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Collection of Benedictine Founders booklets

 Collection
Identifier: OSBCHI-F-300

Scope and Contents

The booklets tell the life of the Benedictine saints and founders or novenas (9 consecutive days of prayer for a special intention) and other devotions. These booklets were used to teach and to enhance the prayer of Sisters, their students, and others connected with the community. The 2002 memorial booklet of the sesquicentennial of Benedictine women in North America contains poems by Sister Judith Elms, OSB (1931-2015), Sister Suzanne Zuercher (1931-2014), and Sister Benita Coffey (1931-). In 1980, the Benedictine world marked the 1500th anniversayry of the birth of Saint Benedict and Saint Scholastica. Mateials from the sesquimillenium celebration include a resource packet developed by Sister Benita Coffey, OSB and Oblate Nancy Fita-William, among others, worship aids from Benedictine Sisters of Chicago celebrations, materials from other monasteries and news reports throughout the United States and abroad. There is a booklet of translated (by Philip Hurley, OSB) and transcribed letters of Boniface Wimmer, OSB to Ludwig I of Bavaria that discuss the mission in Chicago and the American Civil War.

Dates

  • Creation: 1861-2002

Extent

.5 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 Booklets of Benedictine Founders collection
Author
Virginia Jung, OSB
Date
2023-10-26
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

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