Sister Katherine Callero, OSB papers
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a personal data sheet, photographs, academic transcripts, a letter, a holy card, nearest of kin information, ministry lists, biographical notes, and photographs.
Dates
- Creation: 1954-1971
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
Sister's papers are restricted for 50 years after death. Photographs, previously published and widely distributed materials are unrestricted.
Biographical / Historical
Sister Katherine Callero, OSB was born Katherine in Chicago on April 27th, 1936 to a Dutch mother and an Italian father. She entered the community on September 12th, 1954, making her first vows on April 28th, 1956. Her date of final profession was August 16th, 1959. Sister Katherine took the name Sister Mary Joan in religion, but returned to her baptismal name after Vatican II.
In Chicago, Sister served as a teacher at Saint Hilary School, Saint Symphorosa School, and Queen of All Saints School. She also taught at Saint Michael in Canon City, Colorado. Sister Katherine began nurse's training at Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge in September of 1971. She requested to be dispensed from her vows in October, 1971 and her departure was November 12, 1971. She continued her nurse's training at Lutheran General Hospital.
Extent
.1 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Metadata Rights Declarations
- License: This record is made available under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Creative Commons license.
- Title
- A Guide to Sister Katherine Callero, OSB papers
- Author
- Mickey Smith; Clara Finkelstein
- Date
- 2025-03-17
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 2026-01-07: Added restrictions to correspondence and transcripts, added biographical information series, and revised Scope and Contents.
Repository Details
Part of the Benedictine Sisters of Chicago Archives Repository
Archives
Benedictine Sisters of Chicago
7430 N. Ridge Blvd.
Chicago Illinois 60645 United States
(773) 764-2413 ext. 203
archives@osbchicago.org