Ivantic, Vivian, 1913-2023
Dates
- Usage: 1933 - 2023
Parallel Names
- Ivantic, Rosalie, 1913-1933
Occupations
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Benedictine nuns
- Note: Entered Novitiate: 1933-07-11, First Vows: 1934-08-16, Perpetual Vows: 1937-08-16
Places
- Waukegan -- Illinois (Place of Birth) -- Date: 1913-08-28
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Chicago -- Illinois
(Place of Death)
-- Date:
2023-02-11
- Note: Buried in Calvary Cemetery, Evanston, Illinois
Found in 28 Collections and/or Records:
Our Foreign-Born Members, 1920s
This history discusses the Sisters who came from Germany following World War I. Many more Sisters were born outside of the United States, approximately one third of the total community membership. A favorite monastery anecdote recalls how while cleaning, Sister Lioba Deininger, OSB fell from a ladder, breaking an urn in her fall. The horrified house superior said: Sister Lioba, that urn is imported!" Dusting herself off, Sister Lioba responded, "So am I!"
Portland, Colo., 1991-1994
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.
Religious Education Schools collection
Research trip to Latrobe, St. Marys, Erie, Pittsburgh, Wheeling, 1992-09-29 to 1992-10-12
This sub-series includes the calendar, itinerary, postcards, and notes of an research trip that the archivist, Sister Vivian Ivantic, OSB made to Benedictine houses in the Eastern United States. Sister Eleanore Hillenbrand, OSB and Sister Mary Frances Schermerhorn accompanied her. They also visited Sister Karen Bland, OSB who was on the staff of Wheeling Jesuit College in Wheeling, West Virginia.
Rockvale, Colo., 1955 - 1991
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.
Sister Edna Cooper, OSB correspondence, 1961-1985
This collection includes a personal data sheet, next of kin list, ministry lists, transcripts, obituaries, prayer cards, photographs, correspondence, and materials on Colorado history.
Sister Philomene Sponsel, OSB correspondence, 1998-2001
This small collection contains essential biographical data, teaching certificate, a graduation photograph, material related to Sister Philomene Sponsel, OSB and her life in community. There is also correspondence between her, Sister Beatrice Singler, OSB, and Sister Vivian Ivantic, OSB from after she left the community. Many of the letters include landscape sketches.
Telluride, Colo., 1968 - 1989
This sub-series contains a list of Sisters who taught in Telluride, Colorado, during several summers between 1931 and 1978. Three news stories about St. Patrick Church appear alongside a postcard, map of the area, and some images taken by Sr. Eleanore Hillenbrand, OSB, during an archives trip she and Sr. Vivian Ivantic, OSB, took to Colorado in 1989.