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"Newsletter Forum" Publications
Novitiate Formation Collection
Novitiate Journal Collection
This collection contains 30 volumes covering events and notes from novitiate classes between 1940 and 1968 and a one journal from 1987-1988. Each class, running from August to June of the following year, had one novice chronicle their experiences a bound book. Additionally, there are two volumes from the cooperator novitiate and house of studies at St. Thomas Aquinas Priory in River Forest with entries from 1946 to 1965, covering 1943-1954 and 1953-1965.
O.P.INION Records
Order Government
Contains the Acta of the General Chapters, Constitutions and Rule, Publications, and Institutional materials from the overall governance of the Order of Preachers.
Personal Files
Prior Provincial Records
This collection covers the writings and communication of Provincials in the duties of their office from the Province's inception in 1939 to 2023. The collection is contained in three boxes and is primarily composed of letters written to friars of the province alongside any personal communication that relates to their position but not to an existing collection. Photographs, sermons, and other media are included when applicable.
Promoter of Social Justice Records
The Promoter of Social Justice Collection documents the development and work of the Promoter of Social Justice within the Dominican Province of St. Albert the Great following the creation of the office in 1973. The materials include correspondence, annual reports, and records from Regional and North American Promoters of Justice Promoters.
Promotional Vocation Materials
The Vocation Promotional Materials Collection documents the Dominican Order's efforts to promote religious vocations, with a focus on the Province of St. Albert the Great. Spanning four boxes, the collection includes pamphlets, ephemera, posters, and audio-visual media that highlight the Dominican charism and vocational ministry.
Province Houses
Province of St. Albert the Great 50th Anniversary Banner
Three felt banners celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the founding of the Province of St. Albert the Great in 1989.
Provincial Archive Records
Provincial Chapter Meeting Collection
Provincial Council Meeting Records
This collection comprises materials from Provincial Council Meetings, held quarterly among provincial leaders. Spanning from 1960 to 2015, it includes bound minutes, agendas, supplementary documents, and related correspondence, organized into XXX boxes.
Because of the sensitive nature of this collection, it is only available upon prior approval of the Provincial.
Provincial Directories Collection
This collection contains annual directories for Dominican Provinces. Directories are created every year by Provinces and contain information on leadership, communities, and professed friars. The four provinces in the United States are the most complete and contain several boxes each while there is a smaller selection for 33 other provinces.