St. Scholastica Monastery (Chicago, Ill.)

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This timeline appeared in the Winter 1995-1996 edition of Sacro Speco, Newsletter of the Benedictine Sisters of Chicago. It includes thumbnail photos and takes up about 3 pages of the newsletter.

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 The holy cards represent Benedictine Saints as well as other saints. Some holy cards represent exerpts from the Rule of Saint Benedict or other Catholic themes. They often have artwork on one side and a prayer on the back, accomodating different prayer styles. Holy cards are also printed for a Sister's jubilee or funeral and distributed at those celebrations. Holy cards of individual Sisters are in their files, but samples may appear in this collection. These funeral mass holy cards usually...

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Development includes documents relating to special events, significant anniversaries, stewardship reports, the Testimonial Dinner, grants, thank you letters, Sacro Speco newsletters, social media content and commendations.

Scope and Contents This collection contains condensed histories and timelines of the Benedictine Sisters of Chicago. Some were prepared by the archivist, Sister Vivian Ivantic, OSB as research aids or at the request of community and school leadership. Others were prepared for Monastic Visitation packages or by the Development Office of the two sponsored high schools. The earliest chronology comes from the end material of the book-length community history, Where There Was Need,...

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This collection contains promotional material and guidelines for Benedictine oblate programs, the membership lists and directories of St. Scholastica Monastery oblates, as well as some correspondence of oblate directors, and liturgical worship aids. One worship aid is related to efforts to canonize Benedictine oblate Dorothy Day. This collection will continue to grow as new content is created and donated.

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The entry for Saint Scholastica Monastery Chapel appears on page 19.

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Include a general description of the size and contents of the Collection. Include highlights and give context.

Scope and Contents This collection contains materials pertaining to 77 vacation schools in Colorado where Benedictine Sisters of Chicago taught from the 1920s through the 1980s. While some files are limited to a single slip of paper detailing a town and parish, especially in locations with a small classes, others are filled with news clippings, archival photographs, historical pamphlets, and more. Also included is some information about a few summer schools of religion in Illinois. While there are no official...

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This collection contains promotional material and guidelines for Benedictine oblate programs, the membership lists and directories of St. Scholastica Monastery oblates, as well as some correspondence of oblate directors, and liturgical worship aids. One worship aid is related to efforts to canonize Benedictine oblate Dorothy Day. This collection will continue to grow as new content is created and donated.