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Mount St. Benedict Monastery (1856-) (Erie, Pennsylvania)

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Dates

  • Existence: 1856-06-23

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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Collection of Benedictine post cards

 Collection — Box OSBCHI-F-2
Identifier: OSBCHI-F-200
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,...
Dates: undated

St. Benedict Monastery papers, 1931

 Series — Box OSBCHI-A.41, Folder: 12
Identifier: OSBCHI-A-209.3
Scope and Contents

Commemorative booklet prepared for the Diamond Jubilee (1856-1931) of St. Benedict Convent, Erie, Pennsylvania. On p. 11, it records August 1, 1860 as the day the Sisters set out for Chicago, but it was, in fact, 1861. It also names Mother Antonia Hermann, OSB as the superior, not Sister M. Framcis Knapp. Why?

Dates: 1931