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Higgins Archives @ CUAThe American Catholic History Research Center and University Archives is pleased to announce the creation of a finding aid, using Encoded Archival Description (EAD), for the papers of ‘labor priest’ Msgr. George Higgins. Born in 1916 in Chicago, he obtained a Master's degree in Economics in 1942 and a Ph.D. in 1944 from The Catholic University of America (CUA) in Washington, DC. He served the American bishops’ conference from 1944 to 2001 in various capacities relating to Catholic social thought, labor relations, and ecumenical affairs. He attended the Vatican II Council and was a moving force in the Church's support for Cesar Chavez and the farm workers union movement. He also served as Chairman of the Public Review Board of the United Auto Workers of America (AFL-CIO) and as a member of the Executive Committee of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights. Higgins wrote numerous book reviews for Commonweal and America, was the author, 1945-2001, of the syndicated column "The Yardstick,” and, in his later years, returned to Catholic University as a lecturer. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Bill Clinton in 2000 and died on May Day, 2002. He was widely mourned as a tireless champion of the labor movement and a progressive voice in the Roman Catholic Church. The bulk of the collection consists of paper records including correspondence, subject files, and publications. To use our finding aid, please link to http://libraries.cua.edu/achrcua/higginsfa.html To search individual finding aids, use the "Ctrl+F" function on your keyboard to search for a keyword within the finding aid, or you may simply browse. For research assistance for any of our collections, please contact our office at archives@mail.lib.cua.edu or call us at 202-319-5065. William J. Shepherd Associate Archivist The American Catholic History Research Center and University Archives The Catholic University of America (CUA) 101 Aquinas Hall 620 Michigan Avenue, NE Washington, DC, USA, 20064 Shepherw@cua.edu P(202)319-5065 F(202)319-6554 http://libraries.cua.edu/archives.html |
MSGR. GEORGE HIGGINS
For over 50 years,
Msgr. Higgins has been at the vanguard of Catholic
- Labor Relations. His writings on the subject of worker justice in
light
of Catholic social teaching has been an inspiration and a challenge for
many in the Church. This page of the Catholic - Labor Network is
specifically dedicated
to his work and writings.
- Msgr.
Higgins Biographical Scetch By: AFL-CIO
- Prayers for the Heroes: Opening Prayer at the 2001 AFL-CIO Convention in Las Vegas
- Laboring for Justice: Celebrating
the Life and Career of Presidential
Medal of Freedom Honoree Msgr. George G. Higgins and His Lifetime of Service to the Cause of Workrs' Rights - The Catholic University of America
- Labor Leaders, Bishops
Honor Msgr. Higgins (November 12, 2001)
- Final Yardstick: A
Time for Goodbye After 56 Years (September 10, 2001)
- An Important Encyclicals
10th Anniversary (Agust 17, 2001)
- Abortion: My 1973 Notes
After "Roe vs. Wade" (August 13, 2001)
- Right-to-Work Legislation
Back in the News (July 30, 2001)
- Father John Hotchkin:
Right Man, Right Place, Right Time (July 16, 2001)
- Labor's Neutrality on
Abortion (July 2, 2001)
- Farewell to a Pre-eminent
Catholic Social Activist ( June 18, 2001)
- A Setback in
Catholic-Jewish Relations (June 4, 2001)
- The Irreversible Progress
Made in Catholic-Jewish Relations (May 21, 2001)
- A Giant Step Forward for
Health Care Services (May 7, 2001)
- A Battle About Words with
Words (April 23, 2001)
- Life After Macular
Degeneration (April 9, 2001)
- Funding Social Services
Provided by Churches (March 26, 2001)
- Falling on Constatine's Sword (March 12, 2001)
- Is Constantine's Sword Worth All the Hype? (February 26, 2001)
- How the ILO Fares Today
(February 12, 2001)
- The Late Fr. Raymond
McGowan: A Man Ahead of His Time (January 29, 2001)
- Setting the Record
Straight (January 15, 2001)
- Defining Social Justice (January 1, 2001)
- Msgr. Higgins Receives Laetare Medal from University of Notre Dame (May 22, 2001)
- A Successful Experiment in Union Democracy (December 18, 2000)
- No Free & Democratic Political System w/o Labor (December 4, 2000)
- A Strike Not Solely About Money (November 20, 2000)
- A Disingenous Election-Year Ad (November 6, 2000)
- Church Institutions & Rights of Workers (October 23, 2000)
