Some Seed Fell on Good Ground

A historical biography that “illuminates a remarkable churchman who was in the vanguard of his time,” written by New York’s archbishop ( Publishers Weekly ). A man far ahead of his time, Archbishop Edwin V. O’Hara of Kansas City (1881–1956) orchestrated numerous initiatives that profoundly affected American Catholic life. His ceaseless activity as both priest and bishop sowed seeds that flourished long past his lifetime, from liturgical reform to Bible study, campus ministry to social justice, m