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Heck, Paula, 1891-1977

 Person

Dates

  • Usage: 1914 - 1977

Parallel Names

  • Heck, Agnes Genevieve, 1891-1914

Occupations

  • Benedictine nuns
    • Note: Entered Novitiate: 1914-07-11, First Vows: 1915-07-11, Perpetual Vows: 1918-07-11

Places

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

Alamosa, Colo., 1937 - 1991

 Sub-Series — Box OSBCHI-C-100-1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents

This sub-series is primarily comprised of lists of Sisters who taught vacation schools in Alamosa, Colorado. The Benedictine Sisters of Chicago had a large presence in the town, especially earlier in the 20th century. A pamphlet about the history of the Sacred Heart Church, a copy of some pages from "Our Community," and an Archives Newsletter are also included.

Dates: 1937 - 1991

Brookside, Colo., 1929 - 1991

 Sub-Series — Box OSBCHI-C-100-1, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents Sister Vivian Ivantic, OSB compiled a list of Sisters who taught weekday, Sunday, and summer classes at St. Anthony Church. She included pages on the parish history taken from the 60th anniversary book of St. Michael Church, Cañon City, Colorado. There is a brief note from Sister Eleanore Hillenbrand, OSB regarding her experience, a data sheet prepared for the 1965 Visitation of St. Scholastica Monastery, part of an Our Community article by Sister Aloysia Ripperger, OSB referencing problems...
Dates: 1929 - 1991

Cañon City, Colo., 1929

 Sub-Series — Box OSBCHI-C-100-1, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents

This sub-series details the summer schools of religion run by the Benedictine Sisters of Chicago at various instituions in Cañon City, Colorado, from 1929 to 1965. Sections from a June, 1929 entry of the "Cathechists' Corner," written by Sr. Scholastica Hrusovsky, OSB, describe the earliest days of the city's vacation schools from a first-hand account.

Dates: 1929

Chandler, Colo., 1991

 Sub-Series — Box OSBCHI-C-100-1, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents

This series details the Benedictine Sisters of Chicago's brief presence in Chandler, Colorado. Four Sisters ran a vaction school in the small coal town during the summer of 1940, which served children in Chandler, along with Williamsburg, Colorado, and Coal Creek, Colorado. Also included is an Archives Newsletter written following a 1991 archive trip Sr. Vivian Ivantic, OSB, and Sr. Eleanore Hillenbrand, OSB, took to Colorado.

Dates: 1991

Coal Creek, Colo., 1933 - 1955

 Sub-Series — Box OSBCHI-C-100-1, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents

This sub-series is comprised of a couple papers listing the Sisters who ran summer schools of religion in Coal Creek, Colorado, along with the years they worked. The 28 students who attended the 1933 vacation school taught by Sr. Leona Schmitt, OSB, appear in two photographs. Also included is "The Gleanor," an article from an unnamed publication on the coal mines surrounding Cañon City, Colorado, which includes a description of Coal Creek prior to a 1907 fire that wrecked the town.

Dates: 1933 - 1955

La Junta, Colo., 1941

 Sub-Series — Box OSBCHI-C-100-1, Folder: 37
Scope and Contents

This sub-series contains a list of Sisters who taught vacation schools in La Junta, Colorado, from the 1930s to the 1940s. It is unclear what years some Sisters were in the town, so there may have been schools into the 1950s. An image of Sr. Anita Sheid, OSB, standing outside with a priest and several pupils appears alongside postcards of a scout troop nicknamed the "Koshare Indian Dancers," and a short book detailing the history of the Church in La Junta from 1885 to 1986.

Dates: 1941

Lamar, Colo., 1936 - 1937

 Sub-Series — Box OSBCHI-C-100-1, Folder: 38
Scope and Contents

This sub-series begins with a document listing the Sisters who taught summer schools of religion in Lamar, Colorado, from the late 1920s to the mid-1940s. A copy of a page from a section of "Our Community" on 1937 vacation schools, including the one in Lamar. Three small photographs of pupils, Sisters, and prists taken in 1936 and 1937 are also included, along with a map highlighting the town on a map of the region.

Dates: 1936 - 1937

Portland, Colo., 1991-1994

 Sub-Series — Box OSBCHI-C-100-2, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents

Sister Vivian Ivantic, OSB compiled the list of Sisters who taught vacation schools and weekend religious education at Christ the King Church in Portland, Colorado, from 1930 to 1945. At the time, Christ the King Church was a mission of St. Benedict Church in Florence, Colorado. Also included are two photographs from the 1991 archives trip to Colorado.

Dates: 1991-1994

Rockvale, Colo., 1955 - 1991

 Sub-Series — Box OSBCHI-C-100-2, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents

This series contains a list of Sisters who taught in Rockvale, Colorado, from the late 1920s until the the middle of the 1940s. Pages copied from "Our Community" appear alongside newsclippings and other texts regarding St. Patrick Church and the town at-large. Also included are photographs from a 1991 archives trip to Colorado and an archives newsletter relaying what happened during the trip and the Benedictine Sisters of Chicago's history in the state.

Dates: 1955 - 1991

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Canon City -- Colorado 2
Coal Creek -- Colorado 2
Alamosa -- Colorado 1
Brookside -- Colorado 1
Chandler -- Colorado 1