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Church and social problems -- Catholic Church

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 29 Collections and/or Records:

Catholic Committee on Urban Ministry

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Identifier: CUM
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Records of the Catholic Committee on Urban Ministry, including audio-visual material and photographs.

Dates: 1967-1982

Catholic Peace Fellowship Records

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Identifier: CPF
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Manuscripts of talks and articles, organizational material for protest activities, newspaper and magazine clippings, press statements, photographs, and letters, including correspondence with Daniel and Philip Berrigan, Thomas Merton, James Forest, Dorothy Day, Thomas Cornell, George McGovern, and Robert F. Kennedy.

Dates: 1962-1989.

Center of Concern Records

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Identifier: COC
Scope and Content Correspondence, subject files, tape recordings, and lectures of the Center's directors (William Ryan, SJ, 1971-1977, and Peter Henriot, SJ, 1977- ); correspondence and subject files kept by staff members James Blewett, Mary Burke, Joe Holland, George Ann Potter, Maria Riley, Jim Hug, and Mike Schultheis; ledgers, contribution cards, and other financial files; manuscripts of books, pamphlets, and articles; position papers, back issues of Center Focus, and other Center publications; and...
Dates: 1971-[ongoing].

Center on Conscience and War Records

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Identifier: CCW
Scope and Content Correspondence and collected articles of Gordon Zahn, co-founder and director of the Center on Conscience and War; correspondence of the CCW staff, responding to inquiries and distributing printed material supporting the Center's cause. Correspondents include Bryan Hehir, Michael Dukakis, Sargent Shriver, and Catholic peace organizations, among them Pax Christi USA, the Commission on Catholic Community Action, and the United States Catholic Conference Department of Social Development and...
Dates: 1978-[ongoing].

Christian Family Movement Records

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Identifier: CFM
Scope and Content Correspondence (1946-1969); files on CFM chaplains; correspondence, agenda, and minutes of the national coordinating committee (1949-1969); correspondence, minutes, and research material associated with the publication of the CFM monthly magazine Act, and copies of the magazine itself (1946-1971); newsletters of local CFM federations; programs, reports, financial records, evaluation forms and speeches, including speeches of Monsignor Reynold Hillenbrand, from CFM national conventions; a...
Dates: 1946-2016

Commonweal Records

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Identifier: CWL
Scope and Content Editorial correspondence (1976-1989), original manuscripts accepted for publication (1967-1984), unused articles (1979-1983), financial records (1926-1978), subscription lists (1979 and 1982-1983), and photographs. Also material on the Charles E. Curran controversy, Synods of Bishops (1984-1989), and editorial correspondence (1938) relating to the journal's controversial stand on the Spanish Civil War, along with copies of speeches and biographical notes (ca. 1930) by Michael...
Dates: 1926-[ongoing]

Eileen Egan Papers

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Identifier: EEG
Scope and Content Correspondence, printed matter, mimeographed reports, fliers, clippings, and a history of the American PAX Association by Eileen Egan, "Crime Against God and Man: the Struggle of the Small Vehicle, PAX"; with material on Christian nonviolence, on the Catholic just war doctrine and difficulties of Catholic conscientious objectors during the Vietnam War; including documentation of the PAX Tivoli Conferences at the Catholic Worker Farm and a few items pertaining to other issues of...
Dates: 1955-1999; bulk 1967-1971

Gerard A. Vanderhaar Papers

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Identifier: VDR
Scope and Content Papers documenting his participation in Pax Christi USA and in the peace movement in general; files representing courses he taught; research papers and drafts of his writings; correspondence, reports, material distributed at meetings, financial papers, periodicals, photographs, and videos. Also material on the U.S. Bishops' peace pastoral and documentation of his interaction with Bishop Thomas Gumbleton and Bishop Carroll T. Dozier. Also records of Janice Vanderhaar's service on the National...
Dates: 1957-1998

Gordon Zahn Papers

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Identifier: ZHN
Scope and Content Correspondence, memoranda, clippings, reports, and other papers; photocopies, brochures, printed ephemera, pamphlets, books, and other printed material; photographs, audio-visual material, and digital data; representing the career of Gordon Charles Zahn, especially his life-long efforts to promote peace, and his work in making known the life and martyrdom of Franz Jaegerstaetter. Papers include documentation of academic career, his writings, his life at Camp Simon as a...
Dates: 1998-2003.

