Mother Nepomucene Ludwig, OSB papers
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of 1 hanging file folder with personal and biographical data and 1 box of personal papers arranged into two series, Writings by and Writings about. In Box 1 is an English translation of the statutes for the novitiate that Mother Nepomucene established for the young communities in her charge. These statutues come from her notebook which was at St. Joseph Monastery in St. Marys, Pennsylvania, and now may be in either St. Benedictine Monastery in St. Joseph, Minnesota or in Mount Saint Scholastica Monastery in Atchison, Kansas. There are also 6 English copies of her memoir recounting the beginnings of the Benedictine Sisters in the United States. Writings about include articles from in house publications in Chicago and St. Marys, as well as a 2011 article from the American Benedictine Review by Marianne Burkhardt, OSB of St. Mary Monastery in Rock Island, Illinois.
Dates
- Creation: 1852-2014
Creator
- Ludwig, Nepomucene, 1835-1921 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The material in this collection is unrestricted, and is open for research.
Biographical / Historical
Mother Nepomucene (Mary Teresa) Ludwig was born March 14, 1835 in Wurttemberg, Germany. She joined St. Joseph Convent in St. Marys Pennsylvania on October 7, 1854. Archabbot Boniface Wimmer of St. Vincent Abbey in Latrobe, Pennsylvania sent Mother Nepomucene to serve as superior for several early foundations of Benedictine women in the United States. In the obituary, Sr. Vivantic writes: The Benedictine Sisters of Chicago owe much to Mother Nepomucene Ludwig. During the 4 ½ years of her administration from February1862 to October 1866, a novitiate was started, St. Joseph’s Convent and Academy constructed, and the little community put on a firm footing regarding spiritual life and the recitation of the Divine Office. The Sisters taught the girls at St. Joseph Parish School and opened an academy to educate girls and young women.
Extent
.26 Linear Feet (1 box and 1 hanging file)
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 Mother Nepomucene Ludwig, OSB papers
- Author
- Virginia Jung; Clara Finkelstein
- Date
- 2025-09-08
- 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
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Chicago Illinois 60645 United States
(773) 764-2413 ext. 203
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