Sister Mary Magdalen Devine, OSB papers
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a personal data sheet, biographical notes, a photocopy of her 1910 vows, an annotated prayer card, an obituary, and limited archival research 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, OSB was born Rose Devine in Plymouth, Indiana on April 8th, 1874 to Irish parents. She joined the Benedictine Sisters in Nauvoo, Illinois, on October 22nd, 1904. Sister made her first profession on August 7th, 1906 in Nauvoo, Illinois, and her final vows on July 26th, 1911 in Chicago.
Before transferring her vows to the Chicago Benedictine community in 1910, Sister was appointed charge of the little boys' dining room at the Spalding Institute, a school run by her community. After her transfer, "Mary" was added to her name in religion in order to distinguish her from Sister Magdalene Schmitt. Despite chronic pain from a failed surgery, Sister regularly did the community's Saturday shopping as well as chores throughout the convent.
Sister died on January 19th, 1954 at 70 years old, and is buried in the All Saints Cemetery.
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 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