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School of the Spirit Records

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-127

Scope and Contents

Includes minutes of the Board, 1990-1998, Spiritual Nurture class evaluations, and unpublished Spiritual Nurture student reflection and research papers.

Dates

  • Creation: 1990-1998

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

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Biographical / Historical

Sandra ("Sonnie") Cronk and Kathryn Damiano, another teacher at Pendle Hill, co-founded the School of the Spirit in 1989. In 1991 they were joined by Frances Taber who was a core teacher for the first offering of the program, On Being A Spiritual Nurturer. Beginning with the third class in 1995, the core program was expanded to two years to enable Friends from a distance to attend. In addition to the Spiritual Nurturer Program SoTS continues a tradition of silent retreats and offers other programs.

After Sandra's death in April of 2000, the School of the Spirit Ministry, formerly sponsored by the Meeting on Worship and Ministry of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, became a Working Group under that body's Worship and Care Standing Committee and continues under its care. PYM holds and processes its monies. The Board serves as stewards of the SoTS Ministry and day-to-day running is overseen by its Administrator.

Extent

.63 linear ft. (2 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

The School of the Spirit is a ministry of prayer and teaching under the care of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting's Worship and Care Standing Committee. Its primary activity is the two-year program, "On Being a Spiritual Nurturer."

Physical Location

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Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donor: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting

Date: 2001

Donor: Michael Wajda

Date: 2011

Accession: 2011-020 Donor: Linda Chidsey Date: 2024 Accession: 2024-005

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The minutes of the Board, 1990-1998, were deposited by SoTS (Carolyn Moon) with Philadelphia Yearly Meeting in 2001, then transferred to FHL by PYM (Alan Reeder). In 2011 Michael Wajda deposited the Spiritual Nurture papers. In 2024, additional minutes were deposited by Linda Chidsey.

Related Materials

The Papers of Sandra Lee Cronk, one of the founders of School of the Spirit, are in the collections of Friends Historical Library, RG5/235.

Processing Information

In 2024, Linda Chidsey donated minutes duplicating some that were already in the collection. Duplicate minutes (photocopied) were removed and recycled.

Title
An Inventory of the School of the Spirit Records
Author
FHL staff
Date
2014
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Revision Statements

  • 2024: Added missing minutes from a donation of duplicate minute records.

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