File 1.25 - Monastery Chronicles, St. Paul Parish, Tell City, Indiana

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Chronicles in different formats. Tell City, 1952, 1953, 1989, 1994-2001, 2002 to 2009.

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Content for file: Monastery Chronicles, St. Paul Parish, Tell City, Indiana

Sisters who served at St. Paul Parish in Tell City, Indiana from 1889 - 1960 are listed in the attachment below
After 1960, the school belonged to the new foundation, Our Lady of Grace Monastery in Beech Grove, Indiana

Typed summary (1 Page) of relationship between Ferdinand Benedictine Sisters and their service at St. Paul Parish and School, Tell City, thru 1889-1993 (prepared by Sr. Mary Kenneth Scheessele)

Typed talk by Earl Etienne, given at a dinner to honor the Benedictine sisters; no date given; 5 pages

Typed chronicles for 1993-94 mission year; sisters listed: Rebecca Abel (Director of Media Services, Forest Park HS), Mary Emma Jochum (DRE, St. Paul's Parish)

Typed chronicles for 1994-95 mission year; sisters listed: Rebecca Abel (Director of Media Services, Forest Park HS), Mary Emma Jochum (DRE, St. Paul's Parish)

Typed chronicles for 1995-96 mission year; sisters listed: Rebecca Abel (Director of Media Services, Forest Park HS), Mary Emma Jochum (DRE, St. Paul's Parish)

Typed chronicles for 1996-97 mission year; sisters listed: Mary Emma Jochum (DRE, St. Paul's Parish), Agnes Weinzapfel (activities director for senior sisters at the monastery)

Typed chronicles for 1997-98 mission year; sisters listed: Mary Emma Jochum (DRE, ST. Paul's Parish), Agnes Weinzapfel (teacher, St. Bernard's school in Rockport)

Typed chronicles for 1998-99 mission year; sisters listed: Mary Emma Jochum (DRE, St. Paul's Parish), Agnes Weinzapfel (teacher, St. Bernard's school in Rockport)

Printed booklet, "St. Paul School: A Celebration of History, 1914-1999", presented to the community by students and staff, May 10, 1999

Typed chronicles for 1999-2000 mission year; sisters listed: Mary Emma Jochum (DRE, St. Paul's Parish), Agnes Weinzapfel (teacher, St. Bernard's school in Rockport)

Handwritten chronicles on Monastery forms for 2000-01 mission year; sisters listed: Mary Emma Jochum (DRE, St. Paul's Parish)

Handwritten chronicles on Monastery forms for 2001-02 mission year; sisters listed: Mary Emma Jochum (DRE, St. Paul's Parish)

Handwritten chronicles on Monastery forms for 2002-03 mission year; sisters listed: Mary Emma Jochum (DRE, St. Paul's Parish)

Handwritten chronicles on Monastery forms for 2003-04 mission year; sisters listed: Mary Emma Jochum (DRE, St. Paul's Parish)

Handwritten chronicles on Monastery forms for 2004-05 mission year; sisters listed: Mary Emma Jochum (DRE, St. Paul's Parish)

Handwritten chronicles on Monastery forms for 2005-06 mission year; sisters listed: Mary Emma Jochum (DRE, St. Paul's Parish)

Chronicles for 2006-07 and 2007-08 are missing

Handwritten chronicles on Monastery forms for 2008-09 mission year; sisters listed: Mary Emma Jochum (DRE, St. Paul's Parish)

6 pages of photos (copied) showing the various stages of demolition of the 1914 school building, completed in 2006;

5x7 photos (5) in protective sleeve, no date, appear to be St. Paul school choirs, with students all in choir robes

8x10 photos (2) in protective sleeve, no date, both photos of sisters assigned to St. Paul school (names on back of one) - they appear to be from different years

8x10 photos (3) in protective sleeve, 2 without dates, on dated 1955, all three photos of sisters assigned to St. Paul school (names are on back of all three photos)

8x10 photo in protective sleeve, of accordion band from Tell City, no date; 2 sisters in photo are unidentified; also in sleeve is photocopy of photo printed in the Tell City News for April 24, 1959, showing the St. Paul Chorus under the direction of Sr. Rosemary Braun, after winning first division rating at music contest

Copy of St. Paul's parish bulletin for November 5, 1989, noting Sisters of St. Benedict celebrating 100 years of service to St. Paul's Parish and school.

Typed liturgy program for celebration of Sisters of St. Benedict 100 years of service to St. Paul Catholic Church, Tell City, copy of invitation for the celebration, and photocopy from Tell City News, November 9, 1989, with photo of sisters in attendance at the celebration, also a typed note, prepared by Sr. Mary Kenneth Scheessele, explaining that 1956-57 school year was the beginning of the separation of the sisters who would found Our Lady of Grace monastery in Beech Grove from the founding motherhouse in Ferdinand; from this point on, assignments to the mission in Tell City would come from the administration at Beech Grove.

8x10 photo in protective sleeve, of Tell City natives who entered the monastery: Sisters Benita Biever, Mary Sarah Briggeman, Jeanne Voges (OLG), Mary Jonathan Schulz (OLG), Nicolette Etienne (OLG); the photo is undated

5x7 photo, dated December 1952, of accordion band from St. Paul's

5x7 photo, not dated, of concert band from St. Paul's; sister in the photo is unidentified

4 1/2 x 6 1/2 photo, not dated, of Sister ? instructor and young student playing Sousaphone; the photo apparently appeared in the Tell City News

8x10 photo of sisters at dinner table in Tell City convent, no date; names of sisters are on the back

Typed letter from Carolyn Werner to Sr. Sylvia Gehlhausen, dated March 6, 2002, accompanied with photocopies of photos of sisters who taught at St. Paul's School - these photos may be ones already in our files and identified above

Typed note from Sr. Mary Kenneth Scheessele, dated April 7, 1992, identifying pictures of sisters assigned to St. Paul's for 1950-51 and 1952-53; a photocopy of the photo from 1952-53 is attached

Parish Book celebrating 150 years of St. Paul Catholic Church, Tell City - 1859-2009; photo of Sr. Mary Emma Jochum on page 44

Typed pages in folder, Benedictine Presence from Ferdinand and Beech Grove Monasteries at St. Paul's, Tell City, Indiana