Notre Dame Archives
CFPC National Federation of Priests' Councils: Manuscripts
CFPC 1 Group : Box 1: Conventions, 1967-1970
- CFPC 1/16 { : 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
- CFPC 1/17 { : 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
- CFPC 1/18 { : Material includes: lists of delegates participating in the convention.
CFPC 1/19 Folder : Work Papers, 1968
- CFPC 1/19 { : Material includes: agenda; general information sheet; handwritten list of participants.
CFPC 1/20 Folder : Headquarters, 1968
- CFPC 1/20 { : 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
- CFPC 1/21 { : Material includes: provincial reports and recommendations; minutes; correspondence; registrations; states include: Kansas, Illinois, Ohio, Iowa, Missouri, Wisconsin.
CFPC 1/22 Folder : East, 1968
- CFPC 1/22 { : 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
- CFPC 1/23 { : Material includes: minutes of meetings in Montana, Washington, New Mexico, Colorado, California.
CFPC 1/24 Folder : Southeast, 1968-1969
- CFPC 1/24 { : 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,
- CFPC 1/25 { : 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
- CFPC 1/26 { : 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
- CFPC 1/27 { : Material includes: delegate press packet; resolutions; papers presented; news releases.
CFPC 1/28 Folder : 1969 Convention Materials
- CFPC 1/28 { : 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
- CFPC 1/29 { : Material includes: correspondence and memoranda concerning the 1969 convention with a summary report.
CFPC 1/30 Folder : Delegate Press Packet
- CFPC 1/30 { : Material includes: primarily reports of the 1969 meeting and resolutions passed.
CFPC 1/31 Folder : 3rd Annual National Convention, 1970
- CFPC 1/31 { : Material deals with: 1970 convention issues including material on Due Process and Episcopal Succession.
CFPC 1/32 Folder : Correspondence Jan. - Apr., 1970
- CFPC 1/32 { : 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.
CFPC 1/33 Folder : Correspondence- Misc. Convention 1970
- CFPC 1/33 { : Material includes: correspondence and materials relating to nominees for the presidency of NFPC; lists of affiliated councils in NFPC and their presidents; arrangements for the convention.
CFPC 1/34 Folder : San Diego Convention Files, 1970
- CFPC 1/34 { : Material includes: finances and local committee correspondence; correspondence relating to the cost of the convention; equipment necessary; participants.
CFPC 1/35 Folder : Master Copy File - 1970 Convention
- CFPC 1/35 { : Material includes: lists of delegates and alternates; NC News Service report; press releases; proposed changes to NFPC constitution to be considered at convention; tentative agenda.
CFPC 1/36 Folder : Materials Distributed - San Diego 1970
- CFPC 1/36 { : Material includes: addresses by Alexander Carter, Patrick O'Malley, Leo Maher, and Robert Darezies; press releases and reports; official ballot.
CFPC 1/37 Folder : Convention Materials, 1970
- CFPC 1/37 { : Material includes: official ballots; report of nomination committee; biographical information of candidates; resolutions passed; speech by Edward A. Stanton; a list of participants.
CFPC 1/38 Folder : NFPC Presidential Election Material, 1970
- CFPC 1/38 { : Material includes: ballot talleys, biographical information on candidates.
CFPC 2 Group : Box 2: Convention, 1971-1973
- CFPC 2/01 Folder : Convention Address Baltimore Convention, 1971
- CFPC 2/01 { : Material includes: presentation by John Hill "A New Challenge;" reports and fact sheet.
CFPC 2/02 Folder : Committee Work, 1971 Convention
- CFPC 2/02 { : Material includes: credential committee; communication committee.
CFPC 2/03 Folder : Master copies - Gestofax-Xerox
- CFPC 2/03 { : Material includes: correspondence; Executive Board Newsletter; 1970-1971 NFPC summary report; NFPC House of Delegates Resolutions; and list of 1971 delegates to Baltimore. Principle correspondent: William Graney.
CFPC 2/04 Folder : Correspondence and Miscellaneous, 1971 Convention
- CFPC 2/04 { : Material includes: convention evaluations and recommendations.
CFPC 2/05 Folder : Moment of Truth Statement, 1971
- CFPC 2/05 { : Material includes: 1st draft, 2nd draft; 3rd draft of the Moment of Truth Statement; statement on the Priesthood in French, German, Spanish, Dutch; "Statement of Priesthood;" proposed statement on the Renewal of the American Priesthood.
CFPC 2/06 Folder : Reactions to Statements of Priesthood, 1970-1971
- CFPC 2/06 { : Material includes: clippings, correspondence and studies regarding celibacy, priests right to marry; "Statement of Priesthood;" also includes unofficial minutes of March 1971 Convention; report on project Amos, March 17, 1971 (plight of day laborers); press registrations; general remarks about the convention.
