Massachusetts Women-Church Convergence records

The Massachusetts Women Church Records consists of materials that date to the groups founding in 1988 to its dissolution in 2007 and 2008. The records include extensive administrative records, conference materials, newspaper articles relating to both the group in particular and to womens issues with...

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Corporate Authors: Massachusetts Women-Church Convergence, Loyola University Chicago. Women and Leadership Archives
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Language:English
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Online Access:Finding aid to the Massachusetts Women-Church Convergence records
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110 2 |a Massachusetts Women-Church Convergence. 
245 1 0 |a Massachusetts Women-Church Convergence records  |f 1987-2012. 
300 |a 6.5  |f linear feet. 
351 |a Series 1: Administrative, 1987-2012, n.d. Series 2: Events and Conferences, 1988-2006. Series 3: News Articles, 1982-2006. Series 4: Photos and Scrapbooks, 1990-2006. Series 5: Audio/Visual Materials, 1991-2007. Series 6: Three Dimensional Objects, 2005 ; $$b Arranged alphabetically. 
545 |a In 1988, Marie Sheehan and Dorothy Conceison founded the Massachusetts Women Church with the goal of eliminating sexism within the Catholic Church. As a member of the Women Church Convergence, the Massachusetts Women Church worked to support the ordination of women through annual conferences, awareness campaigns, and respectful witnessings at male ordination ceremonies. The organization consisted of ten to twelve active core group members who met once a month to plan activities and conferences that promoted the eradication of sexism and church hierarchy. They also had a quarterly newspaper with a mailing list of over a thousand people in the New England area. Their annual conferences drew over 200 people on average, and often featured nationally known feminist theologians, such as Rosemary Radford Ruether, Joan Chittister, and Theresa Kane. Additionally, the Massachusetts Women Church formed a charitable component of their group called the Lost Coin Womens Fund. The fund provided scholarships to low income women looking to improve their lives through education. In 2007, after almost twenty years of activity, the Massachusetts Women Church decided to formally discontinue their work. 
520 2 |a The Massachusetts Women Church Records consists of materials that date to the groups founding in 1988 to its dissolution in 2007 and 2008. The records include extensive administrative records, conference materials, newspaper articles relating to both the group in particular and to womens issues within the Catholic Church, photographs, scrapbooks, video tapes, and the recorded oral history of the organization. 
506 |a Some restrictions may apply. 
546 |a In English. 
555 0 |a Finding aid available in repository;  |c folder level. 
544 |n See also the Chicago Catholic Women Records, the Chicago Women-Church Records, and the Women-Church Convergence Records in the Women and Leadership Archives at Loyola University Chicago. 
500 |a Consult repository for information on possible additions to this collection that are not covered by this description. 
610 2 0 |a Massachusetts Women-Church Convergence  |v Archives. 
610 2 0 |a Catholic Church.  |b Archdiocese of Boston (Mass.) 
610 2 0 |a Catholic Church. 
650 0 |a Women in the Catholic Church. 
650 0 |a Ordination of women  |x Catholic Church. 
710 2 |a Loyola University Chicago.  |b Women and Leadership Archives. 
852 |a Loyola University of Chicago.  |b Women and Leadership Archives.  |e Chicago, Illinois. 
856 4 2 |3 Finding aid to the Massachusetts Women-Church Convergence records  |u http://www.luc.edu/media/lucedu/wla/pdfs/Massachusetts%20Women-Church.pdf 
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