This thesis was written to fulfill requirements for a Master of Science degree from the University of Dayton, Ohio, 1967. (Sister Kathryn Huber was formerly known as Sister Mary David).
Huber, Kathryn Marieletter, typed report
Catholic Diocese of EvansvilleTHE RESHAPING OF A TRADITION: AMERICAN BENEDICTINE WOMEN 1852-1881 was published by St. Mary's Press, Winona, in 1994. See: A S01/SH5/B052/DF01158.
Hollermann, EphremPublications, audiocassette (Littre), newspaper clippings,1983-1992
Sisters of Saint Benedict, Ferdinand, IndianaPrograms, publications, correspondences, 1982-1986
Sisters of Saint Benedict, Ferdinand, IndianaBrochures, Peace prayer programs and cards, cassette tape of song, ribbon pin
Sisters of Saint Benedict, Ferdinand, IndianaSofback book, 281 pages
Yock, PeterThis dissertation was written in fulfillment of the requirements for the Doctor of Psychology degree from Florida Institute of Technology, 1990.
In this publication are the revised rites of holy week: Passion Sunday, Chrism Mass, and the Easter triduum.
National Conference of Catholic BishopsThis missal carries the "Calendar for the Entire Order of Our Holy Father Benedict" which applies only to the sanctoral cycle.
National Conference of Bishops of America and confirmed by the Holy SeeSt. Peter as first pope, John Paul XXIII as Vatican Councile II Pope, and Paul VI are especially noted.
Roman Catholic Church Popes1937 edition, brown hardback; 1950 revision, green, Abbey Press
St. BenedictPamphlet, 4 pages, 3 copies
McClure, Jane MichelePaperback, 117 pages, computer article
Meisel, Anthony C.; and Mastro, J. L., translatedTHE SACRAMENTARY was retired and sent to the archives November 26, 2011, First Sunday of Advent. At the time the revised sacramentary with the English translation revisions became effective.
National Council of Catholic BishopsAn eight volume printed set of THE SCHOOL OF THE LORD'S SERVICE is located in the Rare Books Collection, Room 114.
Sause, BernardSister Kathryn Huber, O.S.B., prioress of Monastery Immaculate Conception, Ferdinand, Indiana, appears on this tape.
Reilly, LambertThe 1954 SPIRIT is the centennial issue (1854-1954) of this publication. The St. Meinrad schools have been restructured.
St. Meinrad Seminary, St. Meinrad, IndianaFather Gerard Ellspermann gave this series of lectures on the Holy Rule while serving as chaplain. Women of Faith and Women of the Bible contain confrences given during retreats.
Ellspermann, GerardTHE STAFF was the student produced newspaper in 1968-1969.
St. Benedict College, Ferdinand, IndianaThis thesis was written to fulfill requirements for a Master of Arts in Music Education degree from Catholic University of America, 1969.
Hill, Mary KarenMagazine article, pages 487-522+, St. Meinrad, Abbey Press, 1929
Behrman, PeterThis Mass music book was used by Father Kevin Ryan, chaplain, at the monastery.
Kelly, ColumbaSister Francis Marie Pifer of Ferdinand became a member of the St. Xavier High School staff in 2001 as a religion teacher. Sister Mary Esther Steckler taught at Aquinas High School in California.
TIGER, St. Xavier High School, Louisville, Kentucky; SUMMA, Aquinas High School, San Bernardino, CaliforniaThis thesis was written to fulfill the requirements for the Master of Arts degree from Notre Dame University, 1921.
Kares, ColettaThis paper was written to fulfill the requirements for a Bachelor of Arts degree from Notre Dame University, 1940
Fritz, IrmingardThis thesis was written to fulfill requirements for the Bachelor of Arts degree from Notre Dame University, 1940.
Wundrak, SalomeHenry Kress was the father of Cecelia M. Ploetner, an Academy Immaculate Conception Alumna.
Kress, Henry (George) Wendolin, 1988-1952Helfta, a center of intellectual activity in thireenth-century Saxony, was the site of a Cistercian monastery, a religious community that included the mystics Gertrude the Great, Mechtild of Hackeborn, and Mechtilde of Magdeburg.
Finnegan, Mary Jeremy, O.P.These beautiful plates were at one time in the Academy's library.
