Sister Ottilia Hoeveler,OSB papers

Sister Ottilia Hoeveler was born on May 21, 1844 in Pittsburg, PA. She entered religious life in Newark and was given the habit on December 8, 1863 at the Convent of St.Scholastica in Newark,NJ. Sister Ottilia left Newark before her final vows and joined the Annunciation Convent in Nebraska City. She made her final vows there on May 25, 1868. The Annunciation Convent later disbanded and Sister Ottilia joined the Chicago community in 1868 where she was given the name Sister Ottilia (before coming to Chicago she was known as Sister Adelaide) because there was already a Sister Adelaide in the Chicago community. During the Chicago Fire it was said that she carried a statue of the Blessed Mother in order to save it. The fire left the Chicago community devestated and shortly after Sister Ottilia went on to become a directress of an academy at Johnstown, PA until she rejoined the Chicago Community and was sent to the St. Scholastica Academy in Nauvoo, IL. When the St. Scholastica Academy in Nauvoo, IL became independent it's named changed to St. Mary's where Sister Ottilia became First Prioress. Unfortunately poor health forced her to resign in 1913. She died on April 23, 1915.