Terence L. Dosh Papers
1955-2005.
Origination : Terence L. DoshExtent : 2 linear feet
Repository : University of Notre Dame Archives
Address : Notre Dame, Indiana 46556
English.
Legal Status
PrivateAdministrative Information
Source
Gift of Millicent Dosh.
Preferred Citation
Terence L. Dosh Papers (TLD), University of Notre Dame Archives (UNDA), Notre Dame, IN 46556
Scope and Content
Circular letters, homilies, newsletters, and ephemera by Terry Dosh, 1955-2016; Responses to Terry Dosh from political people in office, 1963-1997; lectures, announcements, articles, homilies, obituaries, newsletters, and topical files 1959-2005.
Background
Terence L. Dosh was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, 22 November 1930, educated at St. John's University in Collegeville starting prep school there in 1944 and becoming a Benedictine Oblate in 1945. He became a Benedictine monk in 1950 and was ordained a priest in 1957. He taught at St. John's and at St. Ben's in St. Joseph, Minnesota. He earned a Ph.D. in European History at the University of Minnesota (1971), left the monastic community, married Millicent Adams, and taught at California State University, Dominguez Hills. He served as the first national coordinator of CORPUS, an organization of married Roman Catholic priests, and founded and published Bread Rising. He was active in many other Catholic social action organizations.
Index
Catholic Church -- ClergyCelibacy -- Catholic Church
Priesthood -- Catholic Church