Series 6 - Seminary and Novitiate

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Reference code

CA ON00389 F26-6

Title

Seminary and Novitiate

Date(s)

  • 1918-2014 (Creation)

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Scope and content

This series consists of records pertaining to the training and formation of Society members. Initially this consisted of the seminary and novitiate for the formation of priests, and was later extended in the 1970s to include the formation and participation of lay members in the Society. See subseries descriptions for further details. Series includes reports, student files, photographs, postcards, ledgers, correspondence, financial documents, donation appeals, programmes, itineraries, meeting minutes, program evaluations, as well as the records of the Vocations Director.

The series is divided into the following subseries:

  1. St. Francis Xavier Seminary
  2. Nazareth House
  3. Formation Education Department

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

No future accruals expected.

System of arrangement

Series created by archivist upon processing at USMC, consolidating several previously discrete series as subseries. Arrangement at file level not altered from received arrangement.

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Conditions governing access

Access is restricted to student reports, these are identified at the file level.

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      Previous Identifier

      F01-S701 to F01-S703

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      Dates of creation revision deletion

      Created by F Rousselle, 9 Oct 2024.

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