File 2.75 - The Aggregation of Nuns to the Benedictine Federation

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Correspondences, documents, pamphlet, 1960-1973

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Content for file: The Aggregation of Nuns to the Benedictine Federation

Booklet, "The Confederated Monastic Families of the Order of St. Benedict" printed in the United States,1936

English translation of Latin "De monialibus et sororibus Confoederationi Benedictinae aggregandis" (On the Aggregation of Nuns and Sisters to the Benedictine Confederation, no date but appears to have been 1959 or very early 1960 (based on note in letter from Mother Carmelita to Mother Clarissa, dated February 13, 1960)

Typed letter from Mother Carmelita, Benedictine Convent of Perpetual Adoration, Clyde, Missouri, dated February 13, 1960, to Mother Clarissa Riehl, Monastery Immaculate Conception, Ferdinand, Indiana, in re request information as to how to aggregate directly through the Abbot Primate, as opposed to through local bishops.

Typed letter from Mother Richarda Peter, St. Benedict Monastery, St. Joseph, Minnesota, dated March 22, 1961, to Mother Clarissa Riehl, Monastery Immaculate Conception, Ferdinand, Indiana, in re a copy of a rescript from the Abbot Primate, referring to membership in Confederation of Monastic Congregations of the Order of St. Benedict (attached is typed sheet of quotations from Abbot Primate Bernard Kaelin, OSB, contained in his letter to Mother Richarda, November 8, 1956, giving reasons for seeking aggregation to the Confederation)

Typed letter from Benno Gut, OSB, Abbot Primate, dated march 16, 1961, to Mother Clarissa Riehl, Monastery Immaculate Conception, Ferdinand, Indiana in re requirements necessary for the aggregation of the Benedictine Sisters into the Confederation

Photocopy of typed letter from Benno Gut, OSB, Abbot Primate, dated October 19, 1961, to Mother Augustine, President of Congregation of St. Gertrude, in re welcoming the Congregation into the Confederation (copy of rescript from Sacred Congregation of Religious, empowering the abbot primate to aggregate to the Confederation the monasteries and congregations of sisters per art. 16 of Lex Propria

Photocopy of typed letter from Sister Julia Hunhoff, president of Federation of St. Gertrude, dated September 5, 1973, to Sister Pascaline Coff, in re results of study by the council of the Federation of St. Gertrude, which was that without a voice and/or vote, there was no benefit to aggregation with the Confederation (attached is a copy from the Congressus Abbatum, 1973 of articles for the Aggregation of Nuns and Sisters to the Benedictine Confederation)

There was an attempt to unite the Benedictine nuns with the Benedictine monks in the Benedictine Federation (men). Mother Clarissa Riehl was involved with negotiations with Abbot Primate
Benno Gut in bringing about a confederation of Benedictine men and women.