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St. Mary Monastery (Rock Island, Illinois)

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1879-09-29

Biography

The Sisters were missioned to Nauvoo from St. Scholastica Monastery in Chicago. They immediately founded St. Scholastica Academy there in 1874. This foundation became an independent house in 1879.

Places

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. Mary Monastery papers, 1900-2014

 Sub-Series
Identifier: OSBCHI-A-209.4
Scope and Contents From the Series: The materials in this collection were gathered over the years by Prioresses and archivists and held in the monastery and school libraries as reference materials. Mother Theresa Krug, OSB, whose brother was the abbot of the Abbey of Monte Cassino probably contributed the earliest material. Sister Ignatia O'Connor, OSB gathered some of it for a display at the 1961 centennial of the Benedictine Sisters of Chicago. Sister Vivian Ivantic, OSB continued to add to the collection once it was in the...
Dates: 1900-2014