Collection Summary
Marquette University. Dept. of Special Collections and University
Archives.
Monsignior Thomas J. Reese
Seminarians' Catholic Action records
circa 1943-1950
1.6 cubic feet (4 boxes)
Personal papers of Msgr. Thomas J.
Reese relating to the Seminarians' Catholic Action Movement, which he helped to
organize and lead while a student at the Theological College at Catholic University.
SCA
English
Administrative History
The Seminarians' Catholic Action movement was inspired by the Jocist (a.k.a. Young
Christian Workers) movement founded by Rev. (later Cardinal ) Joseph Cardijn prior
to the First World War. Rev. Thomas Reese helped to found the Seminarians' movement
in the 1940s while a student at Catholic University's Theological College. The goal
of the movement was to promote the theology of Catholic Action among seminary
students in the hope they would become Catholic Action chaplains in their
priesthood.
Scope and Contents of the Collection
Included in this collection are correspondence, manuscripts, publications, and
reports that document the activities of study groups at the Theological College and
other seminaries, and the gatherings held at the University of Notre Dame in 1946
and in Montreal in 1947. Also included are minutes of meetings of a Young Christian
Workers "cell" in Wilmington, Delaware, 1946-1948.
Arrangement of the Papers
This collection is divided into the following seres:
- 1. Subject Files, 1943-1950, undated
- 2. Meetings and Study Groups, 1943-1948, undated
- 3. General Correspondence, 1944-1950
Restrictions on Access
There are no restrictions on access to this collection.
Restrictions on Use
The archives staff will assist researchers in determining if copyright restrictions
apply, although responsibility for copyright and obtaining necessary permissions
rests with the researcher.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following headings in MARQCAT, the online
public access catalog of the Marquette University Libraries. Researchers
desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the
catalog using these headings.
Persons:
Reese, Thomas J.,
1921-1988--Archives
Organizations:
Young Christian Workers
Subjects:
Catholic action
Catholic theological seminaries -- Canada
Catholic theological seminaries -- United
States
Seminarians -- Canada
Seminarians -- United States
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Series Number, Box Number, Folder Number (if applicable).
Reese, Thomas J., Seminarians' Catholic Action Collection, 1943-1950. Dept. of
Special Collections and University Archives. Marquette University.
Acquisition Information
These papers were received as a gift from Thomas J. Reese in 1973.
Processing Information
Arranged and described in 1995 by Phil Runkel.
Accruals
No further accruals expected for this collection.
Detailed Description of the Collection
Series 1: Subject Files,
1943-1950, undated
1 box.
1
1
Berkery, John J. (portions of thesis and another manuscript on
Catholic Action),
circa 1943
1
2
Federation of Catholic Action Seminaries (St. Meinrad Seminary),
1944-1947
1
3
Ferree, William F., S.M.,
1947, undated
1
4
Forum (incomplete),
1945-1948
1
5
Forum Financial Records,
1944-1946
1
6
General Information on Catholic Action,
1943-1950
1
7
Writings on Catholic Action by Thomas J. Reese,
1943-1948, undated
1
8
Young Christian Workers,
1945-1947
Series 2: Meetings and Study Groups,
1943-1948, undated.
2 boxes.
1
1
Catholic Action in the Seminaries,
1944-1948
1
2
Catholic Action Study Weeks,
1946-1948, undated
1
3
Chicago Committee Meeting,
1947
1
4
Holy Cross College,
1944-1946
1
5-6
Holy Family Seminary (Third Order and Catholic Action),
undated
1
7
Montreal Study Week (23 June 1947),
1946-1947
1
8
Moreau Seminary,
circa 1946
1
9
Notre Dame Study Week,
1946
1
10
St. Mary's College,
1943-1946
1
11
Theological College, Catholic University of America,
1944-1948
1
12-13
Young Christian Workers Wilmington, DE, Cell Minutes,
1946-1948
Series 3: General Correspondence,
1944-1950.
2 boxes.
1
1
Arthur, Richard J.,
1945-1948
1
2
Bowen, John G.,
1945-1947
1
3
Confraternity of Christian Doctrine (including letter from Bishop
Edwin V. O'Hara),
1946
1
4
Foreign and Miscellaneous Correspondence,
1946-1947
1
5
Franciscans,
1946
1
6
Jesuits,
1945-1947
1
7
Laity,
1944-1947
1
8
Priests,
1945-1947
Seminaries
1
9
Baltimore, MD, and Brighton, MA,
1945-1947
1
10
Canada,
1944-1947
1
11
East,
1945-1947
1
12
Grand Seminary,
1944-1947
1
13
Maryknoll,
1944-1947
1
14
Midwest,
1944-1947
2
1
St. Francis Seminary,
1946-1947
2
2
St. Meinrad Seminary,
1946-1947
2
3
South and West,
1946-1947
2
4
Theological College, Catholic University of America,
1944-1947
2
5
Young Christian Workers,
1946-1950