Sister Josephine Godec, OSB papers
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of biographical information and limited personal papers. It includes prayer cards, obituaries, photographs, a personal data sheet, biographical notes, and photocopied documents providing evidence of her ministries. Personal papers include a DePaul University transcript, and two letters sent by Sister to Virginia Caudle.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1921-1984
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. She was 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 Saint Mary Parish School in 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 Saint Mary School in Pueblo, and at Saint Scholastica Academy in Chicago.
Sister Josephine died on June 17th, 1938 at the age of 37, following a long illness. She is buried in Calvary 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 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
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Chicago Illinois 60645 United States
(773) 764-2413 ext. 203
archives@osbchicago.org