Matern, Walburg, 1903-1990

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This thin sub-series contains an archive note describing which Sisters taught vacation schools in Alta Vista, Colorado, from 1940 to an unknown point in the 1950s. A passage from "Our Community" is included as a supplement beneath the section for 1942. It explains where Sr. Walburg Mater, OSB, and Sr. Gabrielle Pierik, OSB, taught in the town.

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...

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This series contains a folder for each town in Colorado where Sisters taught summer schools of religion. Most contain a list of which Sisters taught in a town and when, while some include much more material, such as photographs, news clippings, pamphlets, etc.

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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.

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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.

Scope and Contents This sub-series contains a document listing the Sisters who taught vacation schools in Erie, Colorado, along with which years they were present in the town. Unlike the lists in many other sub-series, this paper is a description of Sisters' living quarters during the summer of 1943 and 1944. Also included is an image of Sr. Vivian Ivantic, OSB; Sr. Jeanne Hegarty, OSB; and Marion Greely, St. Scholastica Church's caretaker, outside the parish during a 1989 archives trip to Colorado. A framed...

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Despite the Benedictine Sisters of Chicago's 40-year presence in Florence, Colorado, this sub-series is relatively slim. Beyond a two-page list of Sisters who taught vacation schools in the town, the only other material included are two images of a statue of St. Benedict taken outside St. Benedict Church during a 1991 archive trip to Colorado.

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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.

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This sub-series contains a long list of Sisters who taught vacation schools in Las Animas, Colorado, for over 30 years. Several documents relate to St. Mary Church, including a postcard of the exterior, a print of the interior, a pamphlet about the history of the parish, and a news article from the Southern Colorado Register that mentions the Benedictine Sisters of Chicago. A postcard from Leadville, Colorado, is also included, but the reason is unclear.

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There is relatively little material relating to the Benedictine Sisters of Chicago's time in Ordway, Colorado, compared to the nearly two decades the community taught vacation schools in the town. All that's contained in this sub-series is a list of the Sisters who ran Ordway's summer schools of religion and a map highlighting the town on a map.