National Federation of Priests' Councils: Manuscripts
- CFPC 10/18 Folder : Miscellaneous Orders Filled
Material includes: order forms and billing for copies of NFPC publications.
- CFPC 10/19 Folder : NFPC Appalachian Conference- Funds Held in Trust
Material includes: list of funds, income and expenses; correspondence concerning the Sidney Hillman Foundation.
- CFPC 10/20 Folder : Foundation Account (Funds Held in Trust)
Material includes: World Without War (WWW) program expenses; correspondence concerning funding of WWW. Correspondents include: David L. Corcoran, Mrs. Sam Starr (Nancy), Reid Mayo, Robert Pickus, Len Hoffman.
- CFPC 10/21 Folder : SCICM Account (Closed) [Steering Committee of an Interfaith
Coalition for Ministry] Material includes: financial statement; Cabrini contract center charges; correspondence primarily with Enablement, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts.
- CFPC 10/22 Folder : Priest Income Tax
Material includes: letters from T.J. Hanrahan to NFPC concerning taxes and the Catholic Mutual Relief Society of America. [Printed brochure on tax return information removed to printed material collection.]
- CFPC 10/23 Folder : Diocesan Property Plan
Correspondence and material includes: requests for information on insurance plans; progress report of Feasibility and Diocesan Property Insurance Policy; an article for Catholic institutional management; cost schedules.
- CFPC 10/24 Folder : NFPC Fund Raising [1970-1972]
Material includes: correspondence concerning donations, foundation support and fund raising activities. Principle correspondent, Frank Bonnike.
- CFPC 11 Group : Box 11: Financial Material, Bills Paid
- CFPC 11/01 Folder : Bills Paid, 1973
Material includes: NFPC Executive Board meeting expenses.
- CFPC 11/02 Folder : Convention Bills, 1973 (Paid)
Material includes: exibitors bills; house of delegates convention expense sheet; convention financial deposit; hotel and banquet expenses.
- CFPC 11/03 Folder : Bills Paid, Jan.- Dec., 1974
- CFPC 11/04 Folder : Bills, 1974
Material includes: bills and expenses with some explanatory correspondence.
- CFPC 11/05 Folder : Convention Bills, 1974
Material includes: lists of costs; receipts; checks; convention expense sheets.
- CFPC 11/06 Folder : Bills Paid, 1975
Material includes: executive board meeting expense forms; bills; and receipts.
- CFPC 11/07 Folder : Bills Paid, 1975
Material includes: expense forms; bills; receipts.
- CFPC 11/08 Folder : Bills Paid, 1975 Convention
Material includes: registration forms; hotel bill receipts; expense forms.
- CFPC 11/09 Folder : Bills Paid, 1976 Houston Convention
Material includes: expense forms; list of budget; expenses; receipts; council assessments.
- CFPC 11/10 Folder : Bills Paid, 1976, Jan. - May
Material includes: bills and receipts.
- CFPC 11/11 Folder : Bills Paid, 1976
- CFPC 11/12 Folder : Bills Paid, 1977, Jan. - June
- CFPC 11/13 Folder : Bills Paid, July-Dec. 1977
Material includes: expense sheets and bills.
- CFPC 11/14 Folder : Bills Paid, 1977 Louisville, KY Convention
Material includes: receipts and expense sheets.
- CFPC 11/15 Folder : Material and Bills Paid for Convention, 1977-1978
Material includes: bills and invoices.
- CFPC 11/16 Folder : Olympic Hotel Bills, 1978 Convention- Seattle
Material includes: expense sheets.
- CFPC 12 Group : Box 12: Committees
- CFPC 12/01 Folder : Communication- Public Relations
Correspondence and material includes: report to NFPC on the new "Priests' Forum"; news releases on "Priests' Forum"; correspondence concerning the new publication and public relations primarily with Albert Carriere, Inc. [Pamphlets removed to printed material collection.]
