Interview session 3, 1996 August
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
- Creation: 1996 August
Creator
- From the Collection: Berg, Richard F. (Interviewee, Person)
- From the Collection: Coffey, Leigh (Interviewer, Person)
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
Repository Details
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