The Mount Carmel Guild of Newark was established in 1929 by Bishop Thomas J. Walsh as an organization that provided "mental, spiritual and physical relief to individuals receiving public assistance."[1] The Guild was part of the Associated Catholic Charities, which provided family and child welfare services. The Mount Carmel Guild operated a soup kitchen from 1930-1941, offered assistance to those seeking U.S. citizenship starting in the 1930s and formalized as the Office of Migration in 1976, provided ministry to those with physical or mental handicaps, operated a special education school and a psychiatric unit, and participated in social justice causes. In the 1970's, the Mount Carmel Guild ceased to operate as a separate organization and its acitivities were folded into the larger operations of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Newark.
Sources: 1. Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Newark website, History: http://www.ccannj.net/history.php, accessed 31 January 2013.
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The Mount Carmel Guild of the Archdiocese of Newark records include correspondence, newsletters, newsclippings, bills, and scrapbooks describing the activities of the guild. A large portion of the collection is related to the Americanization Department, which offered classes to assist immigrants with obtaining US citizenship. Other activities described include the Apostolate for the Deaf, Project Equality, a housing project, a day care center, a rehabilitation and training center, and an apostolate to the mentally handicapped, among others. Many folders are titled by ministry or activity, while some folders from the 1970's are chronological files containing meeting minutes and notes from multiple ministries.
This collection is not yet processed. Finding aid and basic collection description created in 2013 by Ben Clark and Tracy M. Jackson as part of the Overhaul Project collection survey.
[Item], in the Mount Carmel Guild of the Archdiocese of Newark, ADN 0040, Monsignor William Noé Field Archives & Special Collections Center, Seton Hall University.
Materials were transferred to the Archives and Special Collections Center from the Chancery of the Archdiocese of Newark in 1988. Terms of accession unknown.
This collection is not yet processed. Materials may be available to researchers with staff assistance at the Msgr. William Noé Field Archives & Special Collections Center. Advance appointments are required for the use of archival materials.