| Description | Papers, mostly reports, newspaper cuttings, minutes of meetings, conference papers and publicity material, as well as correspondence between John Challoner and others on the administration of the Catholic Renewal Movement, including a letter from Roderick Bell to Simon Bryden-Brook, with a reply, on his wish to resign from the movement over the decision to publish the pamphlet on family planning (4, 8 July 1970); circular letter from Bryden-Brook to all members on the family planning leaflet, Clifford Longley’s decision to resign, and the financial difficulties of the movement (8 July 1970); letters from Roderick Bell to Alan [?Johnson], Oliver Pratt to Bell on Bell's wish to merge the Catholic Renewal Movement with the ONE for Christian Renewal group (6, 7 August 1970); letter from Bryden-Brook to D. Allen-Griffiths on the authorisation of the bishops for the use of the word Catholicin the Catholic Renewal Movement (7 August 1970); press statement, and a letter from Bryden-Brook to Frank O’Hara on the Fathers of the Birmingham Oratory’s request for John Challoner to resign from the Catholic Renewal Movement (11 August, 2 September 1970); statement by the archbishop of Birmingham rejecting the family planning leaflet published by the Catholic Renewal Movement (1 September 1970); newspaper cuttings on the leaflet (2 September 1970); and minutes of a meeting of the Birmingham Renewal Group (8 September 1970) |