The fonds consists of operational, administrative and business records which document activities of The Secretariat and its associations with other committees and entities associated with the planning and implementation of the Papal Visit.

The fonds includes meeting minutes, reports, budgets, correspondence, guidelines, policies, financial records, pamphlets, information files, reference materials, photographs, albums and ephemera materials. Furthermore, the fonds also includes Preliminary Policy Meeting Minutes which can be found in series four.

The fonds is arranged into the following 13 series:

1. Secretariat Administrative Records (1983-1985)
2. Records relating to the Canadian Council of Catholic Bishops (1980-1984)
3. Correspondence with Government Officials (1982-1984)
4. General Correspondence and Minutes (1983-1985)
5. Committee Records (1983-1985)
6. Associated Organizations and Support Services (1984-2016)
7. Financial Records (1983-1985)
8. Event Records (1984)
9. Papal Mass at Namao Operational Records (1984)
10. General Operational Records (1983-1984)
11. Newspaper Clippings (1984)
12. Photographs (1984)
13. Miscellaneous Materials (1984)

The subseries consists of records that document the relationship between the Catholic Archdiocese of Edmonton and the Holy See and includes information files on the Vatican, Holy See and Rome as well as information files on each of the popes, records related to the church councils (such as Vatican II), the Synod of Bishops and Canadian Cardinals.

The sub-series consists of records that document the various events and celebrations held by the Archdiocese to commemorate special anniversaries and occasions and includes meeting minutes, correspondence and other miscellaneous records.

Please note that the majority of records related to the visit of Pope John Paul II to Edmonton in 1984 are found in the Papal Visit Secretariat Fonds.

This sub-series is arranged into the following files:

1.10.1 : Church Jubilee Years (Vatican)
1.10.2 : Eucharistic Congresses (Archdiocesan)
1.10.3 : Eucharistic Congresses (Outside Archdiocese)
1.10.4 : Jubilee Years – Canada
1.10.5 : Jubilee Years – Archdiocese
1.10.6 : Jubilee Years – Alberta
1.10.7 : Papal Visits to Canada
1.10.8 : Marian Devotions & Shrines
1.10.9 : Lac Ste. Anne Devotions & Shrines
1.10.10 : World Day of Peace
1.10.11 : Stations of the Cross
1.10.12 : St. Joseph Devotions & Shrines
1.10.13 : Canadian Saints & Martyrs Devotions & Shrines
1.10.14 : St. John the Baptist Devotions & Shrines
1.10.15 : Divine Mercy (St. Faustina) Devotions & Shrines
1.10.16 : Saints & Martyrs (Other) Devotions & Shrines
1.10.17 : Perpetual Adoration