Box OSBCHI-C-100-1
Contains 54 Results:
Chandler, Colo., 1991
This series details the Benedictine Sisters of Chicago's brief presence in Chandler, Colorado. Four Sisters ran a vaction school in the small coal town during the summer of 1940, which served children in Chandler, along with Williamsburg, Colorado, and Coal Creek, Colorado. Also included is an Archives Newsletter written following a 1991 archive trip Sr. Vivian Ivantic, OSB, and Sr. Eleanore Hillenbrand, OSB, took to Colorado.
Coal Creek, Colo., 1933 - 1955
This sub-series is comprised of a couple papers listing the Sisters who ran summer schools of religion in Coal Creek, Colorado, along with the years they worked. The 28 students who attended the 1933 vacation school taught by Sr. Leona Schmitt, OSB, appear in two photographs. Also included is "The Gleanor," an article from an unnamed publication on the coal mines surrounding CaƱon City, Colorado, which includes a description of Coal Creek prior to a 1907 fire that wrecked the town.
Cortez, Colo.
Little is known about the Benedictine Sisters of Chicago's time in Cortez, Colorado. Sr. Mary Cornella taught out of St. Margaret Mary Church for one summer in the 19th century, although it is unknown when, where, or how many pupils she had. The sub-series contains a fragment of an article from The Southern Colorado Register regarding a mission in Towaoc, Coloado, primarily for use by the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe.
Craig, Colo.
All this sub-series contains is a short list of which Sisters led summer schools of religion in Craig, Colorado, along with which years they taught sessions between when they first entered the town in 1937 and when they finally left in 1973. Also included is a map highlighting where Craig is located in Colorado.
Cripple Creek, Colo., 1987 - 1992
Delta, Colo.
This slim sub-series contains nothing more than a sheet of paper listing Sisters who taught at vacation schools in Delta, Colorado, where the Benedictine Sisters of Chicago were stationed from 1950 until 1974. In addition to summer schools of religion, some Sisters also worked at St. Michael School.
Dillon, Colo.
Little to nothing is known about the Benedictine Sisters of Chicago's vacation school in Dillon, Colorado. There are no records of the community's time there, with its very existence established by word-of-mouth alone.
Dolores, Colo., 1936 - 1942
Durango, Colo.
The only material in this sub-series is a map highlighting the location of Durango, Colorado.
Religious Vacation Schools Manual collection, 1953
This manual was published in three volumes: A Course of Study for Grades I and II; A Course of Study for Grades III, IV, and V; and A Course of Study for Grades VI, VII, and VIII. It was originally published in 1942 by the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine and updated in 1953. The autor is Sister M. Rosalia, M.H.S.H.