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Immigrants -- United States -- History -- 20th century

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Early American Benedictines from Eichstätt and Ethnic Considerations, 1993-07-09

 Item — Box OSBCHI-A.41: Series OSBCHI-A-209, Folder: 14
Identifier: OSBCHI-A-209.4
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: Issued: 1993-07-09

Our Foreign-Born Members, 1920s

 Item — Box OSBCHI-A-900.1: Series OSBCHI-A-901, Folder: 4
Identifier: OSBCHI-901.1.4
Scope and Contents

This history discusses the Sisters who came from Germany following World War I. Many more Sisters were born outside of the United States, approximately one third of the total community membership. A favorite monastery anecdote recalls how while cleaning, Sister Lioba Deininger, OSB fell from a ladder, breaking an urn in her fall. The horrified house superior said: Sister Lioba, that urn is imported!" Dusting herself off, Sister Lioba responded, "So am I!"

Dates: Event: 1920s