Collection

Van Aalst, Cees Papers

Span Dates: 1980-1999
Bulk Dates:
Volume: 1 folder

Description

The bulk of the materials in the collection includes materials related to the Pillars Club dinner, including programs, menus, invitations, awards and funding requests. There is also documentation of the consecration of Bishop John Darcy Noble in 1980.

Hist/Bio Note

Van Aalst was an active member of Metropolitan Community Church (MCC). As part of his work with MCC, Van Aalst helped produce the Pillars Dinner, an annual fundraising event begun in 1989. Van Aalst planned the menu and helped produce the evening. Bishop was consecrated in the Church of the Beloved Disciple in 1980, a Manhattan church created to reach out to the gay and lesbian community. His life partner was the Most Reverend Robert Mary Clement, Archbishop of North America of the original American Catholic Church and the original Eucharistic Catholic Church; founder of The Church of the Beloved Disciple.

Finding Aid

An online finding aid is available.
https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8ft8szx

Location

GLBT Historical Society 989 Market Street, Lower Level San Francisco, California 94103
https://www.glbthistory.org/

Tags

Church of the Beloved Disciple | MCC | California | San Francisco