John Paul, Pope, II, 1920-2005
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1920-05-18 - 2005-04-02
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Collection of Benedictine post cards
Collection — Box OSBCHI-F-2
Identifier: OSBCHI-F-200
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,...
Dates:
undated
Found in:
Benedictine Sisters of Chicago Archives
Pope John Paul II visit to Chicago collection, October 4-6, 1979
Series — Box OSBCHI-F-4, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This small collection contains material related to the Catholic life in Chicago, Illinois. Some of the material is of uncertain provenance.
Dates:
October 4-6, 1979
Quinn Commission Papal Study of Religious Life in U.S., 1983 - 1986
Series — Box OSBCHI-A-114-2, Folder: 2
Identifier: OSBCHI-A-114
Scope and Contents
This series contains documents pertaining to the Papal Commission on Religious Life (known as the Quinn Commission), a three-year-long study of religious life in the U.S. helmed by Archbishop John Quinn of San Francisco, California. Concerned with the decline of young people entering the Church, and how that trend affects the country's religious community and institutions, Pope John Paul II directed Archbishop John Quinn, along with Archbishop Thomas Kelly of Louisville, Kentucky, and Bishop...
Dates:
1983 - 1986
Works of art, 1930-circa 1980
Sub-Series — Box OSBCHI-D-BACHBENI-1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series contains devotional objects used by Sister Benigna Bacherle, OSB during her life as a Benedictine Sister. It includes a watercolor painting of the Madonna and Child in an Alpine household setting; this painting was the work of Karl Schmid, a monastery employee and co-worker of Sister Benigna, who also carved a wooden frame for a photograph of Pope John Paul II as gifts for her. There are holy cards, booklets of prayers and lives of saints, as well as a prayer that hung in...
Dates:
1930-circa 1980