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News letter / Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Superior Council of New Zealand.

Mainly printed material (newsletters, fact sheets, newscuttings, reports, articles, brochures etc.) with supporting correspondence concerning AIDS, homosexuality and the Church. Most of the correspondence is between Wayne Wright and Church or Government representatives but personal letters are also interspersed.

BOX 1
PERSONAL PAPERS AND DOCUMENTS, 1986-1983
Photocopy of Justice of the Peace Certificate of Appointment for Wayne Wright (25 June, 1986)
Letter of commendation from the President, NSW State Council, Society of St Vincent de Paul (26 May, 1993)
Personal testimony about Wayne Wright written by a volunteer from Ankali who visited Wayne weekly for 16 months (Support group for people living with HIV/AIDS) (3 June, 1993)

PHOTOGRAPHS, CHIEFLY MAY-AUG. 1993
Photographs of Wayne Wright, church and non-church friends (includes a list identifying people in the photographs) (39 photographs)

CORRESPONDENCE WITH DIFFERENT CHURCHES, GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, NON GOVERNMENT ORGANISATIONS AND POlITICIANS INQUIRING ABOUT POLICIES AND ATTITUDES TO HOMOSEXUALITY, HIV/AIDS AND CHILD ABUSE, FEB.-AUG. 1993
Commissioner, Salvation Army, Australia Eastern and Papua New Guinea Territory (29 July, 1993)
Social Responsibility Consultant, Dept. for Mission and Parish Services, Uniting Church in Australia, Queensland Synod (28 July, 1993)
Rector, St John’s Anglican Church, Darlinghurst (27 July, 1993)
Dr Andrew Theophanous, Parliamentary Secretary to … Senator Graham Richardson, Minister for Health (26 July, 1993)
Education Officer, Commission for Mission, Uniting Church in Australia, Synod of Victoria (23 June 1993)
General Secretary, Missionaries of Charity, Calcutta (7 June, 1993)
Counsellor, Centacare, Catholic Community Services, Petersham, Sydney (22 June, 1993)
Terry Griffiths, Minister for Police and Emergency Services, NSW (22 June, 1993)
Sydney Unitarian Church, East Sydney (21 June, 1993)
Saints Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Drummoyne (18 June, 1993)
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Public Affairs Dept. Pacific Area. (17 June, 1993)
General Secretary, Church Missionary Society, A Society within the Anglican Church of Australia, Sydney (16 June, 1993)
Jim Longley, Minister for Community Services and Minister for Aboriginal Affairs (10 June, 1993)
Vajrayana Institute. Mahayana Tradition Buddhist Centre (10 June, 1993)
National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahais of Australia (7 June, 1993)
Assistant Bishop of Perth, Goldfields Region (28 May, 1993)
Rev. George Browning, Bishop of Canberra & Goulburn, Anglican Church of Australia (3 June, 1993)
Network Co-ordinator, International Anglican Family Network, Somerset, England
Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations (31 May, 1993)
Education Officer, Pontifical Mission Societies, Sydney (1 June, 1993)
Bishop, Anglican Church, Newcastle (25 May, 1993)
Director of Welfare Services, Care Force, Anglican home Mission Society (1 Feb., 1993)
Bishop, Anglican Church, South Sydney (26 May, 1993)
Bishop, Anglican Church, North Sydney (25 May, 1993)
Bishop of the Northern Territory, Anglican Church of Australia (21 May, 1993)
Homosexuals Anonymous Fellowship Services, Reading, Pennsylvania, USA (26 Mar., 1993)
Captain, Medical Adviser, Salvation Army, International Headquarters, London (30 Mar., 1993)
Baptist Churches of New South Wales, Glebe (Apr. 1993)
Director of Courage, St Michael’s Rectory, New York
Exodus International, Torwood, Queensland (29 Mar., 1993)
John Fahey, Premier of New South Wales (11 Apr., 1993)
Community of Christian Family Ministry, California, USA
Minister for Community Services and Assistant Minister for Health (23 Apr., 1993)
Board for Social Responsibility, Uniting Church in Australia, NSW Synod (29 Apr., 1993)
Mission & Education Consultant, Uniting Church in Australia, Synod of Tasmania (27 Aug., 1993)
President, NSW State Council of Catholic Women’s League (30 June, 1993)
Reformed Church of Blacktown (25 June, 1993)
AIDS National Interfaith Network, Washington, USA (15 June, 1993)
Elisabeth Kirkby, State Parliamentary Leader, NSW, Australian Democrats (24 June, 1993)
Phillip Newell, Bishop of Tasmania (19 May, 1993)
Revival Life Centre, Penshurst (17 May, 1993)
HIV/AIDS & Development Program. A joint project of the Australian Council for Overseas Aid & the Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations (18 May, 1993)
Anglican Bishop of Armidale (17 May, 1993)

