TY - BOOK AU - Bovée,David S. ED - National Catholic Rural Life Conference (U.S.) ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - The church & the land: the National Catholic Rural Life Conference and American society, 1923-2007 AV - BX1407.R8 B68 2010eb U1 - 282/.73091734 22 PY - 2010/// CY - Washington, D.C. PB - Catholic University of America Press KW - Catholic Church KW - United States KW - National Catholic Rural Life Conference (U.S.) KW - Rural churches KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Preface -- Catholic rural America to 1920 -- O'Hara and the formation of the conference -- The Catholic rural population problem -- The Great Depression -- Programs to meet the crisis -- Inside the NCRLC -- Ligutti takes the helm -- The conference becomes international -- Helping developing countries -- The end of the Ligutti era -- Organizing for social involvement -- For the family farm in the age of agribusiness -- Fighting poverty -- Stewardship of the planet -- Catholic and American : the NCRLC over eight decades; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10642512 ER -