Bland, Karen, 1936-

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This sub-series contains a list of Sisters who ran vacation schools in Gunnison, Colorado, for over 20 years. Also inlcuded is a picture of one group of pupils, although the year is unknown, and a map highlighting the town's location.

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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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This sub-series is comprised of several maps highlighting the location of Montrose, Colorado, along with a pamphlet from St. Mary Church's 75th anniversary celebration and a 1968 Dateline Colorado story about vacation schools in the state.

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This sub-series is relatively slim considering the Benedictine Sisters of Chicago spent over half the 20th century teaching vacation schools in Salida, Colorado. Beyond a list of Sisters who ran the town's summer schools of religion, the only material included is a page from "Our Community" that briefly mentions Salida and a map highlighting the town's location.

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This series contains obituaries of Sister Edna Cooper. It also has prayers, reflections and intercessions from her wake, funeral, and memorial Mass.

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Scope and Contents Sister Karen Bland served one term as prioress of the Benedictine Sisters of Chicago, in between serving as Dean at Wheeling University and as executive director of Grand Valley Catholic Outreach. The material in this collection is related to that term in community leadership. She arranged and submitted most of this material to the archives herself. The collection's major series are correspondence, the internal newsletter, Monastic Musings, homilies, and a...