- Honoring Lech Walesa in Washington (October 9, 2000)
- Priesthood Generation Gap (September 25, 2000)
- Farewell Tribute to the Premier Commonweal Catholic (September 11, 2000)
- The Shape of Patriotism (August 28, 2000)
- The Battle to Keep Writing (August 14, 2000)
- Caveat Lector (July 31, 2000)
- My Take on Gary Wills' New Book (July 17, 2000)
- Rally for Reform of Immigrant Labor Laws (July 3, 2000)
- Abortion Controversy & Party Politics (June 19, 2000)
- Working Class New York (June 5, 2000)
- The Ordinary People of New York (May 22, 2000)
- The Catholic Hospital Leadership of Women (May 8, 2000)
- Why There's So Much Ado About Labor in My Column (April 10, 2000)
- Tribute to Cardinal O'Connor (March 27, 2000)
- The Crumbling Wall Between Church & State (March 13, 2000)
- In Memoriam: Jesuit Fr. Richard McCormick (February 28, 2000)
- Professor "Dead Wrong" in Prediction About Labor Unions (February 14, 2000)
- Justice In Catholic Hospitals, Yes, & All Catholic Institutions (January 31, 2000)
- Catholic Labor Chief Slated for Labor Hall of Fame (January 17, 2000)
- Now That We Have Arrived in 2000... (January 3, 2000)
- Thinking About Unions in More Expanisive Terms (December 20, 1999)
- Not Obsolete Yet! (December 6, 1999, 1999)
- "Hitler's Pope" Revisited (November 22, 1999)
- Clarifying an Essential Labor-Management Issue (November 8, 1999)
- Helping Catholics & Jews Hear Each Other (October 25, 1999)
- Farewell to a Great Labor Champion: Lane Kirkland (October 11, 1999)
- Two Very Different Portraits of Pius XIII (September 27, 1999)
- A Helpful Step for Catholic Hospitals & Unions (September 13, 1999)
- Management's Responsibility After an NLRB Election (August 30, 1999)
- The AFL-CIO's Neutral Position on Abortion (August 16, 1999)
- The AMA's Surprising Announcement (August 2, 1999)
- Narrowing the Sacred-Secular Gap (July 19, 1999)
- Speaking Up For Underdogs (July 5, 1999)
- Msgr. Higgins' Speech at the National Catholic Gathering for Jubilee Justice (July 15-18, 1999)
- How Well is Vatican II Known? (June 21, 1999)
- The On Going Debate About Labor's Decline (June 7, 1999)
- Revisiting Commonweal (May 24, 1999)
- New Guidelines for Catholic Hospitals & Unions (May 10, 1999)
- A Father's Legacy (April 26, 1999)
- Let Me Introduce You to Fr. Hesburgh (April 12, 1999)
- The Challenge for Some Catholic Hospitals (March 29, 1999)
- St. Patrick's Example for Boston's Pioneer Cathoics (March 15, 1999)
- Did the Pope Mean "Capitalism"? (March 1, 1999)
- Labor's Place in the New Evangelization (February 15, 1999)
- Abortion & the Labor Movement: Academic Critics (February 1, 1999)
- Cesar Chavez in Labor Hall of Fame (January 18, 1999)
- A Worthy Nobel Winner in Economics (January 4, 1999)
- Catholic School Teachers' Union (October 16, 1998)
- Vatican I's Bad Prophet (October 2, 1998, 1998)
- Church Workers' Right to Organize (September 18, 1998)
- Reflections After Labor Day (September 4, 1998)
- Will Labor Get Its Day? (August 21, 1998)
- The Bishops' Conferrence in Print (August 7, 1998)
- Farewell to a Prophetic Voice (July 24, 1998)
- New, Invaluable Volume on the Council (July 10, 1998)
- Don't Write Labor's Epitaph Yet! (June 29, 1998)
- A Thunderous Silence on Unions (June 12, 1998)
- Who's to Blame? (May 29, 1998)
- In Perspective: The Vatican Statement on the Holocaust (May 15, 1998)
- Marx's Prediction (May 1, 1998)
- Is Church Social Action Too "Churchy" (April 13, 1998)
- A Curious History of America (March 6, 1998)
- The Pope - On The Downside of Globalizaton (February 20, 1998)
- Taking A Lesson From St. Patrick (February 6, 1998)
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 23, 1998)
- Educational Television at its Best (January 9, 1998)
- Wide of the Mark On Unions (December 1997)
- On Politicking the Social Encyclicals (November 1997)
- Jews & Catholics: In the Cause of Peace and Justice (November 1997)
- We All Benefit From a Strong Labor Union (October 1997)
- The Hidden Encyclical Wasn't What Was Needed (October 31, 1997)
- A Saint for Our Times (July 31, 1997)
- Catholics and the Holocaust (May 9, 1997)
- Are Tobacco Companies Blowing Smoke (April 25, 1997)
- Book, An Over Hasty Epitaph for Labor Movement (March 28, 1997)
- Arguments Against Unions' Future Still Premature (February 14, 1997)
- How Far Jewish-Catholic Relations (December 27, 1996)
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