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This folder discusses the political and religious situation in Slavic Europe (primarily Yugoslavia). Letters from Christitch to Parsons cover a congress held in Ljubljana, Yugoslavia, on the reunion of the Eastern Orthodox Church with the Roman Catholic Church, as well as the International Catholic Congress in Oxford, the creation of a new International Catholic Federation, and the Fribourg Union.

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This folder discusses the political and religious situation in Slavic Europe (primarily Yugoslavia). Letters from Christitch to Parsons cover ex-priest Ljudevit Kežman, politician Stjepan Radić, and other news from the Balkans, as well as a Catholic intellectual conference held in Prague and a meeting with President of Czechoslovakia Tomáš Masaryk.

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This folder discusses the political and religious situation in Slavic Europe (primarily Yugoslavia). Letters from Christitch to Parsons cover the Society of St. John Chrysostom; a meeting of the International Council of Women in Geneva; politician Stjepan Radić; and Msgr. M. D. (Martin Davorin) Krmpotić. Also includes a set of “letters to the editor” of America and a response from Parsons.

Scope and Contents This folder discusses the political and religious situation in Slavic Europe (primarily Yugoslavia). Letters from Christitch to Parsons cover US Minister Plenipotentiary John Dyneley Prince's use of an Anglican clergyman in Belgrade--seen by some as an implicit Orthodox recognition of Anglicanism—alongside the "Zinoviev Letter" affair involving Communist International head Gregory Zinoviev; Foreign Minister Vojislav Marinković's efforts to negotiate a Yugoslavia-Vatican concordat; the...

Scope and Contents This folder discusses the political and religious situation in Slavic Europe (primarily Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia). Letters from Christitch to Parsons cover King Alexander I’s establishment of a royal dictatorship; Leonid Pitamic's appointment as Minister Plenipotentiary to Washington, DC; her encounters with Francis Woodlock, SJ, and Archbishop Nikola Dobrečić, whom Parsons had met in the US; the International Union of Catholic Women’s Leagues and their stance on cooperation with...

Scope and Contents This folder discusses the political and religious situation in Slavic Europe (primarily Yugoslavia). Letters from Christitch to Parsons cover the periodical Pax; a London meeting of the Catholic Council for International Relations on the religious situation in Yugoslavia; the “Uniats” (Greek Catholics) near the Greek-Bulgarian border; conversations with King Alexander I about the organization of Sokols; the new Jesuit parish of St. Peter the Apostle in...

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This folder discusses the political and religious situation in Slavic Europe (primarily Yugoslavia). Letters from Christitch to Parsons cover the 31st International Eucharistic Congress in Dublin and other matters in Irish politics; Girl Guides of Ireland; the UK Royal Commission's report on Malta; a meeting of the International Council of Women in Geneva; and reasons for discontent in Yugoslavia.

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This folder discusses the political and religious situation in Slavic Europe (primarily Yugoslavia). Letters from Christitch to Parsons cover the death of her mother; her conversations with King Alexander I; Leonid Pitamic’s award from Georgetown University; a meeting of the International Council of Women in Stockholm; negotiations for a Yugoslavia-Vatican concordat; diplomat Vassili “Basil” Strandtman; and Msgr. Michel d'Herbigny, SJ. Also includes several responses from Parsons.

Scope and Contents This folder discusses the political and religious situation in Slavic Europe (primarily Yugoslavia). Letters from Christitch to Parsons cover Msgr. Michel d'Herbigny, SJ; a conference of the International Council of Women in Geneva; President of Czechoslovakia Tomáš Masaryk; a meeting with President of Ireland Éamon de Valera; and the assassination of King Alexander I at Marseilles and the resulting geopolitical crisis in Yugoslavia. Also includes a reprint of a piece by Christitch in ...

Scope and Contents This folder discusses the political and religious situation in Slavic Europe (primarily Yugoslavia). Letters from Christitch to Parsons cover Archbishop Ivan Šarić; the Yugoslavian parliamentary elections; the Second Yugoslav National Eucharistic Congress in Ljubljana; a Catholic Relief Committee for Russia formed in connection with the Catholic Council for International Relations; the First Nationwide Congress of Catholics in Prague; President of Czechoslovakia Tomáš Masaryk and his...

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This folder discusses the political and religious situation in Slavic Europe (primarily Czechoslovakia). Letters from Christitch to Parsons cover a conversation with former President of Czechoslovakia Tomáš Masaryk; the Freethinkers’ Congress in Prague; and Msgr. Michel d'Herbigny, SJ.

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This folder includes a letter from Michael (Mihajlo Idvorski) Pupin regarding Christitch’s visit to the US to lecture in support of the Serbian Child Welfare Association of America and to garner funding for a cathedral in Belgrade, as well as several typescript copies of letters from Christitch to her mother throughout the trip (1920-1921). Also contains a letter from Christitch to Thurston Davis, SJ, offering to donate the letters in this folder (1965).