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The Sisters of St. Benedict of Ferdinand were participants in this festival with a number of items in the exhibit.

The contents in this file were discovered buried in the concrete blocks supporting the marble altar which was dismantled during the restoration of the interior of the monastery church in 2004.

The canopy with the carry rod was used by the Ferdinand Benedictines and was probably made at the monastery. The antependium may or may not have been used by the Ferdinand Benedictines. It appears on no photographs. The Blessed Sacrament canopy was carried in processions of the Blessed Sacrament as an act of reverence. Albert Krampe carried out this task for several decades.

Inventory of exhibit items, museum information,

This bonnet was given to the archives by Sister Jovita Scheessele who worked in the sisters' produce garden for years. The bonnet in this box reflects the hard, outdoor work, particularly produce gardening, in which the Ferdinand Benedictines have always been involved.

The first monastery church ceiling comprised a process using horsehair, canvas, and wood.

Annemarie Springer from Bloomington helped to evaluate pieces in the IHRG collection and took photographs of them.

Poster, German, 1870

The Monastery Immaculate Conception became an official member of the Congregation of St. Gertrude the Great on October 16, 1939.

Father Eric Lies, O.S.B., St. Meinrad monk and artist, produced the mission statment in original calligraphy.

Original charcoal sketch, copies, convent seal

A news story carrying a description of Stanley Slotkin's book and bible collections and his method of contributing these to others is in this collection.

Father Adolph Egloff left this pillow with Sister Mary Adolph, O.S.B., his sister, in August, 2001. Sister Mary Adolph gave the pillow to Sister Eileen Reckelhoff who sent it to the Archives.

Patens were placed under the chin when one received the Holy Eucharist.

The PIETA, located in the monastery church vestibule, was contributed to the monastery. The donor is unidentified. The statue was restored by Lennea Thrasher and Marilyn Longmeier of Birdseye, Indiana, and delivered May 23, 2007.

This wreath belonged to a Ferdinand Benedictine who transferred to Our Lady of Grace Monastery, Beech Grove, in 1961. Profession wreaths were used over many decades of the monastery's history.

Photo copy, photograph, history, Ferdinand

These items were sent to the archives by Sister Mary Carmel Spayd, monastery sacristan. The liturgical artifacts in this box were used in the monastery chapel or in the infirmary chapel (before 1993-1995 renovation) and before liturgical changes after Vatican II.

The statue of the Child Jesus was brought to Ferdinand in 1867 by Mother Alexia Lechner, O.S.B., of St. Walburg Monastery, Covington, Kentucky.

The needlepoint representation of Mary as the Immaculate Conception was brought to Ferdinand by Mother Alexia Lechner, O.S.B., prioress of St. Walburg Monastery in Covington, Kentucky

This newspaper was given to Sister Mary Aquin Verkamp on June 16, 2002 as a souvenir of her First Profession on June 2, 1952.

These articles, made at the monastery, were used in the infirmary chapel through the year 2000.

These altar cloths and table cloths were sewn and hand-stitched in the monastery stitching department (vestment department)

These items were sent to the archives by Sister Mary Carmel Spayd, sacristan, on February 25, 1999.

These items were made by the Vestment Department for use in Liturgical services. Four blue liturgical banners with gold Marian symbols, and a red and wine altar antependium with a symbol for the Holy Spirit.

These palls, pall covers, the chalice cover and pix case were made by hand by members of the stitching department over many, many years.

These are tabernacle curtains used in the monastery chapel which were probably made by the sisters in the former vestment department.(stitching room). These green, red, purple and white, were changed for different liturgical seasons and for feastdays.

The alb, embroidered tablecloth, and chalice cards were made by the Ferdinand sisters in their own Vestment Department (Stitching Room).

Some of these items were brought to the archives by Sister Kathryn Huber who received them from Sister Mary Cosmas Kress. Others were sent to the archives by Sister Mary Cosmas.