Sister Baptista Darmstadt, OSB papers
Scope and Contents
This collection is comprised of 1 hanging file. It includes a limited biography, a photograph, a personal data sheet, and a letter written by Sr. Vivian Ivantic inquiring as to the nature of Sister Baptita's work at St. Bede Abbey and the location of her gravesite.
Dates
- Creation: 1893-1979
Creator
- Darmstadt, Baptista, 1844-1893 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is unrestricted. Material is open to research.
Biographical / Historical
Sister Baptista (Catherine) Darmstadt was born on December 8th, 1844 in Elmhurst, Illinois. She joined the Chicago community on October 5th, 1866, and her perpetual profession was celebrated in 1871 under community prioress Mother Theresa Krug. Little is known about her life and ministries, but from the diary of Sister Irmina Zak we know that she served as "head cook" of the community in 1888. Sister Baptista was also missioned to St. Bede College and Monastery in Peru, Illinois, where the Benedictine sisters were in charge of both kitchen and laundry. She died there at the age of 48 on June 7th, 1893, and is buried in St. Boniface Cemetery, Chicago.
Extent
.1 Linear Feet (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 Sister Baptista Darmstadt, OSB papers
- Author
- Clara Finkelstein
- Date
- 2025-09-22
- 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