"The Church and Labor"; Samuel Cardinal Stritch to William J. Finn
Title: Samuel Cardinal Stritch
Description: Samuel Cardinal Stritch, left, speaks with Edward Cardinal Mooney, center, and Francis Cardinal Spellman
Contributor: Harris and Ewing, photographer, Harris and Ewing Collection, Photographs and Prints Division, Library of Congress
Date: n.d.
Father Klemens Jagodzinski (1913-1973) was a young assistant at Transfiguration in 1942. He served his God and his parishoners in obscurity for his whole life, except for this hostile reaction to his pro-labor sentiments that brought him to Samuel Cardinal Stritch's attention. Just recently ordained in 1939, Jagodzinski must have picked up on the Church's social teaching at St. Mary of the Lake Seminary or in a priest's study club.
Questions
As you read these documents, reflect on the following questions:
1. How did Stritch react to Finn's criticism?
2. In what ways did Jagodzinski tailor his message to his fellow Poles?
Title: The Church and Labor
Source: Chancery Collection, The Joseph Cardinal Bernardin Archives & Records Center, Archdiocese of Chicago
Date: June 1942Title: William J. Finn to Samuel Cardinal Stritch
Source: Chancery Collection, The Joseph Cardinal Bernardin Archives & Records Center, Archdiocese of Chicago
Date: June 15, 1942Title: Samuel Cardinal Stritch to William J. Finn
Source: Chancery Collection, The Joseph Cardinal Bernardin Archives & Records Center, Archdiocese of Chicago
