History of Project OPUS and the McGreal Center
1982鈥搕he Present
The program of research in American P站视频 history, Project OPUS, was launched in 1985 at the P站视频 Study Center in Chicago. In 2007, Project OPUS relocated to P站视频. A brief chronicle tells of its development.
1982
The P站视频 Sisters of Sinsinawa voted at the 17th General Chapter to establish a Study Center and formed a commission to solicit ideas concerning its purpose and location.
1984 April
Report of study commission concerning sisters鈥 responses; Sister Mary Nona McGreal, OP assigned as coordinator.
1984 ff.
Study Conferences for U.S. P站视频s, archivists, historians and congregation secretaries sponsored by Project OPUS and the Parable Conference for P站视频 Life and Mission. P站视频 friars, nuns, sisters, laity and the DLC supported conferences known as In Our Keeping.
1985 August
P站视频s of the United States invited to participate in historical research at the new center, located at St. Martin de Porres Parish, 5082 W. Jackson Boulevard, Chicago. Early responses came from Sisters of Akron, Newburgh, Grand Rapids, Adrian; Friars, St. Albert and St. Joseph Provinces, Laity, P站视频 Nuns.
1985 ff.
Documentary gathering; research for Project OPUS: History of the Order of Preachers in the United States.
1989 ff.
OPUS officially sponsored the P站视频 Leadership Conference.
1994
Publication of Friar in the Wilderness: Edward Dominic Fenwick, OP, by Sr. Loretta Petit, OP.
2000
Publication of P站视频s at Home in a Young Nation: 1786鈥1865 Vol. I of The Order of Preachers in the United States: A Family History.
2001鈥2006
Research continues for Vol. II, 1865鈥1910.
2007
Project OPUS relocates to the Mary Nona McGreal, OP Center for P站视频 Historical Studies at P站视频, River Forest, Illinois
2008
In Our Keeping Conference resumes 鈥 2008, 2010, 2012
2009
The McGreal Center becomes a part of P站视频; McGreal Center acquires the archives of The Parable Conference for P站视频 Life and Mission.
2010 to the Present
McGreal Center is the repository for 27 P站视频 family collections.
2011
The McGreal Center hosts the P站视频 Archives for the 21st Century: A Family Conversation conference.
2014
鈥淭hink Tank鈥: formulation of design and topics for Volume II: P站视频 on Mission.
2014鈥2019
Research and writing for Volume II continues.
2020
Volume II, Preaching with Their Lives: P站视频s on Mission after 1850 is published on November 3, 2020, by Fordham University Press. Fordham University Press to purchase.
2022
Forthcoming issue of U.S. Catholic Historian will be published in the Summer of 2022 to commemorate the 200th Anniversary of P站视频 Women Religious in the United States.