Notre Dame Archives
CFPC National Federation of Priests' Councils: Manuscripts
CFPC 1 Group : Box 1: Conventions, 1967-1970
- CFPC 1/33 Folder : Correspondence- Misc. Convention 1970
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
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
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
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
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
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
Material includes: presentation by John Hill "A New Challenge;" reports and fact sheet.
- CFPC 2/02 Folder : Committee Work, 1971 Convention
Material includes: credential committee; communication committee.
- CFPC 2/03 Folder : Master copies - Gestofax-Xerox
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
Material includes: convention evaluations and recommendations.
- CFPC 2/05 Folder : Moment of Truth Statement, 1971
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
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
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
Material includes: clippings concerning priests' right to marry, celibacy, etc.
- CFPC 2/09 Folder : Equipment and Supplies, 1971 Convention
Material includes: correspondence concerning plans for 1971 convention.
- CFPC 2/10 Folder : 1971 Convention Resolutions Adopted and Action Taken
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 for Black Catholics; and various issues of the 1971 Convention.
- CFPC 2/11 Folder : Program Participants Correspondence, 1971 Convention
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
Material includes: correspondence primarily concerning confirmation of hotel arrangements for the convention.
- CFPC 2/13 Folder : Observers Registration Paid
Material includes: lists of participants.
- CFPC 2/14 Folder : Constitution and Bylaw Changes Proposed, 1971 Convention
Material includes: Constitution, 1970.
- CFPC 2/15 Folder : Guests and VIP's, 1971 Convention
Material includes: correspondence primarily to and from Frank Bonnike (Pres. NPFC).
- CFPC 2/16 Folder : 1971 Convention Minutes
Material includes: typed copies of unofficial NFPC 1971 Convention minutes.
- CFPC 2/17 Folder : Material Distributed to Delegates at 1972 Convention
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
Material includes: typed copies of NFPC 1972 Convention mintues.
- CFPC 2/19 Folder : Convention Material
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
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
Convention Material includes: correspondence; preliminary agenda; and registration forms for House of Delegates Convention 1972.
- CFPC 2/22 Folder : 1972 Convention- Physical Arrangements
Material includes: correspondence between NFPC and the Brown Palace Hotel, Denver, regarding convention arrangements.
- CFPC 2/23 Folder : 1972 Presidential Election
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
Material includes: excerpt from PAUL HARVEY NEWS, March 17, 1972; newspaper clippings.
- CFPC 2/25 Folder : 1972 Convention Program/Participants Correspondence
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)
Material includes: lists of names and addresses of delegates.
- CFPC 2/27 Folder : 1972 Convention Mailings
Mailings include: copy of NFPC constitution; proposed resolutions; preparation material; registration forms; preliminary agenda; and instructions to delegates.
- CFPC 2/28 Folder : 1972 Convention Invitations to NCCB Liasion Committee
Material includes: primarily letters from Frank Bonnike to various bishops.
- CFPC 2/29 Folder : 1973 Convention Proceedings of the NFPC 6th Annual House of
Delegates Meeting, Detroit, MI, Mar. 18-22, 1973 Material includes: minutes; resolutions from committees; the opening address by Remi J. DeRoo; paper given by James Gill; paper by Francis Borgia Rothleubber; the state of NFPC address by Reid C. Mayo.
- CFPC 2/30 Folder : Delegate Packet Convention, 1973
Material includes: issues; finance report; annual reports of committees; "National Clergy Income Study: An Analysis of Contrast," by James H. Stewart; "Take Home" packet; committee resolutions; information briefs; report reprints; state of the federation address by Reid Mayo; list of delegates and alternates. [Printed material removed to printed material collection.]
- CFPC 2/31 Folder : 1973 Convention: Comments on
Material includes: factual report on the convention; a personal view of the convention.
- CFPC 2/32 Folder : NFPC Committee Reports to 1973 Convention Communications/
Public Relations Material includes: Report of the Director of Ministry for Justice and Peace; annual report of finance committee. [Duplicates of Committee Reports removed.]
- CFPC 2/33 Folder : Convention, 1972-1973 Correspondence- Miscellaneous
Material includes: convention planning calendar; list of delegates and alternates; opening prayer and address by Cardinal Dearden; welcoming address by Jerome Fraser; NFPC background information; financial statement and correspondence. [Printed material re: 1973 committees and convention removed to printed material collection.]
- CFPC 2/34 Folder : Exhibitors- Convention 1973
Material includes: advertising reservation forms; correspondence regarding exhibits; list of potential and final exhibitors.
- CFPC 2/35 Folder : Guest Speakers- Program Participants- Convention, 1973
Material includes: correspondence with speakers; and copy of speeches.
- CFPC 2/36 Folder : Invitation Letters to Interested Organizations and
Individual Guests- Convention, 1973 Material includes: six letters.
- CFPC 2/37 Folder : Mailings to Council Presidents- Convention, 1973
Material includes: memos and letters over NFPC officers' signatures regarding convention information.
