Abbreviations Used

Reverend William Howard Bishop: Toward an Understanding of His Charism as Founder of the Glenmary Home Missioners
By Father Dan Dorsey

Abbreviations Used in Master’s Thesis

N.C.L.C. : National Rural Life Conference

In Documents of Vatican II
A.G.D. : “Ad Gentes Divinitus.” Decree on the Church’s Missionary Activity.

L.G. : “Lumen Gentium.” Dogmatic Constitution on the Church\P.C. : “Perfectae Caritatis.” Decree on the Appropriate Renewal of the Religious Life.

Other Works
E.T. : “Evangelica Testificatio.” Apostolic Exhortation on the Renewal of Religious Life According to the Teachings of the Second Vatican Council.

M.C. : “Mystici Corporus.” The Mystical Body of Christ