Msgr. Joseph Clifford Fenton Diaries

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Diaries of Catholic priest Joseph Clifford Fenton during the years of 1948-1966. The Right Reverend Msgr. Joseph Clifford Fenton (1906-1969) was a priest of Springfield, Massachusetts, Dean of the School of Theology at the Catholic University of America, and editor of the American Ecclesiastical Review. He also served on the Pontifical Theology Commission in preparation for the Second Vatican Council. He retired from Catholic University in 1963 and is probably best remembered as an aggressive opponent of Jesuit John Courtney Murray regarding Church and State. The diaries digitized here cover the years of 1948-1966, with most dealing with his trips to Rome to participate in the Second Vatican Council.

: The Continuation of the Chronicle of my Fourteenth trip to Rome, December 13, 1960-January 28, 1961; Green softcover notebook, Account of his work as a member of the Pontifical Theological Commission for Vatican II. Contains account of Papal audience., Submitted by Michael Dobbs (dobbs@cua.edu) on 2014-03-18T15:57:56Z No. of bitstreams: 1 cua_achc331_fenton_v07.pdf: 193668925 bytes, checksum: 190f93516830580007c28dff2c166a7b (MD5), Made available in DSpace on 2014-03-18T15:57:56Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 cua_achc331_fenton_v07.pdf: 193668925 bytes, checksum: 190f93516830580007c28dff2c166a7b (MD5)

: The Continuation of the journal of my Fourteenth trip to Rome, Beginning of the journal of my fifteenth trip to Rome, October 1960-September 1961; Black softcover notebook, contains notes of Fenton's trip. Fifteenth trip starts at p.132., Submitted by Michael Dobbs (dobbs@cua.edu) on 2014-03-19T18:19:39Z No. of bitstreams: 1 cua_achc331_fenton_v08.pdf: 102070018 bytes, checksum: bb2e6e502f2fd36a033c65326a553979 (MD5), Made available in DSpace on 2014-03-19T18:19:40Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 cua_achc331_fenton_v08.pdf: 102070018 bytes, checksum: bb2e6e502f2fd36a033c65326a553979 (MD5)

: The Journal of a Pilgrimage [Europe], 1950; Grey hardcover notebook. Diary of Fenton's trip to Europe. Mentions how he flew on Star of Maryland Plane that crashed in Egypt. Journal contains draft of a letter to Dwight D. Eisenhower., Submitted by Michael Dobbs (dobbs@cua.edu) on 2014-03-18T15:18:41Z No. of bitstreams: 1 cua_achc331_fenton_v02.pdf: 17407884 bytes, checksum: 5af207bf089a9a7f3583eb6188478f52 (MD5), Made available in DSpace on 2014-03-18T15:18:41Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 cua_achc331_fenton_v02.pdf: 17407884 bytes, checksum: 5af207bf089a9a7f3583eb6188478f52 (MD5)

: The Journal of a Trip to Rome, 1948; Grey hardcover notebook. Fenton talks about his travels to Rome; the diary also contains outlines and drafts for several papers that he is writing., Submitted by Michael Dobbs (dobbs@cua.edu) on 2014-03-18T15:17:17Z No. of bitstreams: 1 cua_achc331_fenton_v01.pdf: 43509744 bytes, checksum: e98a0924b30498f435f68addd24003db (MD5), Made available in DSpace on 2014-03-18T15:17:18Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 cua_achc331_fenton_v01.pdf: 43509744 bytes, checksum: e98a0924b30498f435f68addd24003db (MD5)

: Journal of the Sixteenth, Seventeenth, Eighteenth and Nineteenth trips to Rome, March 1962-February 1963; Black softcover notebook. Account of Vatican II proceedings., Submitted by Michael Dobbs (dobbs@cua.edu) on 2014-03-19T18:32:48Z No. of bitstreams: 1 cua_achc331_fenton_v09.pdf: 107643182 bytes, checksum: bd86349d9053da0e0fdb59f3ca482b9e (MD5), Made available in DSpace on 2014-03-19T18:32:48Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 cua_achc331_fenton_v09.pdf: 107643182 bytes, checksum: bd86349d9053da0e0fdb59f3ca482b9e (MD5)