- CFPC 12/02 Folder : Communications Committee Correspondence, 1973
Correspondence and material includes: reports from board meetings; job descriptions for director of communications; list of publications available. Principle correspondents: Francis Brown, Mark Brummel.
- CFPC 12/03 Folder : Mailings to Committee Chairman
Material includes: questionnaires concerning the communications evaluations.
- CFPC 12/04 Folder : Committees: Communication and Justice and Peace
Material includes: proposals for a one hour TV special; purpose of Justice and Peace committee; councils listed resonding to Justice and Peace questionnaire; intern report; Justice and Peace committee report; Philip Berrigan accused of conspiracy; first draft of packet on World Hunger.
- CFPC 12/05 Folder : Constitution Committee
Material includes: 197
- CFPC 12/06 Folder : Credentials Committee
Material includes: recommendations from convention concerning qualifications for councils; credential committee report.
- CFPC 12/07 Folder : Finance Committee
Material includes: rationale for 1971-1972 budget; statistical data requests; Fact Sheet 1971. ["Foundation Research Associates"; the "Catholic News" Thurs. Apr. 6, 1972 (Report of Service, Archdiocese of New York) removed to printed material collection.]
- CFPC 12/08 Folder : Finance Committee Correspondence
Material includes: budget dues and fees; expense sheets for board members; initiation fee.
- CFPC 12/09 Folder : Human Resources and Development Correspondence - Chairman
Correspondence and material includes: correspondence regarding a social action committee and Social Action activities in Councils. Principle correspondents: Frank Bonnike; Bob Kennedy; Patrick O'Malley; Charles Mulhalland.
- CFPC 12/10 Folder : Justice and Peace: Education
Material includes: CARA survey on urban problems, 1969; source book for programs of social concern (Lafayette, IN), 1970.
- CFPC 12/11 Folder : Justice and Peace - Church Management and Organizational
Development Material includes: position paper from committee on structures, 1969.
- CFPC 12/12 Folder : Justice and Peace Committee Questionnaires
Material includes: responses to questionnaires; report and summary of results; correspondence concerning WWW program, and commitment for Hunger. [Printed material removed to printed material collection.]
- CFPC 12/13 Folder : Justice and Peace Education ADULTS (Programs, Texts) 1968-1969
Material includes: "Study Guide for Peace," Memphis TN; Social Action Conference annual convention, 1961-1962; documentary service- "Towards a Declaration of Christian Freedoms"; paper on White Racism Among People especially Catholics of the Evansville Diocese; United Front Resolution by Charles Koen; National Task Force on urban problems- Geno Baroni; strategy for shaping safer cities; report on Division for Urban Life; comparative approach to the meaning of gay liberation; "New Setting of Abortion Decisions." [Nixon Pan-Welfare Reform or Not?," "Improving the Public Welfare System"; "The Welfare Quagmire"; "The Family of Nations" removed to printed material collection.]
- CFPC 12/14 Folder : Justice and Peace Correspondence, 1972
Correspondence and material includes: correspondence re: National Office for Black Catholics, Catholic Social Service. Principle correspondent: Gene Boyle, Director.
- CFPC 12/15 Folder : Justice and Peace - Financing of POOR PARISHES (Procedure)
Material includes: Paper - "Mission Tithing" (Instructions for the Pastor); suggested sermon outline on Mission Tithing. ["Mission Tithing" printed matter removed to printed material collection.]
- CFPC 12/16 Folder : Justice and Peace Correspondence - General
Material includes: correspondence concerning homosexuality, Vietnam, conscientious objectors; report of meeting of ad hoc group on Latin American Church; Minnesota conference.
- CFPC 12/17 Folder : Committee on Ministry and Priestly Life [1975-1977]
Correspondence and material includes: "Initial Report of Canon Law Society of America [CLSA] Task Force Committee on the Schema Lanonum Libri II De Populo Dei"; committee reports; proposal to NFPC Executive Board; correspondence re: parish refracturing, meetings. Principle correspondents: Charles Irvin; Reid Mayo.
