Benedictine monasteries
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Collection of Benedictine Founders booklets
Collection
Identifier: OSBCHI-F-300
Scope and Contents
The booklets tell the life of the Benedictine saints and founders or novenas (9 consecutive days of prayer for a special intention) and other devotions. These booklets were used to teach and to enhance the prayer of Sisters, their students, and others connected with the community. The 2002 memorial booklet of the sesquicentennial of Benedictine women in North America contains poems by Sister Judith Elms, OSB (1931-2015), Sister Suzanne Zuercher (1931-2014), and Sister Benita Coffey (1931-)....
Dates:
1861-2002
Found in:
Benedictine Sisters of Chicago Archives
Oblate Newsletters collection
Collection — Box OSBCHI-E-2
Identifier: OSBCHI-E-300
Scope and Contents
Oblates are attached to a particular monastery. They may live near the monastery or at a distance; they may be in regular contact with the Sisters and other Oblates or they may have little contact. The Oblate Directos used the Newsletter as one way to connect with all of the Oblates. These Newsletters are one resource that shows the evolution of the Oblate Program over time. This collection has 40 years of Oblate Newsletters that the Directors wrote to the Oblates. They communicate news from...
Dates:
1978-2008
Found in:
Benedictine Sisters of Chicago Archives
Related Houses, 1745-2017
Series
Identifier: OSBCHI-A-209
Scope and Contents
The materials in this collection were gathered over the years by Prioresses and archivists and held in the monastery and school libraries as reference materials. Mother Theresa Krug, OSB, whose brother was the abbot of the Abbey of Monte Cassino probably contributed the earliest material. Sister Ignatia O'Connor, OSB gathered some of it for a display at the 1961 centennial of the Benedictine Sisters of Chicago. Sister Vivian Ivantic, OSB continued to add to the collection once it was in the...
Dates:
1745-2017
Task Forces (Ministry, Personnel, Spirituality, Stewardship), 1982 - 1983
Sub-Series — Box OSBCHI-A-114-2, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
Contains community questionaires polling sisters' personal lives, spiritual knowledge, and opinions on the ministry, along with task force directories, correspondence, and schedules. Most documents come from the Stewardship Task Force, who oversee several community funds and track the value of the Benedictine Sisters of Chicago's properties.
Dates:
1982 - 1983