Box OSBCHI-A.41

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This sub-series contains two timelines. Benedictines of Elk County, PA 1842-1992 and Milestones in History of St. Joseph Monastery 1852-1992

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This sub-series contains images, newsclippings, and program for the sesquicentennial celebration of St. Joseph Monastery.

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School catalogs from 1905-1906 and 1907-1908 provide information on the curriculum, textbooks, tuition and fees, student body, and accomplishments. Both volumes include images of the school buildings, interiors, and grounds.

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Program for Vespers, Program, and Social 2014-02-23

Article from The Daily Press regarding the installation of a monument in the monastery cemetery, 2017-07-24

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Commemorative booklet prepared for the Diamond Jubilee (1856-1931) of St. Benedict Convent, Erie, Pennsylvania. On p. 11, it records August 1, 1860 as the day the Sisters set out for Chicago, but it was, in fact, 1861. It also names Mother Antonia Hermann, OSB as the superior, not Sister M. Framcis Knapp. Why?

Scope and Contents This sub-series holds an article written for The New World by Mother Ottilia Hoevelor, OSB in April 1900, describing the establishment of the new community and opening the high school in 1874. A program from the Diamond Jubilee was used in the 1961 Centennial Exhibit #104 at St. Scholastica Monastery. It includes a brief history and statistical report prepared by Mother Ottilia in 1962, the booklet 1874-1974 Share Our Joy, and...

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Monograph by Sister Antoinette Fineran, OSB of St. Mary Priory, Nauvoo, Illinois, which she sent to Sister Vivian Ivantic, OSB who had helped her with her research.

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One mimeographed sheet listing the different types of communities of Benedictine Sisters in the United States, their date of founding, location and number of members.

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This series contains materials related to St. Joseph Monastery in St. Marys, Elk County, Pennsylvania and to its role as the first foundation of Benedictine women in North America. It includes material like monastic family trees, anniversary booklets, a timeline, news stories, and two catalogs from their school for girls, St. Benedict Academy.

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Family trees of the Benedictine houses descended from St. Walburg Abbey in Eichstätt, Bavaria and/or descended from St. Joseph Monastery in St. Marys, Pennsylvania. There are also several maps showing the locations of houses of Benedictine women and men in North America. One set of family trees includes Benedictine houses descended from Maria-Rickenbach Monastery in Oberdorf, Switzerland.