Monastic and religious life of women -- Leadership

Scope and Contents This collection contains the personal papers of Sister Karen Bland, OSB. Records related to her tenure as principal of Saint Scholastica Academy Canon City, Colorado are in the Schools collection. Records from her term as prioress of the Benedictine Sisters of Chicago are in Monastery records. These documents contain the information on Sister Karen's education, her work for social justice, her spiritual and technical writings, and her awards. Her skill and determination are...

Scope and Contents Sister Karen Bland served one term as prioress of the Benedictine Sisters of Chicago, in between serving as Dean at Wheeling University and as executive director of Grand Valley Catholic Outreach. The material in this collection is related to that term in community leadership. She arranged and submitted most of this material to the archives herself. The collection's major series are correspondence, the internal newsletter, Monastic Musings, homilies, and a...