The Eagle & The Cross

The Eagle & The Cross Synopsis

The Polish Roman Catholic Union of America (PRCUA) is the oldest Polish organization in the United States. At a time when many Polish-Americans were disenchanted with the Irish-dominated American Catholic hierarchy, the PRCUA was a bastion of loyalty to the Church and America's largest Polish Catholic loyalist organization. Drawing on a tradition of Catholic positivism, the PRCUA dedicated itself to work on behalf of impoverished immigrants, caring for their physical, moral, educational and social needs within the framework of the the local parish-community.;A comprehensive history of the PRCUA, this book tells the story of men and women, laity and clergy, who built and sustained the PRCUA from 1873 onwards. It restores the organization to its rightful place in the history of Polish Americans and reaffirms the central role of Catholicism in the history and culture of this ethnic group.