Superior General Rev. Joseph Hart, 1990-1998 | Saint Michael's College Archives & Special Collections

By Elizabeth B. Scott

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Collection Overview

Title: Superior General Rev. Joseph Hart, 1990-1998

ID: SSE 2/SSE 2.18

Extent: 3.0 Linear Feet

Arrangement: Alphabetical

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The major challenge facing Hart during his term was the continuing lack of personnel, in particular the continued lack of persistent vocations and the aging of active priests. A number of members died, and a number of priests and aspirants withdrew from the society. Despite the lack of personnel, the Society did open a major new endeavor. In 1994 the Society opened Bishop Perry Middle School, a school that offered a free education to boys in New Orleans while fostering respect, responsibility, a sense of community and a message of social justice based on the Nativity Model. Additionally, the Society sold Fairholt, consolidating the area priests at Saint Michael’s College. This sub-group is arranged alphabetically according to the original order. Records from both of his terms of office are included.

Collection Historical Note

Rev. Joseph Hart, a native of Massachusetts, became the 12^th Superior General of the Society of Saint Edmund in 1990. As a member of the Society, he spent some time in the Southern Apostolate before returning to Vermont in 1965. While at Saint Michael's he served as academic dean and directed the Counseling center. He then served as a counselor and Director of the House of Affirmation, a treatment and counseling center for priests and religious, for many years before returning to Saint Michael’s in 1988. In 1990, upon election, he ceased working for the college and devoted himself fully to leading the society.

Administrative Information

Repository: Saint Michael's College Archives & Special Collections

Related Materials: Local Administration record group

Box and Folder Listing

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Box 3

Folder 1: SSE Apostolate St. Anne's Shrine Minutes
Folder 2: SSE Apostolate St. Anne's Shrine New Building
Folder 3: SSE Apostolate St. Anne's Shrine Tax Issues
Folder 4: SSE Apostolate SMC
Folder 5: SSE Apostolate South Correspondence
Folder 6: SSE Apostolate South Feasibility Study 1997
Folder 7: SSE Apostolate South Health Services
Folder 8: SSE Apostolate South St. Joseph the Worker
Folder 9: SSE Apostolate South Sharpe Report
Folder 10: SSE Apostolate Swanton
Folder 11: SSE Committees Ad Hoc Finance
Folder 12: SSE Committees Alternative Forms of Membership
Folder 13: SSE Committees Alternative Type School
Folder 14: SSE Committees Development
Folder 15: SSE Committees Edmundite Center SMC
Folder 16: SSE Committees Evangelization
Folder 17: SSE Committees Formation
Folder 18: SSE Committees Fund Raising
Folder 19: SSE Committees Investments
Folder 20: SSE Committees Partners in Ministry
Folder 21: SSE Committees Retirement
Folder 22: SSE Communications Office
Folder 23: SSE Community Portrait Project 1991-92
Folder 24: SSE Constitutions
Folder 25: SSE Convocation 1993
Folder 26: SSE Convocation 1996
Folder 27: SSE Convocation 1997
Folder 28: SSE Correspondence Community Form Letters 1990-94
Folder 29: SSE Correspondence Community Form Letters 1994-98
Folder 30: SSE Correspondence SSE General Council
Folder 31: SSE Correspondence Individuals 1990
Folder 32: SSE Correspondence Individuals 1991
Folder 33: SSE Correspondence Individuals 1992
Folder 34: SSE Correspondence Individuals 1993
Folder 35: SSE Correspondence Individuals 1994
Folder 36: SSE Correspondence Individuals 1995
Folder 37: SSE Correspondence Individuals 1996
Folder 38: SSE Correspondence Individuals 1997
Folder 39: SSE Correspondence Individuals 1998
Folder 40: SSE Correspondence Treasurer General
Folder 41: SSE Ordinations and Installations
Folder 42: SSE Seminary Guild
Folder 43: SSE Correspondence Re: Consolidated Financial Statements
Folder 44: SSE Correspondence Re: Surplus of Funds
Folder 45: Speeches
Folder 46: Subject: African Priests
Folder 47: Subject: Fairholt
Folder 48: Subject: Living Wills
Folder 49: Subject: Long Range Planning

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