Series 9 - Catechetics and Religious Education

4.2m of textual records

The contents of the Edmonton and Regina offices of two religious correspondence schools were stored from 1971 to 1991 at the Daly Centre in Regina. In 1997, all the material was transferred from the Daly Centre to the archives. The material of the North Dakota and Clarenville catechetical missions are held in their mission records.

The records consist a collection of texts and lessons, used/written by the Sisters of Services at their correspondence school and/or summer religious vacation schools.

Arranged chronologically, the records consist of the early lessons, answer sheets and accompanying illustrations, written by Sisters Madge Barton, Alice Walsh, Mary Fitzgerald, Gertrude Walsh, Mary Jackson. These lessons adjusted the prescribed teachings of the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine (CCD). The records also contain the correspondence, teaching manuals, and reports of the Sisters who worked in CCD offices.

The records also include the early catechisms, and the later textbooks and manuals for parents and teachers, used after the Second Vatican Council. Lessons and reports are part of the series, written by Sister Mary Jackson for the Edmonton Catholic Board and the Canadian Catechism series by Sisters Anita Hartman and Lita Camozzi for the Newfoundland diocese of Grand Falls (1981-1984) and Home Program (1970-1971) in the Regina archdiocese.

Also part of the series is a special program for the Indigenous people, written by Sister Margaret Denis for the Canadian Catholic Conference in 1973 as well her collaboration with Rev. Roger Vandersteene, OMI, in Come Lord Jesus: The Story of the Church. The records include the teaching aids of illustrations and charts, including those prepared and used by Rev. Albert Lacombe, missionary among the Northern indigenous peoples in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

The series is divided into the following subseries:

1. Development
2. Religious Vacation Schools
3. Religious Correspondence Schools
4. Confraternity of Christian Doctrine (CCD)
5. Catechetical Texts: Pre-and-post Second Vatican Council
6. Canadian Catechism Series
7. Canadian Conference of Bishops (CCCB) - Born of the Spirit Series
8. Highschool Courses
9. Newfoundland Courses
10. Adult Courses
11. Courses for the Deaf
12. Courses for Indigenous Peoples
13. Historical, Specialized Resource Materials

No future accruals expected.

Series arrangement maintained as received during transfer to USMC.

Access is open.

Created by F Rousselle, 4 November 2024.

Archival History and Content descriptions by MC Havey, congregational archivist, and inherited upon USMC transfer.