McKenna, Horace Bernard, 1899-1982

Scope and Contents The Rev. Horace B. McKenna, SJ Papers are comprised of files kept by Father McKenna at the time of his death. Consequently, they date primarily from the 1960's and 1970's and concern his activities as assistant pastor of St. Aloysius Church and his involvement in numerous projects. Father McKenna was a major force in the adoption of innovative social action programs to combat problems encountered in the inner-city. The Papers contain files on his work with the St. Vincent De Paul Society, as...

Scope and Contents The Rev. Horace B. McKenna, S.J., Papers 2 consist mostly of incoming correspondence received by this important Jesuit during his ministry in Ridge, Maryland. Along with numerous research letters for two articles published by McKenna in "The Jesuit Seminary News" about Jesuit work with African-Americans, the collection includes several letters between him and Rev. John LaFarge, S.J. on that same topic. In addition to correspondence from some of his fellow Jesuits, a large amount of...

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The Horace B. McKenna, S.J. Papers 3 document the life of a Roman Catholic priest who served in Southern Maryland and Washington, DC. in the twentieth century. Included is correspondence with Jesuit Fathers Provincial, St. Aloysius Church, and the Archdiocese of Washington. Material about Dorothy Day (two notes) and John LaFarge is also preseved in this collection. Some printed materials and photographs are retained, too.

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Consists of drafts, transcripts/notes, and recordings relating to a project on Fr. Horace B. McKenna undertaken by Joseph K. Hines in the 1980s. It also includes a copy of "Christ is with the Poor: Stories and Sayings of Horace McKenna, S.J." (eds. Dear and Hines, 1989), a collection of anecdotes based on some of the recordings in this collection.

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Correspondence, drafts, and other ephemera related to the writing and publication John S. Monagan's biography of Fr. Horace B. McKenna entitled Horace, Priest of the Poor (1985). Also contains audio cassette recordings of interviews used by Monagan for the work, photographs of many interview subjects, and six interview transcripts.