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Home Mission Sisters of America Records

1936-1967.

Origination : Home Mission Sisters of America.
Extent : 1 linear inch.
Repository : University of Notre Dame Archives
Address : Notre Dame, Indiana 46556
English.

Administrative Information

Source

Catherine Rumschlag

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Preferred Citation

Home Mission Sisters of America Records (ZEF), University of Notre Dame Archives (UNDA), Notre Dame, IN 46556

Scope and Content

Correspondence, mailings, reports, registers, and by-laws relating to the general history and activities of the Glenmary Sisters and the 1967 development in which many of the members of the order were given dispensation to form a lay organization.

Background

Religious order of women established in 1941 to serve in rural communities particularly in Appalachia. Popularly called the Glenmary Sisters, they continue to serve in Kentucky, Georgia, and Missouri as the Home Mission Sisters of America, Inc., with headquarters in Owensboro, Kentucky.

Index

Home Mission Sisters of America.
Home missions.
Missionaries -- Appalachian mountains.
Appalachian Region -- Church history.
Catholic Church -- Missions.
Letters.

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