: Journal of Trip to Rome, 1963-1965; Blue hardcover notebook, contains accounts of Vatican II. Also claims he has been misinterpreted by several articles, including one from the New Yorker. Hears accounts of JFK assassination through Italian TV., Submitted by Michael Dobbs (dobbs@cua.edu) on 2014-03-19T18:39:42Z No. of bitstreams: 1 cua_achc331_fenton_v10.pdf: 136440442 bytes, checksum: 86bb3661f176894c620f27f79318c183 (MD5), Made available in DSpace on 2014-03-19T18:39:42Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 cua_achc331_fenton_v10.pdf: 136440442 bytes, checksum: 86bb3661f176894c620f27f79318c183 (MD5)

: Journals of the 23rd, 25th, 26th and 27th trips to Rome, 1966; Account of theological conference, "The Theology of Council." Observations of Post Vatican II Catholicism. Notebook is very fragile., Submitted by Michael Dobbs (dobbs@cua.edu) on 2014-03-19T18:41:32Z No. of bitstreams: 1 cua_achc331_fenton_v11.pdf: 20023464 bytes, checksum: 67feede5532feb4958163f38a41f42c7 (MD5), Made available in DSpace on 2014-03-19T18:41:32Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 cua_achc331_fenton_v11.pdf: 20023464 bytes, checksum: 67feede5532feb4958163f38a41f42c7 (MD5)

: My 1958 Trip to Rome and Lourdes(continuation from previous journal),My 1960 Trip to Rome 1958-1960; Black softcover notebook, Fenton asks that contents past page 74 not be revealed until 20 years after his death. Talks about his work for Vatican II., Submitted by Michael Dobbs (dobbs@cua.edu) on 2014-03-18T15:36:00Z No. of bitstreams: 1 cua_achc331_fenton_v05.pdf: 156605652 bytes, checksum: 7327872d1e8ef7a0e87c8497f7e49bf8 (MD5), Made available in DSpace on 2014-03-18T15:36:00Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 cua_achc331_fenton_v05.pdf: 156605652 bytes, checksum: 7327872d1e8ef7a0e87c8497f7e49bf8 (MD5)

: My Tenth Trip to Rome, also the Eleventh, Twelfth and Thirteenth trips, August 1955-September 1958; Black softcover notebook, Ink is fading, pages are fragile. P.172 Describes Fenton's encounter with a CUA Faculty member., Submitted by Michael Dobbs (dobbs@cua.edu) on 2014-03-18T15:28:01Z No. of bitstreams: 1 cua_achc331_fenton_v04.pdf: 155213050 bytes, checksum: 48390b4e727c484617dd3cb71e9d51ef (MD5), Made available in DSpace on 2014-03-18T15:28:01Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 cua_achc331_fenton_v04.pdf: 155213050 bytes, checksum: 48390b4e727c484617dd3cb71e9d51ef (MD5)

: Ninth Trip to Rome, May 1954-June 1955; Black softcover notebook. Talks about a speech he is giving in Rome. Pages are fragile., Submitted by Michael Dobbs (dobbs@cua.edu) on 2014-03-18T15:21:51Z No. of bitstreams: 1 cua_achc331_fenton_v03.pdf: 91023133 bytes, checksum: c577aeb41a59c461fd0ff1742bc41b94 (MD5), Made available in DSpace on 2014-03-18T15:21:51Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 cua_achc331_fenton_v03.pdf: 91023133 bytes, checksum: c577aeb41a59c461fd0ff1742bc41b94 (MD5)

: Notes of my previous fourteenth trip to Rome continued from the previous volume 11/18/1960, November 18, 1960-December 12, 1960; Green softcover notebook, Account of his work as a member of the Pontifical Theological Commission for Vatican II., Submitted by Michael Dobbs (dobbs@cua.edu) on 2014-03-18T15:42:25Z No. of bitstreams: 1 cua_achc331_v06.pdf: 91051743 bytes, checksum: da99e75fd8e505b984bf0bd59c790382 (MD5), Made available in DSpace on 2014-03-18T15:42:25Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 cua_achc331_v06.pdf: 91051743 bytes, checksum: da99e75fd8e505b984bf0bd59c790382 (MD5)