- US MCUSAA HM1/416
- Collection
- 1948-2010
Personal papers of a Mennonite pastor and youth leader who was received into the Catholic Church in 2005. An innovator in the Mennonite tradition, Herr and his wife, Mary, led the (old) Mennonite Church's Mennonite Youth Fellowship, developed a Volunraey Service discipleship program in Phoenix, Arizona, and founded the Hermitage, a spiritual retreat center in Three Rivers, Michigan. Materials in this set of papers document Herr's work in all three of these programs / institutions. Researchers will also find in this collection a number of articles, sermons, and papers by Herr, information on the 1961 meeting of Mennonite leaders with Billy Graham, and records pertaining to Herr's pastorates at Pleasant Valley Mennonite Church (Harper, Kansas) and College Mennonite Church (Goshen, Indiana).
Herr, H. Eugene, 1932-2012