Families of sisters who died within the past year are invited back to the monastery for Evening Prayer and dinner. The purpose is to renew acquaintances and to build lasting relationships, in addition to paying respect for the deceased sisters.
Sisters of St. Benedict, Monastery Immaculate Conception, Ferdinand, IndianaThis informal booklet is made up of warm anecdotes about deceased sisters of the monastery.
Wallbaum, AmandaThis newspaper was given to Sister Mary Aquin Verkamp on June 16, 2002 as a souvenir of her First Profession on June 2, 1952.
Historic Newspaper Archives, Inc., Rahway, N.J.SOMMERFRUCHTE was written by one (perhaps two) unidentified Ferdinand Benedictines. The English translation was done by Eberhard Reichmann and Ruth Reichmann, friends of the Ferdinand sisters.
Sisters of St. Benedict, Monastery Immaculate Conception, Ferdinand, IndianaSee Sister Vickie Sue Metzger's personal file for background to this tape.
Sisters of St. Benedict, Ferdinand, IndianaSister Mary Walter died in an automobile accident on February 26, 1990.
Sisters of St. Benedict, Monastery Immaculate Conception, Ferdinand, IndianaSister Magdalene Roberts, O.S.B., a member of Queen of Peace Monastery, died on October 12, 1991. Sister is buried in St. Ann's Cemetery, Belcourt, North Dakota.
Sisters of St. Benedict, Queen of Peace Monastery, Belcourt, North DakotaSister Mary Helen died of cancer after a long battle with the disease during the Winter of 1998.
Ubelhor, Mary HelenList carries the name of a deceased sister, place from where she entered, date of entry, age at the time of her entry, year of death, and age at the time of her death. The list is used daily in the Liturgy of the Hours, Evening praise as the community commemorates the faithful departed on that day.
Berger, Mary PhilipThis seemingly is the first running account of the sisters who died from 1870-1884 and who are buried in St. Ferdinand Parish Cemetery .
Monasterii O.S.B. Immaculatae Conceptionis in urbe Ferdinand, Dubois Com., Ind., ab initiis fundationisPaul Hagan writes original compositions in memory of sisters who die, sisters celebrating speical events, and monastery special events.
Hagan, PaulSister Mary Eve Shoaf, who died of cancer on March 31, 1995, was a professor at Troy State University in Dothan, Alabama.
Shoaf, Mary EveOriginal document, handwritten, 7 pages; photocopy of handwritten document (7 pages); typed pages, in table format, of contents of original document
Sisters of St. Benedict, Monastery Immaculate Conception, Ferdinand, IndianaSome of these programs are personal; two are general.
Sisters of St. Benedict, Monastery Immaculate Conception, Ferdinand, IndianaHardback book, handwritten, typed lists.
Sisters of St. Benedict, Monastery Immaculate Conception, Ferdinand, Indiana HistoryThese programs were designed by members of the liturg staff and printed in-house.
Sisters of St. Benedict, Monastery Immaculate Conception, Ferdinand, IndianaThese are cemetery materials from the beginning of the monastery to the present.
Sisters of St. Benedict, Monastery Immaculate Conception, Ferdinand, Indiana