- CFPC 2/38 Folder : Physical Arrangements- Convention, 1973
Material includes: Aug. 1971 - Mar. 1973 material for convention; data and correspondence from the Detroit Hilton regarding arrangements for convention, primarily with Jerome Fraser.
- CFPC 2/39 Folder : 1973 Convention- Press Releases
Material includes: press releases reporting the 1973 NFPC Convention under public relations director, Francis F. Brown.
CFPC 3 Group : Box 3: Conventions, 1974-1977
- CFPC 3/01 Folder : Convention Related Correspondence, 1974
Material includes: registration of delegates, alternates and observers; ideas for convention theme; executive board meeting material; general correspondence.
- CFPC 3/02 Folder : 1974 Convention: Correspondence, re: Publicity/PR
Material includes: correspondence primarily with Reid Mayo and Francis Brown of the NFPC; also background information on NFPC.
- CFPC 3/03 Folder : Convention Invitations: Responses from bishops (negative)
Material includes: letters from bishops to Reid Mayo regretting invitation to convention.
- CFPC 3/04 Folder : Convention Invitations
Material includes: letters from organizations and unaffiliated councils, (negative).
- CFPC 3/05 Folder : 1974 Convention: Physical Arrangements with Hotel
Material includes: correspondence between NFPC and Jack Tar Hotel, San Francisco, confirming arrangements for the 1974 Convention.
- CFPC 3/06 Folder : 1974 Convention: Local Convention Committee Correspondence
Material includes: local arrangement committee addresses; registration form; information on transportation to hotel; correspondence between NFPC Chicago and local committee, San Francisco.
- CFPC 3/07 Folder : 1974 Convention: Speakers, Participants, Correspondence
Material includes: invitations to speakers and their responses.
- CFPC 3/08 Folder : 1974 Convention: Resolutions- Implementation of
Material includes: committee resolutions with letters from Reid Mayo.
- CFPC 3/09 Folder : 1974 Convention Thank You Letters
Material includes: letters to bishops from Reid Mayo.
- CFPC 3/10 Folder : 1974 Convention Materials
Material includes: mailings; proposed constitutional changes; proposed expense budget; proposed resolutions from the committees; program participants; committee reports.
- CFPC 3/11 Folder : 1974 Convention Material
Material includes: mailings; program/agenda; committee reports/resolutions; executive board officers.
- CFPC 3/12 Folder : News Releases, 1974
Material includes: articles documenting the 1974 house of delegates convention.
- CFPC 3/13 Folder : 1974 Convention: Copies of Releases
Material includes: news releases Dec. 1973 - Mar. 1974 regarding 1974 convention.
- CFPC 3/14 Folder : Newspaper Clippings, 1974
Material includes: news clippings from various papers reporting the 1974 convention, includes issues of gay rights, women in the church, homosexuality, social reform, Cesar Chavez United Farm Workers, etc.
- CFPC 3/15 Folder : 1974 Convention- News Clippings and Reports
Material includes: articles and reports on the 1974 convention, regarding issues of divorce, homosexuality, etc.
- CFPC 3/16 Folder : Convention 1975- Case Study
Material includes: case study for development of convention theme, Reconciliation: Risks and Possibilities; correspondence to lay foundation for March convention; tape transcript. [Tape removed to audio collection.]
- CFPC 3/17 Folder : Focus Session/Resource Persons Correspondence
Material includes: correspondence with Reid C. Mayo regarding participation at the 1975 House of Delegates Convocation; thank you letters to participants.
- CFPC 3/18 Folder : 1975 Conventions Material (St. Petersburg, Florida)
Material includes: delegates list; program/agenda; mailings, memos and pre-convention materials; Focus sessions- resigned priests, liberal-conservative Catholics, alienated youth, distribution of world resurce; parliamentary session- rules of procedure, business meeting; miscellaneous/notes- letters from Reid Mayo.
- CFPC 3/19 Folder : Convention 1975 "Agenda for Reconciliation" Local Council
Efforts Material includes: "Action Steps"; correspondence.
- CFPC 3/20 Folder : 1975 Convention: Don Cesar Hotel Correspondence
Material includes: correspondence on physical arrangements for 1975 Convention.
- CFPC 3/21 Folder : 1975 Convention: Equipment and Supplies
Material includes: correspondence concerning special requests for equipment.
- CFPC 3/22 Folder : 1975 Convention: Invitation/Correspondence
Material includes: regrets and thank you letters.
- CFPC 3/23 Folder : 1975 Convention: Local Convention Committee Correspondence
Material includes: correspondence and schedules from Florida Committee to NFPC.
- CFPC 3/24 Folder : 1975 Convention: Mailings to Councils/Delegates
Material includes: works deciding on theme of Reconciliation-Case Study; resolutions; remote preparations for 1975.
- CFPC 3/25 Folder : 1975 Convention: Miscellaneous
Material includes: correspondence with St. Petersburg, re: convention; registration forms; report on evaluation of convention.
