Box ACS 35
Contains 29 Results:
ACS mission statement, guidelines for listening, and brochures, 2014 and undated
"Harvest in Gladness: A Statement from the Seminar for Contemplatives," held at Woodstock College, Maryland, August 17-31, 1969 (originals and reprints), 1969 and 2004
Association of Contemplative Sisters Records inventory and manuscript index, University of Notre Dame Archives, 2002
History, founding documents, financial reports, and miscellaneous [folder 1 of 2], 1968 - 2018
History, founding documents, financial reports, and miscellaneous [folder 2 of 2], 1968 - 2018
Miscellaneous poetry and reflections, undated
Association of Contemplative Sisters, Interim List of Resources for Contemplative Formation, July 1994
Also contains copy of "Report on ACS Study of Programs for Lay Contemplative Formation" (undated)
Draft of "Cloister of the Heart," by Ann Denham and Gert Wilkinson, circa 2006
Draft of "The ACS Story," by Ann Denham and Gert Wilkinson, circa 2006
Manuscript appears to be a copy or draft of the one in the previous folder, but with a different title.
Gert Wilkinson, General Assembly materials, 2018
Gert Wilkinson, Development of the handbook and bylaws of ACS, 1995 - 2010
Gert Wilkinson, Beginning of ACS, 1971 - 1994
Gert Wilkinson, Membership directory, handbook, and member lists, 2002 - 2016
Gert Wilkinson, ACS newsletters [folder 1 of 2], 1990 - 1998
Contains national and mideast region newsletters (incomplete)
Gert Wilkinson, ACS newsletters [folder 2 of 2], 2005 - 2016
Contemplative Review, vol. 11, no. 1-3, 1975 - 1983
Issues include Aug. and Nov. 1975, winter 1976, fall 1978, and winter 1983.
Living Prayer, vol. 24, no. 4, July-Aug. 1991, 1991
Miscellaneous written reflections, 2018 and undated
Portia Webster materials, 1987 - 2024
Includes a written reflection on Portia Webster's involvement with ACS titled "My ACS Journey"
Collected ACS materials, 1975 - 1999
Includes a membership directory, brochures, copies of bylaws and certificate of incorporation, President's reports, mission statements, a song book, and copies of a paper by Sister Margaret Brennan entitled "Standing in Experience: A Reflection on the Status of Women in the Church"
ACS Season of Discernment planning documents, 2016 - 2018
Includes minutes from leadership team meetings.
Memory calendar, 1998
ACS Leadership Team materials, 2003 - 2017
Includes change of address documentation, proposal and planning documents, and meeting minutes
Miscellaneous newsletters, handbooks, and directories, 1998 - 2014
"Material from Gert" [Wilkinson], 1969-1974 and undated
Mostly materials from the early years of ACS.
ACS Declaration of Purpose, 1971 - 1995
Mary Rourke, "Finding God Through Diversity of Prayer," Los Angeles Times, 2000-07-18
Clipping of newspaper article featuring ACS. Sent from Fran Burras to Carol Marie Hemish in November 2024.
"The Story of the Association of Contemplative Sisters" Supplemental Material [folder 1 of 2], 1969 - 2017
Copies of documents, photographs, and other material used for the project, grouped chronologically in order of key events in the history of ACS
"The Story of the Association of Contemplative Sisters" Supplemental Material [folder 2 of 2], 1969 - 2017
Copies of documents, photographs, and other material used for the project, grouped chronologically in order of key events in the history of ACS