CORRESPONDENCE WITH CHURCHES RELATING TO REQUESTS FOR ORDINATION OR MEMBERSHIP, MAY-AUG. 1993
Brotherhood of Saint Gregory, St Bartholomew’s Church, NY (9 June, 1993)
The Order of the Holy Redeemer, Holy Redeemer Abbey, Keansburg, N.J. (25 May, 1993)
Rector, Life in Jesus Community, Libertytown, Maryland, USA (18 May, 1993)
Anglican Franciscan Brothers, Little Brothers of Francis, Tabulam, N.S.W. (23 May, 1993)
St Gregory’s Abbey, Three Rivers, Michigan, USA (19 May, 1993)
Third Order of the Society of Saint Francis, Australian Province (17 May, 1993)
The Director of Admissions, the Worker Brothers of the Holy Spirit, Kansas City, Missouri (7 May, 1993)
Letters and forms relating to Wayne Wright’s application to become a Novice in the Third Order of the Society of Saint Francis (includes Wayne’s Personal Rule of Life for Membership) (July-August, 1993)

LETTERS RELATING TO THE AIDS INTERFAITH NETWORK, APR.-MAY 1993
Corps Officer, Sydney Congress Hall Corps of the Salvation Army (9 Apr. 1993)
Director, World Christian Action, Australian Council of Churches (6 May, 1993)

LETTERS RELATING TO WORKSHOP ORGANISED WITH HELP OF SALVATION ARMY AT SYDNEY CONGRESS HALL: ‘OUR RESPONSES TOWARD PEOPLE LIVING WITH AIDS’, 26 JUNE, 1993 (Includes a list of people to be invited), APR.-JUNE 1993
Thank you letter from Wayne Wright to Corps Officer, Sydney Congress Hall, Salvation Army, South Sydney, for organizing the workshop (9 Apr., 1993)
Invitation to attend workshop sent to Catholic Community of St Francis & St Clare, Ingleburn (8 June, 1993)
Thank you letter from Wayne Wright to Community Services Secretary, Sydney Congress Hall, Salvation Army, South Sydney, for running the workshop (30 June, 1993) 

LETTERS RELATING TO WAYNE'S EXPERIENCE OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE, MAY-AUG. 1993
Clover Moore, Member for Bligh, Parliament of NSW, Legislative Assembly (19 July, 1993)
Parliamentary Secretary to Minister for Health, NSW (12 July, 1993)
Ron Phillips, Minister for Health, NSW (21 May, 1993)
Jim Longley, Minister for Community Services and Minister for Aboriginal affairs (19 and 29 June; 31 Aug., 1993)
B.J. Amos, Director General, NSW Health Department (29 June, 1993)

LETTERS CONCERNING THE ANTI-DISCRIMINATION ACT AND HARASSMENT OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH AIDS, APR.-JUNE 1993
Clover Moore, Member for Bligh (7 May; 23 June, 1993)
Director General, NSW Health Dept. (24 May, 1993)
John Hannaford, Attorney General for NSW, Sydney (7 Apr.; 4 June, 1993)
Anti-Discrimination Board of NSW (12 May, 1993)
The Director General, Attorney General’s Department, NSW Government (14 May, 1993)

ARTICLES, 1990-1993
How to heal a church with AIDS. Interview with Tesconi. U.S. Catholic (pp. 18-24)
Baha’is coming to Terms with AIDS, by Edward Bartlett (1991)
Sexual Abuse of Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Positive Children by Laura Gutman et al. (American Journal of Diseases of Children, pp. 1185-1189, Oct. 1992)
Child Sexual Assault (Connections, pp. 16-21, May/June 1993)
Connections between Childhood Abuse and HIV Infection, by Christopher Allers and Karen Benjack (Journal of Counseling & Development, Nov./Dec. 1991)
The Catholic Homosexual, by Father John Harvey  (New Covenant Magazine, Mar. 1990)
Speech notes for John Hannaford, Attorney General at public forum on HIV/AIDS related discrimination (8 May, 1993)
Sexual Abuse of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Positive Children. Outcomes for Perpetrators and Evaluation of Other Household Children, by Laura Gutman et al. (American Journal of Diseases of Children, pp. 1185-1189, Oct. 1992)
Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse and Subsequent Risk of HIV Infection, by Sally Zierler et al. (American Journal of Public Health, May 1991)

