Overseas correspondence and report files for Asia: The Holy Catholic Church in China...

The correspondence covers the activity of the Mothers' Union in the dioceses in question, concerning in particular: personnel and resources; membership and constitutional matters; missionary and development work; MU literature including in the vernacular; creating branches and links with home dioceses; economic conditions and attitudes towards family life. Contains references to the political situation and impact of civil war. It should be noted that this description is indicative of the topics covered in the series and should not be taken to imply that every subject is covered in each diocesan file.