- CFPC 12/18 Folder : Ministry and Priestly Life Committee - Interact 1973
Material includes: "Human Encounter in the Christian Church"; Interpersonal Relationships of Priests Symposium; PRIEST-USA Questionnaire; Areas of Concern; Woman in the Ministry; report of parish council and the Laity Committee. [Printed material on Interact removed to printed material collection.]
- CFPC 12/19 Folder : NCCB Ad Hoc Committee on Priestly Life and Ministry (PL and M)
[1972-1973] Correspondence and material includes: PL and M proposals; report on state of NFPC; paper on "Ministry to the Ministers" by John T. Fagan; correspondence re: "Secret Document." Principle correspondents: Thomas Grady; Frank Bonnike.
- CFPC 12/20 Folder : Personnel - Diocesan Personnel Boards
Material includes: reports and questionnaires from Rockford, Illinois and Wading River, New York; workshop I report regarding philosophy and purpose of the personnel board, priestly life, grievance committee, and retirement. [Printed material removed to printed material collection.]
- CFPC 12/21 Folder : Personnel Job Description/Parish Reports
Material includes: proposed job description for Parish Priests.
- CFPC 12/22 Folder : Personnel - Church Executive Development Board
Material includes: "Retirement for Priests," an interim report concerning a retirement questionnaire; correspondence with Mrs. Thodore Wedel, Executive Director, Church Executive Development Board.
- CFPC 12/23 Folder : Personnel - Retirement
Material includes: NFPC report on retirement. ["Roman Catholic Diocesan Retirement Plans" - Presidential, removed to printed material collection.]
- CFPC 12/24 Folder : Personnel - Leave of Absence Procedure
Material includes: proposal for leave of absence; procedure for leave.
- CFPC 12/25 Folder : Personnel - Social Security
Material includes: one document regarding social security.
- CFPC 12/26 Folder : Personnel - Workshop Seminar
Material includes: summary reports; proposal for workshop seminars.
- CFPC 12/27 Folder : Personnel - Committee Chairman Correspondence
Correspondence and material includes: mailings and papers from John T. Fagan to members of the committee; report on formation of a Priests' Personnel Board for Diocese of Nashville, 1969. Principle correspondent: John T. Fagan.
- CFPC 12/28 Folder : Personnel - Report of Committee Chairman [1969-1972]
Material includes: accountability in the Church- a workshop seminar, 1969-1972; reports of personnel management workshops and seminars; Personnel Executive Board Meeting report; progress report of committee chairman.
- CFPC 12/29 Folder : Personnel - AMA (American Management Association)
Material includes: information on accountability- The Church- A Workshop Seminar Final Report, March 6, 1971; Archdiocese of Chicago AMA July 20, 1970, report.
- CFPC 12/30 Folder : Personnel (Misc.)
Material includes: "A Program of Organization Development"; "Who Do Men Say That I Am?"- a report; provincial conference agenda; personnel management for priests- final registration list; pastoral performance evaluation program; report on limited tenure; reprint of "The Diocesan Pastoral Council" by William Rademacher. [Printed material removed to printed material collection.]
- CFPC 12/31 Folder : Personnel Committee Correspondence, 1969-1976
Correspondence and material includes: committee reports; "Seminar on administration- A Personnel Program for Priests"; by Jeff Christiansen; correspondence concerning personnel inquiries; "Priests' Forum"; search and share program; Diocesan Personnel Board- A Model, 1976.
- CFPC 12/32 Folder : NFPC- A Personnel Documentary Service, Vol.1, No.1-2
Material includes: two documentaies of Church personnel concerns, 1970, 1972; CARA Directory of Church Personnel services. [Printed material removed to printed material collection.]
- CFPC 12/33 Folder : Research Papers (Personnel)
Material includes: "The Priest: His Role and His Life- Style"- Samuel Schulman; "Career Development for Priests and Religous," 1970; "Personnel Development Program," 1970; "Guidelines for Personnel Practices and Salary Schedules," Lacrosse, WI; "Who Do Men Say That I Am?" Strategic Resrach Services Group, 1970.
