Materials pertaining to the establishment of an organized volunteer program, Ferdinand, 2009 to present. Sister Dolores Folz, O.S.B., was appointed in 2009 to direct the establishment of a lay volunteer program for the Ferdinand Benedictines. Sister Dolores was succeeded by Sister Mary Philip Berger, O.S.B., in summer of 2010. Beginning in 2020, Sister Doris Schepers, O.S.B. took over as program director.
At the time of the Closing of the Academy, Sister Joella Kidwell was prioress and Sister Mary Philip Berger was Alumnae Director. Letter, Ferdinand, March 2000. In this letter, Sister Joella and Sister Mary Philip provided the alumnae members with the reasons why the nuns voted to close the Academy.
