National Federation of Priests' Councils Records

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Preferred Citation

National Federation of Priests' Councils Records (FPC), University of Notre Dame Archives (UNDA), Notre Dame, IN 46556

Scope and Content

Correspondence, convention material, financial files, committee files, subject files, and program files; concerning celibacy, due process in the church, human rights, priests in politics, women in the church, and rural ministry; involving the Catholic Committee on Urban Ministry, the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, the National Assembly of Women Religious, the Canon Law Society of America, the Catholic Peace Fellowship, Catholic Relief Services, the National Council of Churches, the National Office for Black Catholics, and the Society of Priests for a Free Ministry.

Background

A national federation of diocesan senates or associations of priests; founded in 1968.

Index :

 National Federation of Priests' Councils 
 Celibacy 
 Due process of law 
 Canon law 
 Human rights 
 Church and state 
 Church work with women -- Catholic Church 
 Rural clergy -- United States 
 Catholic Church Clergy -- United States 
 Leadership Conference of Women Religious of the United States 
 National Assembly of Women Religious (U.S.) 
 Canon Law Society of America 
 Catholic Peace Fellowship 
 Catholic Relief Services 
 National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States 
 National Office for Black Catholics 
 Society of Priests for a Free Ministry 

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• CFPC National Federation of Priests' Councils: Manuscripts
  • CFPC 1 Group : Box 1: Conventions, 1967-1970
    • CFPC 1/01 Folder : Regional Meeting Material, 1967
      Material includes: schedules; arrangements; participants and evaluations.
    • CFPC 1/02 Folder : Workshop Work Papers and Reports, 1967
      Material includes: handwritten notes concerning personnel workshops; structural questions for Priests' Councils; report from "Brainstorming Session."
    • CFPC 1/03 Folder : Registration List, 1967
      Material includes: regional meeting of Priests' Councils, Sept. 25-26, 1967, Des Plaines, Illinois.
    • CFPC 1/04 Folder : Constitutional Convention File, 1967
      Material includes: affiliation tally sheets; election of NFPC president; memo to delegates; news release May 21, 1968.
    • CFPC 1/05 Folder : Communication 1967-1968
      Material includes: communication considerations; news release on meeting.
    • CFPC 1/06 Folder : Final Reports on Priests' Councils, 1967
      Material includes: one summary report regarding the "Committee of Eight."
    • CFPC 1/07 Folder : Survey Returns, Constitutional Working Papers
      Material includes: committee reports, feedback on proposals for NFPC convention, approved method for election and certification of Parish delegates to the little council.
    • CFPC 1/08 Folder : Misc. Material and Correspondence Regarding Feb. - May, 1968
      NFPC Meeting Material includes: registration forms for alternates and observers, proposed constitution; committee reports.
    • CFPC 1/09 Folder : Misc. Material and Correspondence Regarding Feb. - May, 1968
      NFPC Meeting Material includes: meeting minutes; committee reports; executive board members; constitution; midwest participants; agenda.
    • CFPC 1/10 Folder : Correspondence Feb. - May 1968
      Material includes: correspondence primarily with Patrick O'Malley regarding the 1968 convention.
    • CFPC 1/11 Folder : Meeting of Priests' Councils Feb. 12-13, 1968
      Material includes: registration forms; agendas; reports from committees; minutes; general organization of executive board outlines; preamble to constitution; areas of concern; newspaper clippings and articles on the council.
    • CFPC 1/12 Folder : Position Papers and Working Papers Feb. 12-13, 1968
      Material includes: folder of papers delivered at the meeting on Priests' Councils Feb. 1968 with index.
    • CFPC 1/13 Folder : Papers and Reports from Feb. Meeting
      Material includes: minutes of Convening Committee; rationale for a national organization; "Priests' Council- A Review," Robert Kennedy; goals and guidelines; "Operational Principles," John Dooley.
    • CFPC 1/14 Folder : Feb. 27-28, 1968 Meeting, "Committee of 29"
      Material includes: minutes; agenda; issues considered; general mailings sent.
    • CFPC 1/15 Folder : Minutes- Steering Committee Meeting Apr. 17-18, 1968 Des
      Plaines, IL Material includes: typed and handwritten minutes.
    • CFPC 1/16 Folder : Advance Delegate Packet
      Material includes: press releases; agendas; news clippings. [Printed material removed to printed material collection.]
    • CFPC 1/17 Folder : Material Distributed at May 20-21, 1968 Convention
      Material includes: ratification of constitution; executive board members; committee reports; nominees for president; agenda; delegate's report on married priesthood; financial statement for organization.
    • CFPC 1/18 Folder : Delegates May 20-21, 1968
      Material includes: lists of delegates participating in the convention.
    • CFPC 1/19 Folder : Work Papers, 1968
      Material includes: agenda; general information sheet; handwritten list of participants.
    • CFPC 1/20 Folder : Headquarters, 1968
      Material includes: a rationale for a national organization; Summary Report of Discussion- Regional Meeting to date; 1969 Regional Provincial Meetings; list of executive board members; study and discussion papers prepared for NFPC.
    • CFPC 1/21 Folder : Middlewest, 1968-1970
      Material includes: provincial reports and recommendations; minutes; correspondence; registrations; states include: Kansas, Illinois, Ohio, Iowa, Missouri, Wisconsin.
    • CFPC 1/22 Folder : East, 1968
      Material includes: correspondence from provincial meetings in the East with minutes of the Newark meeting; summary of the first provincial meeting in the Philadelphia province.
    • CFPC 1/23 Folder : West, 1968-1969
      Material includes: minutes of meetings in Montana, Washington, New Mexico, Colorado, California.
    • CFPC 1/24 Folder : Southeast, 1968-1969
      Material includes: keynote address by Ganor Graves; Atlanta province meeting agenda; San Antonio province meeting agenda; southeastern regional meeting minutes.
    • CFPC 1/25 Folder : Committee Reports, House of Delegates Meeting Mar. 24-26,
      1969 Material includes: workshop agenda; committee reports; short bibliography on Parish Councils; a report on "The White House" in Cairo, IL.; social action committee resolutions.
    • CFPC 1/26 Folder : House of Delegates Evaluation Survey, March 1969
      Material includes: organizational effectiveness of NFPC, James Stewart rought draft; NFPC provincial and local council annual report; NFPC Delegates Convention evaluation survey.
    • CFPC 1/27 Folder : 1969 Convention- Press
      Material includes: delegate press packet; resolutions; papers presented; news releases.
    • CFPC 1/28 Folder : 1969 Convention Materials
      Material includes: membership dues; report on the priest in the Church today; state of the Federation report; evaluation survey; proposed changes to NFPC bylaws; summary report of 2nd Annual House of Delegates Convention, New Orleans.
    • CFPC 1/29 Folder : Correspondence- Convention, 1969
      Material includes: correspondence and memoranda concerning the 1969 convention with a summary report.
    • CFPC 1/30 Folder : Delegate Press Packet
      Material includes: primarily reports of the 1969 meeting and resolutions passed.
    • CFPC 1/31 Folder : 3rd Annual National Convention, 1970
      Material deals with: 1970 convention issues including material on Due Process and Episcopal Succession.
    • CFPC 1/32 Folder : Correspondence Jan. - Apr., 1970
      Material includes: correspondence concerning the 1970 San Diego Convention arrangements; draft of Joseph Fichter's "Renewal and Responsibility." Principle correspondents include: Patrick O'Malley and priests interested in the NFPC.