- CFPC 13 Group : Box 13: Committee Material: Personnel-Urban Pastoral
- CFPC 13/01 Folder : Personnel- Research Papers
Papers include: "Work Assignment Characteristics and Career Development and Priesthood" by Douglas Hull and Benjamin Schneider (1969); "The Role of Assignment Characteristics- As in the Career Experiences of Diocesan Priests" (same authors as above); "Report and Recommendations of a Special Senate Commission to Study the Establishment and Functioning of Diocesan Personnel Board"; "Career Development Services for Church Professionals," Matthew Cook; "The Bridgeport Plan," James Dennis; NFPC Workshop brochure and material from Personnel Management Seminar.
- CFPC 13/02 Folder : Priests' Council and Laity- Evaluation of a PASTOR
(Instrument) Material includes: an article on the priesthood by James Kinn; "Priests in English Speaking Canada," 1969-1970; "Ordained Ministry"- a paper on ministry by the class of 1970 (San Francisco); "Competence in the Parish Ministry"; survey of pastoral ministry- St. Augustine; "Collegiality: In the Priesthood" by Richard W. Bell and John P. Koval.
- CFPC 13/03 Folder : Priests' Council and Laity Committee- Diocesan Pastoral
Council Survey Returns Material includes: survey returns; constitution and by- laws, Diocesan Council- Catholic Diocese of Evansville, IN. [Printed material removed to printed material collection.]
- CFPC 13/04 Folder : Priests' Council and Laity- Priorities
Material includes: Pastoral Planning Program (Youngstown); pastoral objectives plan; statments of: Universal Purpose, Churches basic mission, Christian Formation, Family Life, Parish Life. ["Philosophy and Plan for the Apostolate Diocese of Youngstown" removed to printed material collection.]
- CFPC 13/05 Folder : Priests' Council and Laity- National Pastoral Council
Material includes: feasibility study of a National Pastoral Council, tentative procedure and schedule; Ottawa Dicoesan Synod; CARA-Diocesan Pastoral Planning; LONG ISLAND CATHOLIC May 13, 1971 newspaper clippings; survey of pastoral councils; "Competence of the National Pastoral Council"; correspondence regarding Pastoral Councils.
- CFPC 13/06 Folder : Priests' Council and Laity- Evaluation of a Personnel Board
(Instrument) Material includes: address to Personnel Board by R.J. Bartulis; Letter from John P. Koval concerning computer program. [Church related careers printed material removed to printed material collection.]
- CFPC 13/07 Folder : Priests' Council and Laity- Evaluation of a Senate
(Instrument) Material includes: COMPENDIUM OF THEOLOGICAL REFLECTIONS ON THE NFPC- June 4, 1969; Bishop and Council- Some Reflections, George Cocuzzi; remarks on the Theological Basis for the Federation of Priests' Organizations.
- CFPC 13/08 Folder : Priests' Council and Laity- Action Step: Dialogue on
Ministry Material includes: Non-Ordained Ministries in the Archdiocese of New York- A Report from Senate of Priests personnel Committee; material for an experimental program- "Year of Learning," on Pastoral Planning for Evangelization; "Lay Collaboration in Ecclesial Decisions," Richard A. Reissmann, 1976.
- CFPC 13/09 Folder : Priests' Council and Laity- Pastoral Council, Diocesan
(Constitution) Material includes: report on "Diocesan Pastoral Councils" by James W. Malone; Religious News Service releases.
- CFPC 13/10 Folder : Priests' Council and Laity
Material includes: feasibility study of a National Pastoral Council.
- CFPC 13/11 Folder : Research and Development Committee- Misc. 1973 and Back
Material includes: status-of-projects reports; committee profiles.