Marian Heights Academy, Ferdinand, IndianaVirginia Harter, genealogist, was Virginia Gehlhausen of Ferdinand, Sister Sylvia Gehlhausen's sister.
Gehlhausen, SylviaThis informal booklet is made up of warm anecdotes about deceased sisters of the monastery.
Wallbaum, AmandaSister Maria Tasto led the formation of this policy which relates to sisters moving toward retirement and in retirement. There is a copy of "Meaningful Activity in Later Life: 100 Religious Sisters Providee Models and Suggestions."
Sisters of St. Benedict, Ferdinand, IndianaLoose-leaf binder, 113 pages plus addenda
Diocese of Evansville, Evansville, IndianaThis is a comprehensive guide to Dubois County. The Monastery Immaculate Conception appears in both publications.
THE HUNTINGBURG PRESS, Huntingburg, IndianaPhotographs, memorials, newspaper clippings, brochures, portrait photo, 2011 - to present
Diocese of Evansville, Evansville, IndianaMarian Heights Academy enrolled students from the Choctaw Native American Reservation in Philadelphia, Mississippi.
Marian Heights Academy, Ferdinand, IndianaThis publication was mandated by the Federation of St. Gertrude Council on February 24, 1994. The publication was copyrighted in 1996
Forman, MaryThis commentary on the Holy Rule of St. Benedict was compiled and dis- tributed to each sister during Mother Clarissa Riehl's administration.
Compiled by Sisters of St. Benedict, Ferdinand, Indiana"Time Made Holy" contains original selections composed by members of Stillpoint. There are four master Stillpoint tapes and the sheet music for "Time Made Holy," recorded by Gaither Studios, Alexandria, Indiana in June 1999.
Stillpoint, A Contemporary Musical Group of the Sisters of St. Benedict, Ferdinand, IndianaRobert Tinker from the educational consulting firm, Gonser Gerber Tinker Shuhr, helped set up the MHA development department.
Marian Heights Academy Development ProgramThe Monastery used this for the first time as a supplemental source of hymns for Mass in 1978-1979.
Bliven, EdmondMuch of the research for this disssertation was accomplished in the Monastery Archives.
Fife, Camille B.This folder contains indexes of both living and deceased sisters from 1867 to present sorted in several ways. See "Finding Aids" for separate sorts.
Sisters of St. Benedict, Monastery Immaculate Conception, Ferdinand, Indiana (Binder 1)The Monastery was in the path of the Total Solar Eclipse. The Sisters offered space for interested persons to view the 4.5 minute eclipse on April 8, 2024. The materials included in this file give a description of the process and the happenings on that day.
Teresa Gunter and Teresa Elizabeth StutzSeveral chapel brochures have been published over the decades for information and explanatory purposes for visitors to the chapel.
Giving tours of the monastery to visitors has been a long-standing tradition of the Ferdinand Benedictines. Typed, printed guides, designed in-house, professional, Scouting patch,
Backert, ClaudiaBrochure; Benet Press, Erie, PA; March 31, 1984
Conference of American Benedictine PrioressesSister Anna Corrine O'Connor taught at Presentation Academy.
Presentation Academy, Louisville, KentuckyMany of these photographs were gifts from Mr. Wilfred Olinger, a long-time Ferdinand oral history citizen.
Brochures, magazines, maps, newspaper clippings, handouts
Backert, ClaudiaAfter St. Benedict College became separately incorporated, the Sisters of St. Benedict transferred assets (furniture and equipment) to it.
St. Benedict College, Ferdinand, IndianaThe mortgage was held by The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, Chicago, Illinois.
Sisters of St. Benedict, Ferdinand, IndianaThe Ferdinand Benedictines, seemingly have no written transfer policy. See "Finding Aids" for names of transfers and the places from which they transferred. Sister Maria Tasto at one time worked with setting up transfer guidelines.
Sisters of St. Benedict, Monastery Immaculate Conception, Ferdinand, IndianaThese are files of sisters who transferred their stability to one of the Ferdinand monastery daughterhouses.
