Sacred Heart School collection
Scope and Contents
This collection includes Sacred Heart Church memorial books and data pertaining to the staff of Sacred Heart School. The contents consist of: a Sacred Heart Silver Jubilee book from 1967; a Golden Jubilee book from 1992; a dedication book for the new church from 1955; an invitation sent to Sister Viola Trenhaile for Sacred Heart's 50th anniversary; a schedule of events for the 50th anniversary; messages from the Benedictine Sisters of Chicago for the 50th anniversary; a photo of Father Bernard Healy, a letter he wrote as a child provided by his mother, and documents related to his death and funeral; data about which Sisters taught at the school and when, as well as a handwritten document from Sister Viola Trenhaile detailing the construction of the new church.
Dates
- Creation: 1919-1992
Creator
- Trenhaille, Viola, 1913-2006 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The material in this collection is unrestricted. It is open to researchers.
Biographical / Historical
Sacred Heart Parish began in 1939 as a mission church in Tucson, Arizona. In 1944, Rev. Arthur Kerr established a school for the parish and requested the help of the Benedictine Sisters of Chicago. From 1944-1959, the Sisters taught at Sacred Heart School until they coud no longer provide the necessary staffing and returned to Chicago. In response to the growing community, a second church was completed in 1955, and the parish celebrated its 50th anniversary in 1992.
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.
Subject
- Sacred Heart Church (1939) (Tucson, AZ) (Organization)
- Sacred Heart School (1944-1975) (Tucson, AZ) (Organization)
- Title
- A Guide to Sacred Heart School collection
- Author
- Amara Schauer
- Date
- 2025-05-16
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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