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1976 - 2007 (Creation)
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- Archdiocesan Mission Council
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50 cm of textual records.
ca.100 photographs.
1 photo album.
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In February 1969 the Canadian Bishops established the National Missions Council. Following this, the Archdiocese of Edmonton established the Edmonton Mission Council with Father Paul Kingston as its chairman. In 1988 the Mission council was dissolved and Father Michael Troy was appointed Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies for the Edmonton Archdiocese.
In 1996, Archbishop MacNeil called a meeting to discuss the feasibility of setting up a mission secretariat to be located in the pastoral centre with an executive secretary. A year following that meeting, in 1997, the Archdiocesan Mission Council was established with Father Michael Troy named as its director. Like its predecessors (the Edmonton Mission Council, and the Pontifical Mission Society for the Edmonton Archdiocese) the Mission Council's aims were to create greater mission awareness throughout the Archdiocese especially in parishes and Catholic schools, ensure ongoing education of clergy and laity in the theology of mission and knowledge of and support for the work of the Church in mission countries, and to cooperate with the National Office of the Pontifical Societies and other mission organizations, especially religious congregations of the Archdiocese that have personnel working in the missions.
The Pontifical Mission Societies supported by the Archdiocesan Mission Council included the Society for the Propagation of the Faith, Holy Childhood Association, Society of St. Peter the Apostle, and the Missionary Union of Clergy and Religious.
Custodial history
Records of the Mission Council and Holy Childhood Association were donated to the Archives by Father Michael Troy in 2007. See the accession file for additional information.
Scope and content
Fonds consists of the following series:
- Archdiocesan Mission Council Records (1976-2006)
- General Correspondence (1997-2006)
- Finance Records (1985-2005)
- Event Records (1979-2004)
- Information Files (1997-2005)
- Publications (1979-2004)
- Holy Childhood Association Records (1984-2007)
- Other Organization records (1982-2000)
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See also 1.6.15 Holy Childhood Association in the Archdiocese of Edmonton Archives.
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Future accruals expected.
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- Pontifical Mission Societies (Subject)