Collection: Edward D. O'Connor Papers

Scope and Content

Charismatic Renewal files, 1964-1982; consisting of correspondence, agenda, minutes, reports, directories, and publications; with documentation of Charismatic conferences, committees, prayer meetings, and practices; from groups centered in South Bend, Indiana, and Ann Arbor, Michigan, with some information on other groups; including "Michigan Days of Renewal: Pastoral Newsletter", a mimeographed charismatic renewal circular from the prayer group at Ann Arbor, Michigan, prececessor of the magazine New Covenant, and issues of Catholic Charismatic magazine.

Dates

Creation: 1964-1982

Language of Materials

English.

Background

Edward D. O'Connor, CSC, Professor of Theology at Notre Dame (1952- ), participated in the Catholic charismatic renewal movement and wrote about it in his books and pamphlets, including The Pentecostal Movement in the Catholic Church and Pope Paul and the Spirit: Charisms and Church Renewal in the Teaching of Paul VI .