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There are 5 copies of this history. An note at the end regarding authorship reads: Sister Vivian Ivantic, OSB (beginning to 1979) revised and updated by Sister Mary Ann O'Ryan, OSB (1979-1985)

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This documents relates to the first five years of Sister Mary Benet McKinney, OSB's term as prioress. It focuses on financial and development events, community life and governance changes, and brief reports about St. Scholastica Academy in Cañon City, Colorado and St. Scholastica High School in Chicago, Illinois.

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This history is a continuation of earlier histories of the same name. It was prepared in December 1991 for the Monastic Visitation of 1992. It includes a calendar of events for the celebration of 125 years in Chicago and 100 years in Colorado.

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There are two copies of this timeline which is taken from the end material of Where There Was Need (1965) by Sister Genevieve Harrison, OSB. It begins with the missionary voyage of St. Walburg from Britain to Germany and ends with the election of Mother Jean Marie Matern, OSB as prioress.

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This timeline runs from the birth of the twins, Saint Benedict and Saint Scholastica in Norcia, Italy through the centennial of Saint Scholastica High School, Chicago, Illinois. There are 2 copies of the text of this timeline and 1 copy of the timeline as it appeared in the alumnae newsletter, Update, Vol. 18, No. 1, Fall 1988.

Scope and Contents A handwritten note indicates that much of the information in this history comes from Where There Was Need (1965) by Sister Genevieve Harrison, OSB. It begins with Reverend Louis Fink, OSB asking Abbot Boniface Wimmer, OSB for Benedictine Sisters to staff the parish school at Saint Joseph Parish in Chicago, Illinois. Material added by Sister Vivian Ivantic, OSB runs up to June 1878 with the election of Sister Ann Sharp, OSB as prioress and the establishment of...

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This detailed timeline often icludes exact dates. It runs from Church decisions made in 1859 that created a combined contemplative and active life for Benedictine Sisters in North America. It runs up to the election of Mother Jean Marie Matern, OSB as prioress in 1965. It comes from the community history, Where There Was Need (1965).

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A handwritten note indicates that this timeline was prepared for the 1965 Monastic Visitation. It documents the succession of community leadership from superior Sister M. Frances Knapp, OSB (1861-1862) up to Mother Laura Walker, OSB (1953-1965), including some notes about their terms.

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This document uses various resources to trace the change in the name of the school for girls in Chicago, Illinois. It cites the alumnae newsletter, yearbooks, brochures, and letterhead stationery to answer the question posed in the title.

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This history begins with the arrival of the Benedictine Sisters of Chicago in Breckenridge, their first mission in Colorado, in 1886. It describes the move to Cañon City, and the development of St. Scholastica Academy at that location, noting that while the school closed in 2001, the last graduates received diplomas in 2002.