NEWSLETTERS/BULLETINS, 1993
Span Australia: News and views from the Society of St Francis (May; July, 1993)
Unitarian Pioneer. They Sydney Unitarian Church (June/July 1993)
CAPE: Churches AIDS Pastoral Care and Education, VIC. (June 1993)
Christians in Crisis. Christian Forum Research Foundation, Minnesota (Jan./Mar. 1993)
Vajrayana News (June/July 1993)
HA News: the Official Newsletter of Homosexuals Anonymous Fellowship Services (Mar./Apr.; May/June; Sept/Oct, 1993)
Positive Living. People Living with AIDS (June 1993)
Poca La Volta, Little by Little: A newsletter of the Community of Francis & Clare (May; Sept., 1993) (Includes a Welcome to Wayne when he joined the Community of Francis & Clare)
Life in Jesus. Life in Jesus Community (Sept. 1992)
Open Gate: A Newsletter of Reach Out, Oregon, U.S.A. (May/June 1993)
Newsletter. Franciscans International: A non-governmental organisation at the United Nations (Apr. 1993)
Communion, the magazine of the Liberal Catholic Church in Australia (Easter, 1993)
Courage: The Newsletter. St Michael’s Rectory (Spring; Summer, 1993)
Cape, Churches AIDS Pastoral Care and Education, Victoria (Apr. 1993)
Magazine of the Liberal Catholic Church in Australia (Michaelmas, 1993)
Alive Now! Spirituality for AIDS Ministries (Jan./Feb., 1993)
Voice of the Martyrs. Servants of the Persecuted Church, Penrith (July, 1993)
Interaction. AIDS National Interfaith Network, Washington, USA (June, 1993)
National Aids Bulletin. Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations (May, 1993)

MEDIA RELEASES, ca. 1993
HIV/AIDS discrimination to be outlawed (8 May, 1993)
World Health Organization estimates that 14 million people are infected with HIV
World Health Organization chooses ‘Time to Act’ as 1993 World AIDS Day theme
Uniting Church Moderator cautious in support of law reform (re decriminalisation of homosexual acts). From the Uniting Church in Australia (Queensland Synod)

PRESS CLIPPINGS, MAY-AUG. 1993
Lesbians on the Loose (p. 16, Aug. 1993)
Sydney Star Observer (pp. 3-4, 28 May, 25 June, 1993)
Capital Q Weekly (2 July, 1993)

EPHEMERA, 1987-1993
Mostly brochures for different churches:
AIDS and the Church: A word of hope. Social Responsibility and Justice Committee, Uniting Church in Australia
Churches, AIDS, Pastoral Care and Education Program. CAPE Centre, VIC.
Facts about Exodus International, California (Apr. 1993) and various brochures
Called to Serve. Brotherhood of Saint Gregory, a Christian Community of the Episcopal Church, St. Bartholomew’s Church, NY
A statement on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. The Council of Bishops. The United Methodist Church (20 Apr., 1988)
Working and Living with HIV/AIDS. NSW Dept. of Community Services (1992)
Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition
Finding a Christian Counsellor. Homosexuals Anonymous (1993)
AIDS and God’s Love. Holy Redeemer Abbey, Keansburg, N.J. (1987)
Life in Jesus Community. The Story of How We Began
St Gregory’s Abbey brochure
Studying Australian Christianity (a national interdisciplinary conference, Macquarie University, 14-16 July 1993)
AIDS, Your Questions Answered. Christian Medical Fellowship of Victoria, Glebe
Courage: a spiritual support group for Catholic men and women – and their families – who are striving to live chaste lives in accordance with the Catholic Church’s teaching on Homosexuality
Community of Christian Family Ministry
Violence in the Family. The attitude of the Uniting Church. Uniting Church in Australia, NSW Synod, Board for Social Responsibility (Nov. 1991)
God’s Grace . . .  to the Homosexual (HA: a Christian Fellowship of Men and Women Seeking Freedom of Homosexuality, 1989)
What we should know about AIDS. Saints Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Homosexuality: a response. Reformed churches of Australia
AIDS National Interfaith Network
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. Australian Democrats. Official Policy (July 1990)
HIV/AIDS and International Development Network of Australia. HIV/AIDS & Development Program
Publishing flyer for ‘Australian HIV/AIDS Legal Guide’, 2nd ed., by John Godwin et al. (1993)

REPORTS, 1991-1993
National Churches Working Group on AIDS membership and Terms of Reference and 1992 Report
HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis policy. HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis Working Party, Centacare Catholic Community Services (released July 1993)
Convention on the Rights of the Child. United Nations (1991)

BOX 2
BIRTHDAY AND GET WELL CARDS FROM FRIENDS AND FAMILY, 1993

LETTERS RELATING TO PROBLEMS WITH NEIGHBOURS IN HOUSING COMMISSION FLATS, 1993
Robert Webster, Minister for Planning and Minister for Housing (13 June;  23 Aug., 1993) and supporting medical references from Waterloo Medical Centre (12 July, 1993), Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Immune Monitoring Clinic (16 July, 1993) and Redfern Community Health Centre (15 July, 1993)

LETTER RELATING TO THE AIDS INTERFAITH NETWORK, APR. 1993
Executive Director, AIDS National Interfaith Network, Washington, USA (24 Apr., 1993)

