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Mary B. Lynch Papers

MBL Mary B. Lynch Papers 1960-1979.
Origination : Lynch, Mary B, 1925-1979.
Extent : 10 linear feet. 14 audio tapes. 32 printed items.
Repository : University of Notre Dame Archives Notre Dame, Indiana 46556

Preferred Citation

Mary B Lynch Papers (MBL), University of Notre Dame Archives (UNDA), Notre Dame, IN 46556

Scope and Content

Correspondence, 1960s-1970s; minutes, correspondence, and reports from such groups as the Movement for the Restoration of the Lay Diaconate, the Bishops Committee on a Permanent Diaconate, and the U.S. Section of Women Aspiring to Presbyteral Ministry, 1970s; clippings concerning Lynch's quest for ordination; tape recordings; and printed matter such as Genesis III, the newsletter of the Philadelphia Task Force on Women in Religion, 1960s-1970s.

Background

Social worker, feminist, and Catholic lay advocate of women's ordination.

Index : 

 Lynch, Mary B, 1925-1979. 
 Ordination of women -- Catholic Church. 
 Catholic Chruch. National Conference of Catholic Bishops. Bishops' Committee on the Permanent Diaconate. 
 Philadelphia Task Force on Women in Religion. 
 Genesis III. 
 Deacons -- Catholic Church.

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