: Racial Tension and the Parish Community

116

(14)

Make No Small Plans: The Parish Community and the OSC

130

(27)

Where Two or Three Are Gathered: St. Sabina's in the 1960s

157

(28)

Conclusion

185

(6)

Notes

191

(23)

Bibliography

214

(5)

Index

219

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