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History of the Church of the Ascension, Chicago, Illinois 1857-1982

By George C. Giles, Jr.

Aberdeen, South Dakota: North Plains Press, 1984.


Sources and Acknowledgements

Introduction: The Oxford Movement and the Midwest

Chapter I. The Early Years
Chapter II. Ceremonial Innovation and Controversy
Chapter III. Building and Rebuilding
Chapter IV. A Watershed
Chapter V. The Great Internal Work of the Parish
Chapter VI. The Church in Time of War
Chapter VII. A Future Pledge
Chapter VIII. Thanksgiving
Chapter IX. Our Common Vocation
Chapter X. The Heart and Center


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Reproduced with permission of the author and parish, 2005. The author retains copyright.