Box OSBCHI-D-COFFBENI-1

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection includes Sr. Benita Coffey, OSB's writings: reflections given at Mass, and journals from 1976-2022. There is a set of her correspondence with her family and Benedictine community. Also included are her personal calendars and budgets. Sr. Benita was a member of a national team that created the Sesquimillennium publicity kit for the 1500 year anniversary of St. Benedict in 1980. Personal data includes worship aids for milestone liturgy celebrations, ministry assignments, next...

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This series contains schedules, programs, and planning materials regarding spiritual programming by Sister Benita Coffey, OSB. She worked with adults and students at the middle school through university levels.

Scope and Contents The Sesquimillennium Publicity Committee consisted of Benedictine Sisters from Erie, Duluth, Covington, and Chicago as well as one Oblate. Sister Benita Coffey, OSB acted as the General Editor. The purpose of this committee was to highlight the 1500 years of the births of Saint Benedict and Saint Scholastica. Included in the kit were guidelines for press releases and photo stories, audio-visual resource list, sample proposal for a TV documentary, logotype designs, and a script for a...