The story of the Catholic Church in Texas parallels the story of Europeans
in the state. But many people know the early history of the Texas Catholic
Church much better than they know its recent record. Acts of Faith offers a
full-bodied account of the Catholic Church in Texas from 1900 to 1950.

    James Talmadge Moore has mined the reports of the largely untapped
Southern Messenger, the state's major Catholic newspaper, for his narrative
line. A sequel to Moore's Through Fire and Flood, this is sound
institutional history. It presents the Catholic Church's actions, social
stances, and positions on contemporary events.

    For those who have read Moore's earlier acclaimed volume, this new
work takes the story another half-century forward. And for anyone who
wants a fuller picture of modern Texas history, the book adds an important
chapter.

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In 1998, JAMES TALMADGE MOORE, who lives in Houston, Texas,
retired as professor of history at North Harris College and resumed full-time
parish work at Our Lady of Walsingham Catholic Church. Texas A&M
University Press published his earlier volume on the Catholic Church in
Texas, Through Fire and Flood: The Catholic Church in Frontier Texas,
1836–1900, in 1992.



What people are saying about this book


". . . engaging and straightforward. Unquestionably, this sequel volume
will make another important contribution to the field of church/religious
history in Texas."—Felix D. Almaráz, Jr., University of Texas at San
Antonio