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Collection Overview

Title: Edmundite Mission Corps, 1992-2004

Predominant Dates:1996-2004

ID: SSE 16/SSE 16

Extent: 1.0 Linear Feet

Arrangement: Arranged alpha-numerically into 9 series; Administration; Americorps; Colleges; Financial; Grants; Mission Sites; Newsletters; Personnel; Publications.

Scope and Contents of the Materials

This collection includes documentation and administrative paperwork pertaining to the Americorps/EMC service volunteer program. It includes volunteer applications, contracts, job descriptions and evaluations; mission site information and resources; EMC office correspondence and administration; EMC newsletters, religious and community-living developmental resources, and various collected publications and journals. Also included are a plaque, banner, and scrapbook. The volunteer personnel files included in this collection are only a partial collection, and the earliest personnel file is dated 1996.

Collection Historical Note

The Edmundite Mission Corps (EMC) was founded in 1992 by the Society of Saint Edmund as a year-long volunteer program for college graduates, engaging in ministry among the poor in the African-American Community of the South. Serving the communities of Selma, Alabama and New Orleans, Louisiana. Corps members worked directly within the communities as teachers and social workers in schools, parishes, state and private organizations, and Edmundite programs which addressed the housing, health, nutrition and educational needs of the poor in those communities. Volunteers lived together, embracing a simple lifestyle in a Christian community to gain a greater understanding of the needs of the poor, and a deeper spiritual commitment to the Church’s mission of promoting social justice, as well as fostering one’s own spirituality.

The EMC existed from 1992-2004. It ceased when financial considerations combined with the difficulty of keeping a core group of volunteers made the program unsustainable.

Administrative Information

Repository: Saint Michael's College Archives & Special Collections

Related Materials:

SSE 6.8 Local Administration. Southern Missions

SSE 12 Bishop Perry Middle School

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Box 2

Folder 1: Personnel (Names available upon request)
Folder 2: Publications Bishop Perry Middle School "Habari Njema"
Folder 3: Publications Edmundite Mission Corps Handbook, Pamphlets, Drafts
Folder 4: Publicity Local Newspapers-Photocopies
Folder 5: Various Collected Publications-Magazines
Folder 6: Various Edmudite Mission Corps Banner
Folder 7: Various Guest Log
Folder 8: Various Plaque
Folder 9: Various Scrapbook

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