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Religious Education Schools collection

 Record Group
Identifier: OSBCHI-C

Scope and Contents

This collection contains materials pertaining to 77 vacation schools in Colorado where Benedictine Sisters of Chicago taught from the 1920s through the 1980s. While some files are limited to a single slip of paper detailing a town and parish, especially in locations with a small classes, others are filled with news clippings, archival photographs, historical pamphlets, and more. Also included is some information about a few summer schools of religion in Illinois. While there are no official lists of vacation school faculty, Sisters' names are sourced from archivist notes, newsletters, and photographic metadata.

Dates

  • Creation: 1929 - 2007

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Monastery records are closed for 50 years after the date of creation. Photographs, published materials, and widely disseminated materials are open.

Biographical / Historical

The Benedictine Sisters of Chicago served in Catholic vacation schools in Illinois, Arizona, and most of all, Colorado. From the 1920s through the 1980s. The Sisters provided the children in various counties with religious education, preparation for sacraments, and academic support. Most often, the summer schools of religion were held in areas without a Catholic school. Sometimes, the towns shared a priest with several other towns or were a mission of a church in another town. From 1988 to 1991, Sr. Vivian Ivantic, OSB, made several trips out to Colorado to gather information about the vacation schools. Sr. Eleanore Hillenbrand, OSB accompanied her as photographer while Sr. Jeanne Hegarty, OSB, and Sr. Amy Campbell, OSB, served as local guides to their Sister researchers from Chicago.

Extent

0.8 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 Religious Education Schools collection
Author
Justin Anderson; Virginia Jung, OSB
Date
2024-03-11
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Revision Statements

  • 2024-04-26: revision of Rights Statement
  • 2024-11-18: revision of collection of EAD ID

Repository Details

Part of the Benedictine Sisters of Chicago Archives Repository

Contact:
Archives
Benedictine Sisters of Chicago
7430 N. Ridge Blvd.
Chicago Illinois 60645 United States
(773) 764-2413 ext. 203