Sister Ambrose Frede, OSB papers
Scope and Contents
This hanging file includes general biograhical information such as a personal data sheet, nearest of kin, ministry lists, teaching certifications, a confirmation record photocopy, National Red Cross standard course cards and a Bachelor's degree certificate from DePaul University. Her personal papers include transcripts, a teaching contract with the Chicago Archdiocese, and limited correspondence and notes. Finally, the collection includes photographs, prayer cards, brief biographies/obituaries, news articles, jubilee materials, and funeral information and memorials.
Dates
- Creation: 1914-1990
Creator
- Frede, Ambrose, 1909-1988 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Sisters' papers are restricted for 50 years after the Sister's death. Photographs, previously published, and widely distributed materials are unrestricted.
Biographical / Historical
Sister Ambrose Frede, OSB was born Pauline Frede on March 17th, 1909 in Watson, Missouri. The fifth in a family of seven children, she attended schools in Colorado. Her family belonged to the Sacred Heart Parish in Alamosa, Colorado, where they were introduced to the community through religious education classes and retreats. Sister entered the community on September 1st, 1931 with her blood sister Catherine (Sister Jerome). She made her perpetual profession in 1936.
Sister Ambrose taught at many of the community's parochial schools in Illinois, Colorado, and at the Sacred Heart School in Tucson, Arizona. She also taught religious education classes in summer schools across Colorado and in Coolidge, Arizona. She was a member of Bishop Bernard Sheil's Catholic Youth Organization faculty at St. George School, Colorado. Sister served as a teacher for nearly fifty years before retiring to become a tutor. In community, she assisted in the sewing room.
She died on March 11th, 1988 a few days before her 79th birthday. She is buried in All Saints Cemetery, Des Plaines, Illinois.
Extent
.25 Linear Feet (1 hanging file and half of a box)
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 Ambrose Frede, OSB papers
- Author
- Clara Finkelstein
- Date
- 2025-10-07
- 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