- CFPC 13/12 Folder : Research and Development Committee- Reports, Correspondence
Material includes: NFPC Local Council Report and Effectiveness Study; executive board effectiveness; correspondence with James Stewart about research projects; analysis of Vocations Recruitment Research Project.
- CFPC 13/13 Folder : Research and Development Committee- Research Project to
Determine Attitudes Toward Corporate Responsibility, Oct. 1972 Material includes: final report- discontinued project because of inadequate response to research instrument; questionnaires returned.
- CFPC 13/14 Folder : Research and Development- Miscellaneous
Material includes: Association of Chicago Priests Research and Development Committee; NFPC Questionnaire Stratified-B, Report on Delta Sheets prepared; rough paper by Bill Nevin on Conventional Church Lifee- A Proposal on Social Change in the Catholic Church; Notre Dame inter-office communication on Clergy Stress and Resolutions. [Printed material removed to printed material collection.]
- CFPC 13/15 Folder : Research and Development Committee, Feb. 1974- Surveys
Indicating Diocesan Offices of Pastoral Planning Material includes: memo on survey and compiled data.
- CFPC 13/16 Folder : Research and Development- Stewart, James- St. Olaf College
Material includes: paper "Priesthood, Power and Organizational Change- A Study of Contrasts"; correspondence with Stewart re: his articles in PRIESTS USA and particularly publication of his book on the NFPC; James Stewart personal vita.
- CFPC 13/17 Folder : Research and Development- Planing and Research, Diocesan
Office (Model, Duties, Constitution) Material includes: one report on Personnel Management Meeting.
- CFPC 13/18 Folder : Research and Development Committee- Fund Raising for
Vocational Recruitment Book Material includes: "Evaluation Study of NFPC's Effectiveness"; "Religious Order Representation and Priests' Councils- A 1975 Study"; "Changing Values ," correspondence and final form; "Survey of Catholic Clergy Incomes"; evaluation of original Time I - Time II Study on vocational recruitment.
- CFPC 13/19 Folder : Research and Development Opinion Survey 1970, Master Totals,
Councils - Presidents - Non-Affiliate Material includes: opinion surveys; memo from Frank Bonnike; letter from Joseph L. Tranckina (New Orleans) re: survey. ["Should Catholic Priests Be Allowed to Marry" removed to printed material collection.]
- CFPC 13/20 Folder : Research and Development- Correspondence
Material includes: John A. Struzzo interview; inquiries about research projects; outline of research needs; correspondence especially with Patrick O'Malley; report "Voluntary Associations in American Public Life," George Pickering; report "Economic Development Issue," Mathew Ahmann; Arthur Bell- "Are We Asking Too Much of Our Ministers."
- CFPC 13/21 Folder : Research and Development- James Stewart, 1969-1970
Correspondence and material includes: correspondence with James Stewart about research projects; evaluation survey of Delegate Convention; study of NFPC effectiveness; financial proposals for research projects; first draft of a case study in the Sociology of Professions: The NFPC.
- CFPC 13/22 Folder : Research and Development [1970-1974]
Material deals with and includes: Manpower Survey, a survey concerning Religous Order Representation on Local Priests' Councils; a priests' income survey; James Stewart research studies re: NFPC; TELE-POLE; church investments; survey of clergy support and various other research and development committee activities.
- CFPC 13/23 Folder : Research and Development- Advisory Committee [1968-1969]
Material includes: research needs outline; correspondence concerning first research activities of the NFPC; Research and Planning Meeting, 1979; persons invited to become members of Research and Development Advisory Board.
- CFPC 13/24 Folder : Role of Priest Committee
Material includes: minutes of committee meeting- July 7, 1968; background material prepared for the Local Team of the National Committee on Role of Priest, July 7, 1968; report to executive board; Diocesan Pastoral Councils- An Evaluation; "Some Perspectives on the Needs of Clergy- Personal and Professional," by frank C. Williams; "Bishops and Pastors- A Job Description," by Richard P. McBrien.
