Common threads: a cultural history of clothing in American Catholicism

Introduction. The origins and significance of Catholic clothing in America

The clothes make the man : clerical and liturgical garmenture, 1830s-1930s

Women religious on American soil : adaptation or authority in nineteenth-century America

School uniforms : a new look for Catholic girls

Outfitting the mystical body of Christ : apparel and activism

Tearing at the seams : the clothes no longer fit

Epilogue. Beyond the 1970s.