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George Anthony Kelly

1916 — 2004

George Anthony Kelly was born in New York. In 1942 he was ordained as a Catholic priest. He then went to Catholic University in Washington, D.C., and went on to receive a Ph.D. in social science. In 1945 he returned to New York City to work in a parish. He began to write a labor column for The Catholic News. In 1955, he was appointed Family Life director for his the archdiocese. In 1958 he published his most popular book, Catholic Marriage Manual, and followed it in 1960 with the Catholic Youth's Guide to Life and Love. In 1966, he was appointed Secretary of Education for the Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of New York and the Diocese of Brooklyn, which together were the third-largest education system in the United States. In 1977, he co-founded the Fellowship of Catholic Scholars. In 2003 he was invited to take a new position at St. John's University as chair in contemporary Catholic problems.

Books by George Anthony Kelly

25 titles

The Catholic marriage manual

The Catholic marriage manual

George Anthony Kelly

1958

The New Biblical Theorists

The New Biblical Theorists

George Anthony Kelly

1983

The Catholic family handbook

The Catholic family handbook

George Anthony Kelly

1959

Keeping the church Catholic with John Paul II

Keeping the church Catholic with John Paul II

George Anthony Kelly

1990

The church's problem with Bible scholars

The church's problem with Bible scholars

George Anthony Kelly

1985

Inside my Father's house

Inside my Father's house

George Anthony Kelly

1989

The battle for the American church

The battle for the American church

George Anthony Kelly

1979

Dating for young Catholics

Dating for young Catholics

George Anthony Kelly

1963

your child and sex

your child and sex

George Anthony Kelly

1964

Primer on the Taft-Hartley law

Primer on the Taft-Hartley law

George Anthony Kelly

1948

Birth control and Catholics

Birth control and Catholics

George Anthony Kelly

1964

The Catholic guide to expectant motherhood

The Catholic guide to expectant motherhood

George Anthony Kelly

1963

The Catholic youth's guide to life and love

The Catholic youth's guide to life and love

George Anthony Kelly

1962

An uncertain church

An uncertain church

George Anthony Kelly

1976

The battle for the American church revisited

The battle for the American church revisited

George Anthony Kelly

1995

The Catholic Church and the American poor

The Catholic Church and the American poor

George Anthony Kelly

1976

Catholic higher education

Catholic higher education

George Anthony Kelly

1992

Catholics and the practice of faith

Catholics and the practice of faith

George Anthony Kelly

1946

Catholics and the practice of the faith, 1967 and 1971

Catholics and the practice of the faith, 1967 and 1971

George Anthony Kelly

1972

The Christian role in today's society

The Christian role in today's society

George Anthony Kelly

1967

The crisis of authority

The crisis of authority

George Anthony Kelly

1982

The Fleischmann Commission

The Fleischmann Commission

George Anthony Kelly

1972

Le livre de la famille chrétienne

Le livre de la famille chrétienne

George Anthony Kelly

1961

Overpopulation

Overpopulation

George Anthony Kelly

1960

The parish, as seen from the Church of St. John the Evangelist, New York City, 1840-1973

The parish, as seen from the Church of St. John the Evangelist, New York City, 1840-1973

George Anthony Kelly

1973