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

Scope and Contents: 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.