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National Pastoral Life Center Records

 Fonds
Identifier: NPL

Scope and Content

Records of the National Pastoral Life Center; including general office files, Church magazine files, development files, pastoral services files, Roundtable files, New Pastors' Workshop files, Executive Director files, and files of NPLC founder and director Msgr. Philip J. Murnion; with photo albums, videos, and other audio-visual material; and 49,767 computer files amounting to 33 Gigabytes of digital data.

Dates

  • Creation: 1983-2009.

Creator

Language of Materials

English.

Conditions Governing Access

Contractual restrictions may apply.

Background

In 1983 Philip J. Murnion founded the National Pastoral Life Center to study the Catholic Church in the United States; NPLC published Church Magazine, conducted sociological surveys of ministry in Catholic parishes, including lay ministry, and worked with Catholic bishops to improve the quality of pastoral minsitry. NPLC closed in 2009.

Extent

180 linear feet

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Peter Denio, Acting Director, National Pastoral Life Center.

Title
National Pastoral Life Center Records
Subtitle
Guide
Author
University of Notre Dame Archives
Date
2014
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the University of Notre Dame Archives Repository

Contact:
607 Hesburgh Library
Notre Dame Indiana 46556 United States
(574) 631-6448