- CFPC 3/26 Folder : 1975 Convention: Releases
Material includes: statement at press conference of Reid C. Mayo; news releases; list of Florida secular newspapers.
- CFPC 3/27 Folder : 1975 Convention: Interest Groups
Material includes: mailings and correspondence. [Printed material: "This Land is Home to Me" removed to printed material collection.]
- CFPC 3/28 Folder : 1975 Convention: Thank You Letters
Material includes: thank you letters to 1975 participants.
- CFPC 3/29 Folder : Convention Forms
Material includes: council preparation Step 1- survey.
- CFPC 3/30 Folder : 1975 Convention: Originals
Material includes: original form letters to executive board delegates, council presidents, etc. from Reid Mayo.
- CFPC 3/31 Folder : 1975 Newspaper Clippings
Material includes: Newspaper articles reporting 1975 NFPC convention.
- CFPC 3/32 Folder : 1976 Convention: Delegate Material
Material includes: delegates registered; official observers; forms; agenda; sessions planned; correspondence, etc.
- CFPC 3/33 Folder : 1976 Presidential Election
Material includes: information on candidates; ballots; recommendations; and newspaper article on Nick Rice. [Photos removed to photo collection.]
- CFPC 3/34 Folder : 1976 Hotel Contract/Arrangements/Correspondence
Material includes: correspondence with the Shamrock Hilton in Houston, Texas, from Reid Mayo and Mary Louise Schneidwind concerning confirmation and arrangements for the 1976 convention.
- CFPC 3/35 Folder : 1976 Interest Groups (Correspondence and Materials)
Material includes: correspondence with various organizations including the committee on priestly life and ministry; National Clergy on Alcoholism (and related drinking problems); and committee for Population and pro- Life Activities as special interest groups present at the convention.
- CFPC 3/36 Folder : 1976 Convention: Invitations
Material includes: invitations to bishops; regrets and thank you letters from Reid C. Mayo and various bishops regarding the 1976 Convention.
- CFPC 3/37 Folder : 1976 Convention: Invitations
Material includes: invitations; miscellaneous responses to letters of invitation; regrets and thank you letters from Reid C. Mayo and various organizational leaders regarding the 1976 convention.
- CFPC 3/38 Folder : 1976 Convention: Liturgy
Material includes: correspondence and material from Robert Trapuman regarding a "total liturgical experience" at the 1976 convocation.
- CFPC 3/39 Folder : 1976 Convention: Mailings
Material includes: copies of May 1975-Aug. 1976 letters, working papers, articles and questionnaires mailed out to members prior to the 1976 convention.
- CFPC 3/40 Folder : 1976 Convention: Photographs
Material includes: photographs (TEXAS CATHOLIC HERALD); correspondence regarding photgraphs taken and sold at the NFPC convention in Houston.
- CFPC 3/41 Folder : 1976 Convention: Publicity
Material includes: NFPC information briefs; background information on NFPC; Religious News Service prints.
- CFPC 3/42 Folder : 1976 Convention: Resolutions
Material includes: proposed resolutions and forms to submit resolutions.
- CFPC 3/43 Folder : 1976 Convention, Rice Hotel
Material includes: correspondence on arrangements from 1974-1975 when the Rice Hotel was forced to close.
- CFPC 3/44 Folder : 1976 Convention: Services
Material includes: correspondence re: transportation directions; equipment needs; hotel conveniences; correspondence with Greater Houston Convention and Visitors Council.
- CFPC 3/45 Folder : 1976 Presidential Campaign (NFPC)
Material includes: biographical information; responses to questionnaires and vitas of 1976 candidates for president of NFPC.
- CFPC 3/46 Folder : 1976 Convention, Thank You Letters
Material includes: post convention correspondence thanking various participants in the 1976 convention.
- CFPC 3/47 Folder : 1977 Convention Material: Louisville, KY
Material includes: House of Delegates evaluation summary; delegate packet material; agenda; study materials; and registration forms. [Printed material removed.]
- CFPC 3/48 Folder : 1977 Convention: Liturgy Planning
Material includes: correspondence re: arrangements in Louisville; prayer; itemized list of bills resulting from NFPC convention.
- CFPC 3/49 Folder : 1977 Convention: Local Committee Correspondence
Material includes: correspondence re: confirmation of hotel arrangements; speakers; registrations; equipment and personnel requirements.
- CFPC 3/50 Folder : 1977 Convention: Models- Correspondence
Material includes: correspondence regarding sharing ministry at the House of Delegates Convention.
- CFPC 3/51 Folder : 1977 Convention: Hotel Correspondence
Material includes: Galt House brochure and arrangements with James Ratigan and Mary Louise Schneidwind.
- CFPC 3/52 Folder : 1977 Convention: Correspondence
Material includes: mailings and memos, regarding meeting specifics; special invitations; letters primarily from James Ratigan.
- CFPC 3/53 Folder : 1977 Convention: Speaker Correspondence
Material includes: invitations to speakers and their responses including vitas from several of those accepting.