CORRESPONDENCE WITH DIFFERENT CHURCHES AND GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS INQUIRING ABOUT POLICIES AND ATTITUDES TO HOMOSEXUALITY, HIV/AIDS AND CHILD ABUSE, APR.-AUG. 1993
Associate Director, Adventist Health Department, Seventh-day Adventist Church, South Pacific Division (20 Aug., 1993)
Superintendent, Wesley Mission, Sydney (9 July, 1993)
Secretary, Australia Yearly Meeting, The Religious Society of Friends, Quakers in Australia (14 July, 1993)
Clerk of Assembly, Congregational Federation of New South Wales, Blaxland (11 July, 1993)
Associate Director, Franciscans, a non-governmental organization at the United Nations (3 Aug., 1993)
Assistant Minister, St John’s Anglican Church, Darlinghurst
Evangelical Sisterhood of Mary: Kanaan of God’s Comfort, Theresa Park (28 Apr., 1993)
District Superior, the Society of Saint Pius X (District of Australia & New Zealand), Rockdale
Archbishop elect, Anglican Church Diocese of Sydney (23 Apr., 1993)
Secretary, West Ryde Christadelphian Ecclesia (21 Apr., 1993)
Secretary, Lutherans for Life. Daw Park, South Australia (18 Apr., 1993)
Ministerials Officer, the Dept. of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (19 Apr., 1993)

LETTER RELATING TO REQUEST FOR MEMBERSHIP, AUG. 1993
Regional Minister, Third Order of the Society of Saint Francis, Australian Province (Anglican Church) (25 August, 1993)

LETTER CONCERNING THE ANTI-DISCRIMINATION ACT AND HARASSMENT OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH AIDS, JULY 1993
John Hannaford, Attorney General and Minister for Justice (5 July, 1993)

PRESS CLIPPINGS, MAY-JULY 1993
Capital Q Weekly (9; 16 July, 1993)
Notice from the NSW Attorney General’s Department:  Public forum on HIV and AIDS related discrimination, Heffron Community Hall, Darlinghurst (8 May, 1993)

ARTICLES, 1991-1993
TLC for People with AIDS, by Laurie Monsees (pp. 11-15, Saints Herald Australia. Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, July 1991)
Insights: Magazine of the NSW Synod of the Uniting Church in Australia (July 1993) (Includes article by Wayne Wright, ‘HIV:AIDS, please listen’, pp. 10-11)
Focus on Ministry: In the Face of AIDS, sermon delivered by Richard John (Oct. 1993) (Published in the Servant, Lent 1993)

REPORTS, 1991-1992
National Churches Working Group on AIDS. Report for 1992
Annual Report. AIDS National Interfaith Network, 1991/1992

NEWSLETTERS/BULLETINS, 1989-AUG. 1993
CAPE: Churches AIDS Pastoral Care and Education, VIC. (Aug. 1993)
Saints Herald Australia. Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Aug. 1993)
HA News: the Official Newsletter of Homosexuals Anonymous Fellowship Services (July/Aug. 1993)
The Arian (Spring; Summer 1989; Special edition, The Homosexual Clergy of Christendom, 1990)
Catholic: The Voice of Catholic Orthodoxy (Dec. 1992)
Connection Journal: A community newsletter for Seventh Day Adventist Kinship International (Apr. 1993)
HIV/AIDS Ministries Network Focus Paper: A network of United Methodists and others who care about the global HIV/AIDS pandemic and those whose lives have been touched (Jan. 1993)
Interaction. AIDS National Interfaith Network, Washington, USA (Apr. 1993)

EPHEMERA
Mostly brochures:
‘His Place’. Established by Chappy Rayson, a Catholic priest, as an open house that welcomes people with HIV, their families, carers and friends
National Child Protection Week (5-11 Sept. 1993)
Child protection is Everybody’s Business (Child Protection Council, Fact Sheet No. 1)
Reporting Suspected Child Abuse (Child Protection Council, Fact Sheet No. 2)
Franciscans International, a non-governmental organization at the United Nations
Enabling AIDS ministries. Global Ministries, the United Methodist Church
AIDS National Interfaith Network. Brief history.
Book promotion flyer: 'AIDS and Your Religious Community: A hands on guide for local programs', by Warren Blumenfeld and the Rev. Scott Alexander

SOUND CASSETTES, 2 AUG. 1993
HIV/AIDS broadcast, Multicultural Community Radio Association (2000 FM), 2 August 1993. Morgan Owen and Dr Beverley Olbourne (includes Wayne Wright) (2 sound cassettes)
Not to be issued - master tape only. For access please contact the Curator of Oral History

Wayne Wright further papers, 1987-1993

Newsletter / SVP, New Zealand National Council.

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News letter / Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Superior Council of New Zealand.

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