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The Self-Understanding of the Parish Priest in the U.S.A.: An Overview of Twentieth Century Developments
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In order to describe the attitude of American priests toward parochial ministry, I have divided the century into four discrete periods, each corresponding to a way of priestly ministry which commanded center stage in the ongoing struggle for identity. During the period from 1907 to 1954, the era of the "ombudsman", priestly ministry was centered in the parish and the priest's presence there was both symbolic and functional. His presence as a symbol of the institutional church and the divine Christ was absolute and unchallenged, and it lent substance to his claim to functional omniscience. During the initial period of …

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