Queen of All Saints Basilica (Chicago, Ill.)

Scope and Contents

This sub-series contains several pages of an early community newsletter called the "Catechists' Corner" describing Cathesism and First Communion classes taught in the Queens of All Saints Basillica in Chicago, Illinois' Sauganash neighborhood.

Scope and Contents The postcards represent Benedictine places that Sisters visited on pilgrimage, study trips, or meetings. They also represent places the Sisters lived and worked. There is a set of postcards from our daughterhouse, St. Mary Monastery, when it was located in Nauvoo, Illinois. The majority show exteriors and interiors of buildings or works of art. The series also includes prayer cards and bookmarks representing Benedictine ideas that were distributed in the community at different poionts,...

Scope and Contents

This series contains several articles from an early community newsletters called "The Catechists' Corner" updating readers on Cathesism and First Communion classes at Queen of All Saints Basilica in Chicago, Illinois, and a mission in Rockdale, Illinois.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Early materials in this collection are two family photographs from about 1946 and a 1960 photograph from her dorm room at Mount Saint Scholastica College in Atchison, Kansas, featuring a JFK campaign poster. The collection includes biographical information as well as material related to her vocation as an educator and her entusiasm for literacy. Sister Barbara saved some of her correpondence with community members, friends, and public figures.