Sister Marie Rose Gorman, OSB papers
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of biographical information and personal papers such as a personal data sheet, photocopied documents providing evidence of ministries, nearest of kin information, and an academic transcript from Saint Scholastica High School. It also includes photographs, an archival research letter, community and newspaper obituaries, prayer cards, and a scapular with the message, "Stop! the Heart of Jesus is with me."
Dates
- Creation: 1929-1989
Creator
- Gorman, Marie Rose, 1886-1962 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The material in this collection is unrestricted. It is open for research.
Biographical / Historical
Sister Marie Rose Gorman, OSB was born Susan Loretto in Chicago, Illinois on November 6th, 1886 to Irish immigrant parents. Sister first entered the community on June 3rd, 1926, before leaving on account of illness. She rejoined on January 3rd, 1927, making her perpetual profession at St. Joseph Convent in Salida, Colorado on January 12th, 1932.
Sister attended Saint Scholastica High School Chicago before serving as a teacher in several schools across Colorado, including Saint Michael School in Canon City, Saint Leander in Pueblo, and Saint Joseph in Salida. She also taught at Saint Scholastica High School in Chicago as a study prefect and religion teacher, despite suffering from arthritis.
The Gorman family gifted the community the auditorium altar.
Sister died on October 4th, 1962 at the age of 76, and is buried in the All Saints Cemetery in Desplaines, Illinois.
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 Marie Rose Gorman, OSB papers
- Author
- Clara Finkelstein
- Date
- 2025-10-15
- 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