CFPC 2/07 Folder : Press, 1971 Convention
- CFPC 2/07 { : Material includes: registration fees; fact sheet: names of Executive Board members; constitution of NFPC; rules of procedure for the meetings; summary of resolutions passed earlier; address by Theodore Hesburgh (Keynote Speech); "A New Challenge" by John Hill; presentation by Eugene Bianchi; "A Creative Approach to a Traditional Priestly Ministry," by James R. Schafer; summary of Final Report- A Study of Priestly Celibacy.
CFPC 2/08 Folder : News Clippings
- CFPC 2/08 { : Material includes: clippings concerning priests' right to marry, celibacy, etc.
CFPC 2/09 Folder : Equipment and Supplies, 1971 Convention
- CFPC 2/09 { : Material includes: correspondence concerning plans for 1971 convention.
CFPC 2/10 Folder : 1971 Convention Resolutions Adopted and Action Taken
- CFPC 2/10 { : Material includes: summary reports of resolutions; correspondence concerning selective service including letters from Edmund Muskie, Edward Kennedy, Birch Baye, George McGovern, etc.; Soviety Jewry; National Office of Black Catholics; and various issues of the 1971 Convention.
CFPC 2/11 Folder : Program Participants Correspondence, 1971 Convention
- CFPC 2/11 { : Material includes: correspondence regarding the 1971 Convention issues; principle correspondents include: Theodore Hesburgh; Archbishop Camara; John Egan; Frank Bonnike; Eugene Bianchi.
CFPC 2/12 Folder : Arrangements- Physical, 1971 Convention
- CFPC 2/12 { : Material includes: correspondence primarily concerning confirmation of hotel arrangements for the convention.
CFPC 2/13 Folder : Observers Registration Paid
- CFPC 2/13 { : Material includes: lists of participants.
CFPC 2/14 Folder : Constitution and Bylaw Changes Proposed, 1971 Convention
- CFPC 2/14 { : Material includes: Constitution, 1970.
CFPC 2/15 Folder : Guests and VIP's, 1971 Convention
- CFPC 2/15 { : Material includes: correspondence primarily to and from Frank Bonnike (Pres. NPFC).
CFPC 2/16 Folder : 1971 Convention Minutes
- CFPC 2/16 { : Material includes: typed copies of unofficial NFPC 1971 Convention minutes.
CFPC 2/17 Folder : Material Distributed to Delegates at 1972 Convention
- CFPC 2/17 { : Material includes: evaluations and questionnaires including a study of organizational effectiveness of the NFPC; Delegates' evaluation of PRIESTS/USA; Feb. 1972 financial statement. [Printed material removed to printed material collection.]
CFPC 2/18 Folder : 1972 Convention- Minutes
- CFPC 2/18 { : Material includes: typed copies of NFPC 1972 Convention mintues.
CFPC 2/19 Folder : Convention Material
- CFPC 2/19 { : Material includes: agenda; committee reports; budget; NFPC constitution; election and rules procedures. [Printed constitution removed to printed material collection.]
CFPC 2/20 Folder : 1972 Convention Miscellaneous Correspondence
- CFPC 2/20 { : Material includes: correspondence and information concerning the 1972 Convention, principally letters to and from Frank Bonnike [ACPE Newsletter, vo. IV, no. 12, Dec. 1971 removed to printed material collection.]
CFPC 2/21 Folder : Observers and Involved Participants- 1972 House of Delegates
- CFPC 2/21 { : Convention Material includes: correspondence; preliminary agenda; and registration forms for House of Delegates Convention 1972.
CFPC 2/22 Folder : 1972 Convention- Physical Arrangements
- CFPC 2/22 { : Material includes: correspondence between NFPC and the Brown Palace Hotel, Denver, regarding convention arrangements.
CFPC 2/23 Folder : 1972 Presidential Election
- CFPC 2/23 { : Material includes: nominating speech; official tally and ballot count; re-election of Frank Bonnike; news release in favor of Jerome Fraser.
CFPC 2/24 Folder : Press Clippings, 1972 Convention, Denver, Colorado
- CFPC 2/24 { : Material includes: excerpt from PAUL HARVEY NEWS, March 17, 1972; newspaper clippings.
CFPC 2/25 Folder : 1972 Convention Program/Participants Correspondence
- CFPC 2/25 { : Material includes: addresses by Eugene J. Boyle; Frank J. Bonnike; Richard P. McBrien; Robert P. Kennedy; J. Henriot; and correspondence. [Printed material including copies of PRIESTS/USA removed to printed material collection.]
CFPC 2/26 Folder : Delegate Registration Count by Diocese (1972)
- CFPC 2/26 { : Material includes: lists of names and addresses of delegates.
CFPC 2/27 Folder : 1972 Convention Mailings
- CFPC 2/27 { : Mailings include: copy of NFPC constitution; proposed resolutions; preparation material; registration forms; preliminary agenda; and instructions to delegates.