Groundwork for a Just World Records

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Identifier: GJW
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Filmstrips with associated audio cassette tapes and scripts, including "Every Heart Beats True," concerning conscientious objection and Catholic teaching on military service (1980), "Weapons in Space" (1984), "Whose Budget Is It Anyway?", and "Hostage at Hell's Bottom: the Economy and the Pentagon"; VHS video tapes, including "A Step Away from War" (1986) and "Citizen Ambassador Program" (1993); and many slides concerning peace and militarism.

Dates: 1980-[ongoing]

Intercommunity Justice and Peace Center Records

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Identifier: IJP
Scope and Content Advisory Board Minutes, 1985-1987; newsletters, events sponsored, and bibliographies, 1985-1992; publicity, 1985-1992; Annual Reports, 1985-1992; personal statements; records of priority committees including Central America / Sanctuary Committee, Peace Committee, Women and Poverty Committee, Women / Church Committee, Racism Committee, and Economic Justice Committee; and other records. Also two video tapes (AIJP), one giving an overview of the Center and the other recording the...
Dates: 1962-2012

James J. Norris Papers

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Identifier: NOR
Scope and Content Correspondence, memoranda, reports, and minutes relating to his work with War Relief Services -- National Catholic Welfare Conference (later Catholic Relief Services -- United States Catholic Conference), his chairmanship of the International Catholic Migration Commission, and his participation in the Second Vatican Council. Other organizations reflected in his papers include Caritas Internationalis, International Working Group for Socio-Economic Development (CIDSE), Cor Unum Council, the...
Dates: 1940s-1976

James O'Gara Papers

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Identifier: OGA
Scope and Content Publications of James O'Gara on Catholic social teaching, Catholic education, the Church and democracy, the renewal of the Church after the Second Vatican Council, and the role of the laity, including books, pamphlets, articles, typewritten manuscripts of talks and radio and television scripts; general correspondence and editorial correspondence for Paulist Press; and biographical files, including material from sociology courses, files on the Catholic Worker and Dorothy Day, a few folders...
Dates: 1939-2004.

John J. Berkery Papers

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Identifier: BRK
Scope and Content Correspondence; manuscripts of Berkery's memoirs of the Catholic Action movement; newsletters; clippings, including articles by and about Joseph Cardinal Cardijn; photocopies and mimeographed material including pieces by Pat Keegan and Paul McGuire. With the exception of one folder concerning St. Therese of Lisieux, the papers all pertain to the Young Christian Workers, Young Christian Students, Christian Family Movement, and other Catholic Action organizations. Also books,...
Dates: 1932-1988.

Joseph Harnett Papers

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Identifier: HNT
Scope and Content Reports, correspondence, memoranda, bulletins, agenda, speeches, and photographs, 1954-1966, having to do with Catholic Relief Services programs in the far east, including files on Burma, Cambodia, Ceylon, the Fiji Islands, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Laos, Macau, Malaya, Okinawa, Pakistan, East Pakistan, the Philippines, Samoa, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, the Tonga Islands, and Vietnam. Also reports, correspondence, memoranda, notes, and clippings, 1980-1985,...
Dates: 1954-1985

Marie Augusta Neal Papers

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Identifier: NEA
Scope and Content This collection consists of the data, findings, and correspondence related to three studies which Neal conducted: the South African Catholic Education Study, the Jesuit Self-Study for the California and Oregon Provinces, and the Notre Dame International Survey. (A report on the Jesuit Study can be found in Volume III, Chapter 9, of the General Survey of the Society of Jesus, North American Assistancy, edited by Bruce F. Biever, SJ and Thomas M. Gannon, SJ, 1969, National Office of Pastoral...
Dates: 1967-1973

Mary Irene Zotti Papers

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Identifier: ZOT
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Mimeographed handouts, reports, correspondence, audio tapes, and printed ephemera having to do with Msgr. Joseph Cardijn and the Young Christian Workers, an organization associated with the Catholic Action or lay apostolate movement.

Dates: 1939-1987

Michael James O'Shaughnessy Papers

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Identifier: OSH
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Correspondence, largely with White House staff persons, concerning his activities in the cause of social justice; and printed material.

Dates: 1933-1943.

Midwest Council of La Raza Records

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Identifier: MCL
Scope and Content Office files including committee minutes and correspondence; financial records such as receipts, check stubs, accounts of program expenditures, fundraising proposals, and fundraising information; subject files on demographics, labor conditions of migrant workers, immigration, bilingual education, and other topics; La Raza news releases, clippings, and scrapbooks; correspondence and clippings from the Groundskeepers Rights Association, University of Notre Dame, 1977-1979; and files of the...
Dates: 1965-1996

National Catholic War Council (U.S.) Records

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Identifier: NCW
Scope and Content

Correspondence and printed circular letters of the Council and Gibbons.

