Sister Josephine Godec, OSB papers
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of 1 hanging file. It includes prayer cards, funeral materials, a photocopied news article related to her death, community obituaries, a personal data sheet, a DePaul university transcript, a letter sent by her, a photograph, and photocopied documents that inform on her ministry.
Dates
- Creation: c. 1915-1984
Creator
- Godec, Josephine, 1900-1938 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The material in this collection is unrestricted. It is open for research.
Biographical / Historical
Sister Josephine Godec, OSB was born Rose Godec on August 19th, 1900 in Pueblo, Colorado, the older natural sister of Sister Bernice Godec, OSB. Sister Josephine entered the community on August 8th, 1915, pronouncing her perpetual vows on September 5th, 1921.
She attended St. Mary's Parish School (Pueblo) for her primary education, and continued her education at the Academy of Saint Scholastica and Loyola and DePaul Universities. Sister served as a teacher at Mother of God School in Waukegan, Illinois, at St. Mary's School in Pueblo, and Saint Scholastica Academy Chicago.
She died on June 17th, 1938 at the age of 37, following a long illness. She is buried in Calvary 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 Joesphine Godec, OSB papers
- Author
- Clara Finkelstein
- Date
- 2025-10-14
- 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