Articles on religion and the religious during the Victorian period, showing its unity and disunity. The major themes of Catholic historiography and the history of education during the Victorian era unite the essays collected here, as is fitting for a volume honouring the work in these fields of Professor Vincent Alan McClelland.There is a particular emphasis upon the life and work of Cardinal Manning; other figures and topics considered include Father Randal Lythgoe, Cardinal Newman, the English Benedictine contribution to the British Empire, modern Scottish Catholic history, and Victorian Christianity in its various forms, as in the essays on Methodism and the Church of Ireland.

The topic of values among young people has generated as much national attention at the start of the 21st century as it did during the Vietnam era in the 1960s. Robert L. Dilenschneider, CEO of The Dilenschneider Group and one of the country's leading public relations authorities, lived through the tumultuous 1960s, when he attended St. Charles Preparatory School in Columbus, Ohio. Years later, he established The Borromean Lectures at the school in honor of its patron, St. Charles Borromeo. The purpose of this series was to attract respected national figures to address morals and ethics. This book is a collection of their talks to a young audience.