Box OSBCHI-C-100-2

This sub-series contains an archives note listing the Sisters who taught vacation schools in Rocky Ford, Colorado, along with a couple news clippings of events relating to the Benedictine Sisters of Chicago's presence in the town. Also included is a photograph of several pupils from one summer, although the year is unknown, and it appears they do not comprise the whole class, as there are more children cut off on the right left side of the frame.

This sub-series contains a short list of Sisters who taught summer schools of religion in Rye, Colorado, throughout the 1980s. Newletters from St. Aloysius Church containing calendars and community from this time are included alongside a history of the parish from a 2006 article published in The Chronicle of Catholic Life.

This sub-series is relatively slim considering the Benedictine Sisters of Chicago spent over half the 20th century teaching vacation schools in Salida, Colorado. Beyond a list of Sisters who ran the town's summer schools of religion, the only material included is a page from "Our Community" that briefly mentions Salida and a map highlighting the town's location.

This sub-series contains very little information about the Benedictine Sisters of Chicago's time in Silt, Colorado. One slip of paper lists Sr. Innocence Distel, OSB, and possibly Sr. Mary Kinney, OSB, as the only Sisters to have taught vacation schools in the town.

This sub-series contains very limited information about the Benedictine Sister of Chicago's time in Smeltertown, Colorado. It appears four Sisters taught vacation schools in the town during the summers of 1930 and 1941.

This sub-series contains a list of Sisters who taught vacation schools in South Boulder, Colorado, during four summers throughout the 1970s. Several texts on the history of the Benedictines' presence in the area is also included.

Beyond some archival papers regarding who taught vacation schools in Silver Park, Colorado, and what years they were present, this sub-series also contains five photos from sometime in the 1930s or 1940s, although all are undated. Three other photos appear in a photocopy, but the location of the original prints is unknown.

This sub-series contains a list of Sisters who taught in Silverton, Colorado, along with several newsclippings, mostly regarding St. Patrick Church. A pamphlet from the parish's centennial celebration is also included.

This series contains several articles from an early community newsletters called "The Catechists' Corner" updating readers on Cathesism and First Communion classes at Queen of All Saints Basilica in Chicago, Illinois, and a mission in Rockdale, Illinois.

This series contains a folder for each town in Colorado where Sisters taught summer schools of religion. Most contain a list of which Sisters taught in a town and when, while some include much more material, such as photographs, news clippings, pamphlets, etc.