Saint Scholastica Academy
Scope and Contents
The oldest item in this collection is a photograph of a group of students in front of Saint Mary's Academy circa 1900. The 105 label on the photograph was assigned by Sister Ignatia O'Connor for her 1961 Centennial exhibit. Most of the material is from the late 20th century.
Dates
- Creation: 1897-2019
Conditions Governing Access
This material is unrestricted. It is open to researchers.
Biographical / Historical
In 1874, the pastor of Saints Peter and Paul Parish in Nauvoo, Illinois Reverend Henry J. Reimhold with approval from Bishop Foley, established a high school for girls. Mother Teresa Krug, O.S.B., Superior of Saint Benedict and Saint Scholastica sent five members who arrived in Nauvoo, Illinois on October 15, 1874.
On November 2, 1874, Saint Scholastica Academy opened. The Sisters were members of Saint Scholastica Convent in Chicago, and were appointed by the Superior there.
On September 29, 1879, following discussions and negotiations between the Benedictine Sisters of Nauvoo and the Benedictine Sisters of Chicago and Bishop J. L. Spaulding of Peoria, the Nauvoo Community was declared independent of the Convent of Saint Scholastica of Chicago.
At that time, the name was changed to Saint Mary's Academy and Convent. At the end of the school year in 1997 Saint Mary's Academy closed. In 2001 the community moved to Rock Island, Illinois where they had built a new monastery.
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.
Subject
- St. Mary Monastery (Rock Island, Illinois) (Organization)
- St. Scholastica Academy (1874-1879) (Nauvoo, Ill.) (Organization)
- Title
- A Guide to Saint Scholastica Academy-Nauvoo records
- Author
- Virginia Jung, Lorrie Wiltgen
- Date
- 2025-11-21
- 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