SOCIETY OF SAINT EDMUND ARCHIVES
LOCAL ADMINISTRATION
CARACAS
1964-present

Physical Description
1.5  ft. (3 boxes); 1 oversize folder

Arrangement
This collection has been arranged alphabetically into series.  Folder List

History
In answer to Pope John XXIII’s call for priests in Latin America, the Society of Saint Edmund established a parish in Caracas, Venezuela in 1964.  The Edmundites arrived in Caracas in January, where they formed the first religious house in Caracas.  In Prados del Este, the middle-class area, and in Las Minas, the barrio, local people worked with the Edmundites to build a vibrant faith community.   By 1968, their mission included a medical dispensary, library, catechetical center, classrooms and a community room in the Edmundite Community Service Center, as well as the parishes.  A Credit Union and Community cooperative followed soon thereafter.  Although it is now administered as a separate entity, the mission in Caracas fell under the governance of the Edmundite Southern House for much of its existence.

Scope
Note:  The Caracas collection is material that accumulated in the Generalate offices.  Most were collected by office staff, but it is likely that material collected and maintained by the House in Caracas was added as personnel left the mission.   
Correspondence makes up the bulk of the collection.  The correspondence is separated into two series, Superior General (SG) Correspondence and Correspondence.  The SG correspondence is arranged by term of Superior General, and includes all the correspondence between the Superior General and the Superior as well as with other members of the house.  All other correspondence, such as that among house members or between the Superior and outside entities is filed by author as Correspondence. 
The remainder of the collection is primarily budget and financial reports from the missions.  There are some preliminary budgets, financial report worksheets and related materials.  The approved budgets and financial reports are found in the Treasurer General records, but these files contain preliminary drafts and in some cases, quarterly reports that are not retained once the reports are approved. 
Other items include printed materials, news clippings, a history file, meeting minutes, and some legal documents.  A file of oversized blueprints has been removed from the boxes for storage in oversize collection.
Photographs have been removed to the SSE Photograph collection, Caracas file. 

Related Terms
Catholic Church—Latin America—History—20^th Century—Sources
Dubriske, Edward
Latin America--Church history--20th century—Sources
Lyons, Lawrence
Muehlenberger, Howard
Rainville, Marcel

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Folder List
Box 1
Blueprints
Budget and financial reports      July 1964-1970
Budget and financial reports      1971-1975
Budget and financial reports      1976
Budget and financial reports      1977-78
Budget and financial reports      1979
Budget and financial reports      1980-85
Budget and financial reports      1986-90
Correspondence           Dubriske
Correspondence           Hagerty
Correspondence           Lyons
Correspondence           Rainville
Financial gifts
History of the mission by J.N. Couture
Legal documents

Box 2
Minutes of meetings      1968-1988
News items
Planning meetings          March 1988
Printed materials
Promissory note
Property
Reports                        1964-1987
SG Correspondence     Purtill (58-64) with Lyons         1964
SG Correspondence     Galligan (64-70) with Lyons 1964
SG Correspondence     Galligan (64-70) with Lyons      1965-66
SG Correspondence     Galligan (64-70) with Lyons      1967
SG Correspondence     Galligan (64-70) with Lyons      1968-70

Box 3
SG Correspondence     Galligan (70-74) with Dubriske
SG Correspondence     Galligan (70-74) with Lyons
SG Correspondence     Galligan (1970-74) with SSE’s
SG Correspondence     Gokey (74-78) with Dubriske
SG Correspondence     Gokey (74-78) with House
SG Correspondence     Gokey (74-78) with Rainville
SG Correspondence     Leary (78-82) with SSE’s
SG Correspondence     Leary (82-86) with SSE’s
SG Correspondence     McLaughlin (86-90) with SSE’s
SG Correspondence     McLaughlin (86-90) re: Morris Appeal
Subject:  Descriptions of Venezuela
Supplement to Liturgy of the Hours (Spanish)
Volunteer Program
Prepared by   Elizabeth B. Scott    June 25, 2003

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