Sister Mary Magdalen Devine, OSB papers
Scope and Contents
This collection includes brief biographies, a personal data sheet, a photocopy of her 1910 vows, a prayer card, and limited correspondence.
Dates
- Creation: 1954-1993
Creator
- Devine, Mary Magdalen, 1874-1954 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is unrestricted. All material is open for research.
Biographical / Historical
Sister Mary Magdalen Devine was born Rose Devine in Plymouth, Indiana on April 8th, 1874 to Irish parents. She joined the Benedictine Sisters in Nauvoo, Illinois, on September 8th, 1906. She was appointed charge of the little boys' dining room at the Spalding Institute, a school for boys run by her community. In 1910 Sister Magdalen transferred her vows to the Chicago Benedictine community. "Mary" was added to her name in order to distinguish her from Sister Magdalene Schmitt. Her perpetual vows were made on July 26th, 1911. Despite chronic pain from a failed surgery, Sister regularly did the community's Saturday shopping as well as chores throughout the convent. She died on January 19th, 1954 at 70 years old, and is buried in the All Saints Cemetery.
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 Mary Magdalen Devine, OSB papers
- Author
- Clara Finkelstein
- Date
- 2025-09-23
- 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