- CFPC 13/25 Folder : Role of the Priest Committee, Seminar/Travel Program
Material includes: "Jet Seminar Tour Program for Priests" news releases; news about various tours; correspondence concerning travel.
- CFPC 13/26 Folder : Search and Share Correspondence, 1974-1975
Material includes: mailings to dioceses; questionnaires to supply data for Search and Share directory; correspondence regarding the Search and Share program.
- CFPC 13/27 Folder : Steering Committee
Material includes: minutes of Steering Committee phone call, May 1968; conference call, June 1968; memoranda; tentative agenda of executive board meeting, June 1969.
- CFPC 13/28 Folder : Urban Pastoral
Material includes: HEAR THE CRY OF JERUSALEM, news release on National Urban Pastoral statement, i.e. HEAR THE CRY OF JERUSALEM; "Ministry for Justice and Peace," by Thomas Peyton"; mailing lists; correspondence with Leadership Conference of Women Religious, James Ratigan, Justice and Peace Committee.
- CFPC 14 Group : Box 14: Issues: Abortion - Inter-Relationship
- CFPC 14/01 Folder : Abortion
Material includes: two letters discussing the abortion issue.
- CFPC 14/02 Folder : Howard Baker, SJ, Attack on NFPC (National Catholic Registr,
4/9/72) Material includes: "A Response to Father Munzing's 'NFPC Convention: Blueprint for a New Priesthood,'" Richard Rento; letters and articles responding to Joel Munzing and Howard Baker's report on the NFPC Convention (1972), including their report; newspaper clippings.
- CFPC 14/03 Folder : Better World Movement
Material includes: two pieces of correspondence, April 1971, May 1971.
- CFPC 14/04 Folder : Bishop and Priest Relations
Material includes: correspondence 1970-1971; questionnaire.
- CFPC 14/05 Folder : Celibacy Survey NFPC: Richard Bell (1)
Material includes: questionnaire outline- Priestly Celibacy; interview guide; NFPC census; draft of celibacy Survey; Celibacy Study expenses; progress report; return rates by province; report on clergy stress.
- CFPC 14/06 Folder : Celibacy Survey NFPC: Richard Bell (2)
Material includes: questionnaire outline- Priestly Celibacy; interview guide; NFPC census; draft of Celibacy Survey; Celibacy Study expenses; progress report; return rates by province; report on clergy stress.
- CFPC 14/07 Folder : A Study of Priestly Celibacy NFPC Study Results
Material includes: "Applications of the Research for: A Study of Priestly Celibacy," John Schnabel, J. James Offutt, John Koval; "The Celibacy of the Secular Priest Today," Karl Rahner; budget for study; return rates by province; xerox of newspaper clippings on survey; correspondence re: resvey; NFPC stand on celibacy; "The Future Discipline of Priestly Celibacy- Theological State of the Question," Gerard S. Sloyan.
- CFPC 14/08 Folder : Celibacy [Frank Bonnike]
Material includes: a paper- "New Efforts in Ministry Suggest New Possibilities for Witness and Leadership"; a "letter from John C. Schwarz"; "And John, Too, Had a Wife?"- -a study; two letters of correspondence.
- CFPC 14/09 Folder : Conscientious Objectors [1970-1972]
Material includes: correspondence with Warren Hoover (Executive Director, National Interreligious Service Board for Conscientious Objectors.)
- CFPC 14/10 Folder : Continuing Education [1969-1973]
Material includes: Albert Cardinal Meyer Institute- continuing education material, programs, financing, history and rationale. [Printed material removed to printed material collection.]
- CFPC 14/11 Folder : Creative Ministry (Specialized)
Material includes: "Non Stipendiary Ministry- A Preliminary Report Profile"; "Experimental Ministries" by Ernest P. Kisk; Living Workshop- Celibacy an NFPC prayer symposium report. ["Praying- Sharing" (Archdiocese of Detroit); CARA-Town and Country Idea Book, removed to printed material collection.]