Parable Conference for Dominican Life and Mission Records

The Parable collection was kept as close as possible to original order set up by the most recent Executive Director, Sr. Connie Schoen. In Series I, the "history" folders are labeled by year as designated by the creator of the records. They contain a variety of information from that year including program brochures, correspondence, minutes and agendas. Detailed item-level inventories are placed in the front of each corresponding box. There are also two itemized inventories of books, one is Lands of Dominic related with materials germane to the pilgrimage and the other is Parable Books with as reference works addressing the Dominican family.

This collection has many images from various events and pilgrimages. There are several slide show presentations with accompanying scripts and audio tapes. These have been separated out to accommodate storage needs of the items (scripts in box 20, slides in box 21 and audio in box 22). In Grant Correspondence (Box 18 FF 2) there is a narrative that contains good historical documentation of the Parable Conference. Land of Dominic Pilgrimages has been separated from the other pilgrimage (Central American, Peru and Dominican Republic) in boxes 10 and 11 for easy reference. The land of Dominic calendats have been placed in box 24 and CD ROMs of images and poer point presentations are in Box 22 with other digital media.

There are several VHS tapes in box 23 of various conference presentations and educational programs. These have been copied onto DVDs (box 22) in digital format so that they may be placed on the internet at a later date. Box 21 contains many photographs that chronicle parable events. They are grouped by event and most individuals and places are identified.

In 2015, an additional binder of material formerly classified as "Box 0" was integrated into the main arrangement. The contents of this box consisted of both duplicates of significant correspondence, as well as unique correspondence and reports that directly connected to materials arranged in the other boxes.