Dates: 1917.

National Center for Urban Ethnic Affairs

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Identifier: NUE
Scope and Content

Records and resource files of the NCUEA; consisting of papers of Geno Baroni, John Kromkowski and other NCUEA directors and staff members; correspondence, ledgers, financial records, manuscripts, curricula vitae, interviews, clippings, photocopies, mimeographed material, government publications, and other printed material; having to do with projects funded by government grants, and with topics of interest to NCUEA, including domestic and foreign ethnic issues.

Dates: 1964-[ongoing]

Network Records

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Identifier: NET
Scope and Content Abortion material (re Network's non-position); Associated Organization files; Church Social Justice Teaching files; Church Statements; Citizen Budget Campaign files; Correspondence arranged by state; Development and Fundraising files; Direct Mail and Promotional files; Educational resources published by Network; Election Workship files and Charts 1988 and 1992; Equal Rights Amendment files; Federal Budget Material; Field Office material; Field Organizing Material; Fundraising files; Housing...
Dates: 1972-2018

Patrick and Patricia Crowley Papers

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Identifier: RWL
Scope and Content Questionnaires on the rhythm method of birth control, and on responsible parenthood and love in marriage, with responses from those who answered them; reports, notes taken at meetings, correspondence and background papers, 1964-1967; articles on birth control, dating from the 1960s through the 1980s; a copy of the book Turning Pointby Robert McClory regarding the Commission; book reviews and Crowley correspondence concerning Turning...
Dates: 1964-1999

Patrick J. Sullivan Papers

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Identifier: PSL
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Manuscripts and notes, on paper and computer disks, presenting the teaching of recent popes and bishops on labor-management issues, including Popes John XXIII, Paul VI, and John Paul II ; commentaries on and reactions to Catholic social teaching on labor-management issues as reported in Catholic periodicals; and notes on prominent Catholic individuals and organizations involved with organized labor.

Dates: 1980s-1990s

Pax Christi USA Records

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Identifier: PAX
Scope and Content Records of the American chapter of Pax Christi, including correspondence, financial and membership records, subject files, records relating to the American chapter's affiliation with Pax Christi International, files from the group's conferences and special projects, audio and video tapes, and photographs. Principle correspondents include Etienne de Jonghe, Eileen Egan, Joseph Fahey, Thomas Gumbleton, Gordon Zahn, Walter Grazer, Mary Ellen Jegen, Carol ter Maat, Gerard...
Dates: 1958-1995.

Peter Ernest Dietz Correspondence

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Identifier: DTZ
Scope and Content Letters from John W. Cavanaugh, CSC, Nicholas Dietz, James Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop John Glennon, and Frederick P. Kenkel to Peter E. Dietz; concerning Dietz's work in support of organized labor and his interest in social service and social reform; with material on the Militia of Christ and the American Federation of Labor. Also correspondence between Dietz and officers of the Catholic Central Verein concerning cooperation between the Verein and the American Federation of...
Dates: 1910-1921.

Reynold Hillenbrand Papers

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Identifier: MRH
Scope and Content Account books, agenda, bibliographies, book orders, brochures, bulletins, calendars, chaplains' manuals, circulars, clippings, compositions, contracts, correspondence, curricula vitae, drafts of booklets, drafts of manuals, essays, examinations, financial papers, interviews, itineraries, lectures, lists, liturgical music, maps, meditations, memoranda, mimeographed handouts, minutes, newsletters, notebooks, notes, outlines, pamphlets, poems, policy manuals, prayers of the faithful,...
Dates: 1897-1979

Young Christian Students Records

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Identifier: YCS
Scope and Content Correspondence (1958-1965); reports from local leaders (1960-1965); records of national committee meetings (1956-1964); records of summer training sessions and national and regional study weeks (1944-1966); files on recruitment, training, and activities of full-time YCS workers (1947-1967); records of staff meetings at national headquarters (1957-1965); financial files, subject files, research files, photographs, reports, programs, bulletins, handbooks, and other publications; with...
Dates: 1944-1980

Young Christian Workers Records

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Identifier: YCW
Scope and Content Correspondence of national headquarters with local YCW groups all over the United States; subject files, training courses, answers to survey questionnaires, financial records, reports, inquiry programs, manuals, mimeographed material, pamphlets, periodicals, photographs, and papers of national chaplain Monsignor Reynold Hillenbrand and Caroline Pezzullo, president of the women's YCW, 1949-1953; with material on civil rights, credit unions, labor unions, Catholic Action, and the international...
Dates: 1938-1971