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- 1996-07-17 (Creation)
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1 folder
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Centennial booklet, photographs, and other materials, Covington, 1959 to present
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the file is open for research use
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- English
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Contents of File: St. Walburg Monastery Information; St. Walburg Monastery Centennial Celebration 1959, 2009
"Sunrise to Sunset", script for sound/slide program of the Covington Benedictines, date unknown but sometime after 1969 and before 2000
Typed paper, dates/events beginning in 1867 to 1904, include foundation of Monastery Immaculate Conception in Ferdinand, IN, the return of Mother Benedicta Burns from Ferdinand to Covington, the death of Mother Alexia Lechner, and the beginning of construction at Villa Madonna in 1904 - compiled by archivist Sister Teresa Walking, St. Walburg Monastery
Typed letter to Sister Mary Alice from ?, dated October 22, 1991, providing list of slides of art pieces and property Sister Emmanual (Covington) took from Sister Mary Kenneth (Ferdinand)
Typed translation of diary/chronicle notation dated July 2, 1897, noting Mother Alexia Lechner's travels (1866, 1867) to southern Indiana for purpose of founding a new house in Ferdinand (photocopy of original pages in German attached)
Typed appeal letter, December 2007, asking for contributions to social outreach program, Housing Opportunities of Northern Kentucky (HONK), as a means of celebrating the sesquicentennial of the founding of St. Walburg Monastery
Photocopy of newspaper article from The Kentucky Post, July 27, 1995
Photocopy of newspaper article from The Messenger (diocesan paper), April 26, 1996
Photocopy of newspaper article from The Messenger(diocesan paper), May 10, 1996
Photocopy of newspaper article from The Messenger (diocesan paper), September 18, 1998
Program, "His Holy Hill" a pageant to commemorate the centenary of the Benedictine Sisters of Covington, 1859-1959, presented November 22, 23, 24, 28
Liturgical Program, Sesquicentennial Celebration of the Benedictine Sisters of St. Walburg Monastery of Covington, Kentucky, June 7, 2009, Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption
Postcard, view of Ohio River valley looking east from Villa Madonna, no date
Photo of statue of Madonna and Child, which has stood at the entrance of the driveway to St. Walburg Monastery since 1927; photo by Sr. Emmanuel Pieper, OSB
Photo, black and white, ariel view of St. Walburg Monastery, no date
Photo, black and white, interior of Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption, 1959
Photo, black and white, closing of centennial year, 1959
Pamphlet announcing centennial celebration of the Benedictine Sisters of St. Walburg Convent, 1859-1959
Pamphlet welcoming guests to St. Walburg Monastery, renovated home of the Benedictine Sisters, June-July 1995 (2 copies)
Pamphlet for Guest House, St. Walburg Monastery, no date but provides internet site, www.stwalburg.org
Formal invitation to the closing ceremonies of the centennary celebration pontifical high mass at the Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption, Sunday, November 29, 1959
Booklet, Commemorating the Renovation of the Community Worship Space, 1989-1990, color photos and descriptions of art and architecture in the new worship space at St. Walburg Monastery (2 copies)
Inter Nos, a publication of Saint Walburg Convent, Villa Madonna, December 1958, soft cover with mimeographed pages
Booklet, "The Challenge", soft cover, commemorative production for centennial year, 1959, covering history of the Benedictine Sisters of Covington, Kentucky (3 copies)