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Interview session 3, 1996 August

 Item — Audiocassette: 4

Scope and Contents

In the third and final interview session, conducted in August 1996, Berg discusses his mentors in the Catholic Church and talks about their work. He shares his strategies for maintaining enthusiasm for new projects, and speaks about his work with the MacDonald Center, now the Maybelle Center for Community, an organization dedicated to building community for people who are socially isolated. He talks about counseling draftees during the Vietnam War in Texas, and speaks further about his work with people with post-traumatic stress disorder. He shares his thoughts on the Catholic Church’s stance on homosexuality, talks about social justice issues that he believes the church should address, particularly poverty, and closes the interview by describing the concept of “social mercy.”

Dates

  • 1996 August

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 0.1 Cubic Feet (4 audiocassettes (3 hr., 23 min., 39 sec.))

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Creator

Repository Details

Part of the Oregon Historical Society Research Library Repository

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