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Oblate Newsletters collection

 Collection — Box: OSBCHI-E-2
Identifier: OSBCHI-E-300

Scope and Contents

Oblates are attached to a particular monastery. They may live near the monastery or at a distance; they may be in regular contact with the Sisters and other Oblates or they may have little contact. The Oblate Directos used the Newsletter as one way to connect with all of the Oblates. These Newsletters are one resource that shows the evolution of the Oblate Program over time. This collection has 40 years of Oblate Newsletters that the Directors wrote to the Oblates. They communicate news from Oblate meetings, prayer requests, instruction in monastic life, updates on what is happening at the monastery and other sites where Sisters live. They also discuss how the Oblate Program will work.

Dates

  • Creation: 1978-2008

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Monastery records are restricted for 50 years after creation. Photographs and previously published material have no restrictions. The current head or director of a department has access to the records of that department.

Biographical / Historical

These are the Oblate Directors at St. Scholastica Monastery in Chicago, Illinois: Sister Benita Coffey, OSB 1977-1989; Sister Catherine Lynch, OSB 1990-1996; Sister Mary Benet McKinney, OSB 1996-2009; Sister Joan Hentges, OSB and Sister Benita Coffey, OSB 2009-2017; Sr. Benita Coffey, OSB 2017-. During part of Sister Mary Benet McKinney's time as Oblate Director, there was a team of directors in place.

Extent

.25 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 Oblate Newsletters collection
Author
Virginia Jung, OSB
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

Contact:
Archives
Benedictine Sisters of Chicago
7430 N. Ridge Blvd.
Chicago Illinois 60645 United States
(773) 764-2413 ext. 203