Daughterhouses, Monastery Immaculate Conception, Ferdinand, Indiana (Daughter Houses)News story, ALUMNAE NEWS, Easter, 1946
Backert, ClaudiaThree histories (1955, 1981, 1971), Yankton
Sacred Heart Monastery, Yankton, South DakotaThis is a copy of a plaque indicating the planting of trees around Madonna Lake by the Class of 1990 under the direction of Rex Johnson.
Marian Heights Academyprinted emails, initial graphs and data, printed report
Schmitz, Barbara LynnThe monastery business manager of NATRI.
National Association of Treasurers of Religious InstitutesThis video was designed to educate religious congregations about retirement needs.
National Association of Treasurers of Religious Institutes, Washington, D.C.Trilogy planned to and did build a new facility in Ferdinand-on monastery property- which opened in 2018, and replaced the older Scenic Hills downtown. The new facility is called Scenic Hills at the Monastery. Trilogy is a for-profit organization.
Sisters of St. Benedict, Monastery Immaculate Conception, Ferdinand, IndianaDuring this visitation, Sister Kristine Anne Harpenau, prioress, led the community through a discernment process to determine the dependent priory's next superior.
Monasterio Paz De La Cruz, Morropon, PeruThese magazines were given to Sister Jayn Lein who sent them to the archives.
Trapp, GlendaJoan Ohanneson's lecture was the second of a two-part series, "Journeying with Hildegard," celebrating the 900th anniversary of her birth.
Ohanneson, JoanThese celebrations were based on years of profession.
Monastery Liturgy Department, Sisters of St. Benedict, Ferdinand, IndianaPaper, handwritten in German, 1 copy, no translation
Sisters of St. Benedict, Monastery Immaculate Conception, Ferdinand, IndianaBlack bound copy, handwritten, dated 1871; red bound copy, handwritten, dated 1871; typed translation, computer diskettes
Sisters of St. Benedict, Monastery Immaculate Conception, Ferdinand, IndianaThere are three audiocassettes in this collection with labels carrying names of individual presentations and other information. These cassettes include AC0125, AC0126, AC0127
Prugger, Anthony DCThese photographs have come from various collections in the monastery archives.
These are file copies of materials concerning HEW student loans at St. Benedict College.
St. Benedict College, Ferdinand, IndianaThe materials in this file explain the process by which the monastery received the refund.
St. Benedict College, Ferdinand, IndianaSt. Benedict College offered loans through United Student Aid Fund, Inc.
St. Benedict College, Ferdinand, IndianaBrochures: English, Spanish, German; Benet Press, Erie, Pa; March 7, 1975; March 5, 1978; June 19, 1980; March 31, 1984; spiral-bound volume of four brochures, 189 pages, 2001
Conference of American Benedictine PrioressesThis paper was written in partial fulfillment of the Master of Arts in Theology degree from St. John's University, 1974.
(See also #310 and #312, 2 other papers written for partial fulfillment of this degree).
There is also an approved budget proposal from the Budget and Finance Committee concerning vacations dated August 10, 1976 in this folder.
Sisters of St. Benedict, Ferdinand, IndianaNewspaper clippings, memorabilia 1964-1997
Backert, ClaudiaThese sets of dishes, silverware, and crystal were brought to the monastery after the Van Buren House was sold on July 17, 1997.
Sisters of St. Benedict, Ferdinand, IndianaThis KYRIALE contains the ordinary chants of the Mass.
Liturgical Music, LatinThis book contains the ordinary chants of the Mass.
Liturgical Music, LatinA task force was appointed by the Monastic Council in 2013. The first task was to try to reduce the number of monastery vehicles. New information concerning monastery vehicles was emailed in early 2015.
Sisters of St. Benedict, Monastery Immaculate Conception, Ferdinand, IndianaThese books are representative of the Latin although most of the booklets are in English. The books were producted the the Sisters of the Precious Blood. They contain novenas in preparation for Pentecost. (Confirmation, Ordination, and Marriage).
Sisters of St. Benedict, Monastery Immaculate Conception, Ferdinand, IndianaThis paper was written in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Arts in Theology degree from St. John's University, 1972 (see also #311 and #312, 2 other papers written for partial fulfillment for this degree)
Tasto, MariaFamilies 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, IndianaThese articles, made at the monastery, were used in the infirmary chapel through the year 2000.
Vestment Department (Stitching Department)