American Crusade: Catholic Youth in the World Mission Movement from World War l through Vatican ll

Perhaps no era in Christian history since the time of the apostles presented a greater challenge to the spread of faith than the twentieth century. The First World War in particular resulted in nearly disastrous losses for the world mission movement. Christian countries were engaged in fratricidal conflict, missionaries were forced to return to their homelands, and traditional sources of mission funding dried up.

In response to the missions crisis, American Catholic youth devoted themselves ...