This guide was compiled for young women interested in religious life.

A Benedictine Life Weekend gives a single Catholic woman an opportunity to experience the Benedictine way of life. Weeks carry the invitation "Come & See. Come and See).

Sister Rosemary Rexing, Vocation Director, worked with Pat Fagan of Keller Cresent, member of Vocation Advisory Council, on vocation advertising.

The Vocation Workshop (Vocations Workshop) Program was placed under the Spirituality Ministry Umbrella in late 2007.

The Sisters of St. Benedict of Ferdinand, Indiana, initiated their web site, <thedome.org>, in late 1996. The website was remodeled and grew significantly during the period covered in this file. Also, For Heaven's Sake gift shop (now Monastery Gift Shop) expanded its online catalog, ordering and shipping.

TEC (Teenagers Encounter Christ) is a Catholic movement of spirituality for older adolescents and young adults.

Marketing materials from the Communications Office in news clipping, magazines, T.V. programs, and other types of media and print.

Sister Anita Louise Lowe, Vocation Director, submitted this history in June, 2001

This publication lists religious ministries in the United States.

JOURNEY WITH US is a book for persons discerning a religious vocation or church ministry.

This document was formulated by the Vocation Committee, Admissions Board, administration, and formation staff.

Grant money was requested for the annual Vocation Workshop and an outreach program.

This camp was initiated in summer, 2001. Sister Jenny Schmitt, assistant vocation director, was director of the program.

Serra is an organization of Catholic men and women representing various backgrounds and ages who have come together to foster and promote vocations.

Sister Vivian Ramos, O.S.B., Ferdinand Benedictine participated in a panel discussion at the N.R.V.C. Convocation.

Sister Joella Kidwell submitted Admission Board records to the archives on March 4, 1999. Most of these were from 1992 through 1999.

The Vocation Advisory Committee developed into the Vocation Advisory Council.

The Vocations Department produces this newsheet, sending copies to prospective community members.

CHOICE is a handbook for Catholic young adults seeking their place in a lifetime ministry. Paperbacks, National Vocation Conference, Evanston, 1994-1997. CHOICE contains advertisements and business reply cards for men's and women's religious communities and missionary communities. The Ferdinand Benedictines is one of the advertisers.

These are vocation booklets published by the Ferdinand Benedictines.

These materials represent vocation efforts by Sister Rosemary Rexing, Vocation Director in the 1990s.

The Ferdinand Benedictines' active vocation promotional efforts began in the 1940's. In this file are numerous vocation pieces dealing principally with vocation awareness efforts within the community. (Vocation Promotional Materials)

Sisters from Ferdinand have served in the Diocesan Vocation Office.

Sister Diane Fischer was Vocations Directress from 1980-1985

The interview was in connection with a WALL STREET JOURNAL article about the monastery's vocation efforts.

To these advertisements, many of which were submitted by Vocation Advisory Council members, the Ferdinand Benedictines owe the success of their 1992-2001 vocation promotion efforts.

This guide was compiled principally for young women interested in religious life.

VISION is an annual religious vocation discernment handbook. Sister Vivian Ramos of Ferdinand appears on the cover of the 2008 VISION and on a poster enclosed.

These magazines carry advertisements designed by Sister Rosemary Rexing, Ferdinand's Vocation Director.

These are vocation publications (vocation materials) produced by the Ferdinand Benedictines.

These are vocation publications (vocation materials) produced by the Ferdinand Benedictines. These vocation pieces carry information for women interested in religious life, particularly the Benedictine way of life.

The "Making Vocations Your Success Story" workshops are held in cooperation with Kordes Enrichment Center. Vocations directors have been Sister Rose Mary Rexing and Sister Anita Louise Lowe. The first such workshop was held in 1994.

The VAC is made up of community members and lay persons. The Council began as the Vocation Advisory Committee. Minutes, Vocation related activities, Vocation Advisory Council Members, Ferdinand, 1993 present

Vocation volunteers are asked to help with the vocation ministry by contacting women at different levels of interest in religious life. These efforts are referred to as vocation opportunities.

Sister Rose Mary Rexing, O.S.B., of Ferdinand, wrote two of these articles while vocations director. Articles by Sister Anita Lowe, O.S.B., appear in the other issures.

This study was made to discover how the Ferdinand Benedictines were perceived in 1989-1990.

Many of these materials were printed under the direction of Mindpower, the marketing firm from Atlanta, Georgia, hired by the Sisters of St. Benedict in 2008. This collection contains brochures, pamphlets, prayer cards, and a CD. These items were created by the Sisters of St. Benedict of Ferdinand, Indiana, between 2006 and the present.

The Vocation Committee is made up of sisters only. The tapes,. S

The title of the article describing the CVMA conference is "Where the Billy Boils." In this folder are the progams of the Ireland and Australia conferences. Sisters from Ferdinand attended both conferences in both Australia (2005) and Irleland (2007).