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Interview with Sister Barbara Czyrnik, C.S.J., July 3, 1982

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Title
Interview with Sister Barbara Czyrnik, C.S.J., July 3, 1982
Subject
Bethlehem Steel Company, Franciscan Friars of the Third Order Regular Province of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus (Loretto, Pa.), St. Joseph Preparatory School (Baden, Pa.), Mt. Gallitzin High School, Sisters of St. Joseph of Baden, Czyrnik, Barbara, Catholics, Nuns--Religious life, Women missionaries, Floods
Description
[t1s1]Sister Barbara Czyrnik talks about growing up in a Polish family in Johnstown; father’s work in the Rosedale Mines (Bethlehem Steel Company) and union activity; father’s work as janitor at St. Casimir Church; family and school life; recreation; 1936 and 1977 floods; company store; She talks about attending St. Joseph Preparatory Academy and Mount Gallitzin High School. She talks about becoming a missionary in Brazil; exploitation of the Brazilians and travel by boat. [t1s2]Sister Barbara Czyrnik talks about her missionary work in Brazil: adjusting; impact of first world companies on Amazonas; exploitation of Brazilians; the government; Communism. She talks about the impact of the Catholic Church; missionaries from the Franciscan Friars of the Third Order Regular. [t2s1]Sister Barbara Czyrnik speaks about her missionary work in Brazil: work to empower Brazilians; potential of Brazilian women becoming Sisters of St. Joseph; U.S. Steel in Brazil; changes needed for priests. She reflects on the future for the poor and her future work in Brazil.
Contributor
Sisters of St. Joseph of Baden (depositor), Czyrnik, Barbara (interviewee), Witt, Sally (interviewer)
Date
1982-07-03
Type
oral histories (literary genre)
Format
cassette tape, 114 minutes
Identifier
pitt:20230202-ssjb-0010
Language
eng
Relation
Sisters of St. Joseph of Baden Oral History Collection
Coverage
Brazil, Johnstown (Cambria County, Pa.)
Rights
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