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The Role of the Catholic Laity in Yorkshire, 1850–1900

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 September 2015

Jennifer F. Supple
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THE ROLE of the laity in the Church is a topic of great interest today. Since the second Vatican Council the part which the people could, and should, play in the Church has been discussed at length, and the shortage of priests has led to demands for the laity to become more actively involved in spiritual affairs. Some, however, still maintain that spiritual tasks must be left to the ordained, but would like to see the laity take a much more active role, as Catholics, in the secular sphere, representing and defending Catholic values in public life. In the light of the current debate, it is interesting to look at the role of the laity in the Catholic Church in Yorkshire during the last century. At that time, too, there was a shortage of priests, while the role of Catholics in public life did not always fulfil the desires of Church leaders.

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British Catholic History , Volume 18 , Issue 3 , May 1987 , pp. 304 - 317
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© 1986 Trustees of the Catholic Record Society and individual contributors

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10 M.D.A., Whitby, Henry Walker to Cornthwaite, 21 September 1887.

11 Tablet, 4 July 1885.

12 Tablet, 1 May 1897.

13 Tablet, 10 February 1855.

14 Tablet, 12 February 1853.

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16 Tablet, 30 January 1897.

17 Tablet, 28 January 1899.

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21 Tablet, 8 November 1856.

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28 Leeds Mercury, 13 March 1880.

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30 Leeds Mercury, 9 July 1895.

31 Leeds Mercury, 15 July 1895.

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