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Monasticism and religious orders

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 44 Collections and/or Records:

Religious Orders of Women Collection

 Fonds
Identifier: ROW
Scope and Content Printed material concerning the Benedictines, Oblate Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, Carmelites, Sisters of St. Casimir, Sisters of Charity, Cistercian Nuns, Sisters of St. Clare, Sisters of the Divine Savior, Dominicans, Felician Sisters, Franciscans, Good Shepherd Sisters, Holy Cross Sisters, Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth, Missionary Sisters, Servants of the Holy Spirit, Sisters of Loretto at the Foot of the Cross, Sisters of the Humility of Mary, Sisters, Servants of the...
Dates: 1900s

Religious Orders Printed Material

 Fonds
Identifier: REL
Scope and Content Pamphlets, leaflets, circulars, biographies, historical sketches, vocation booklets, newsletters, and books from religious orders and congregations throughout the United States, with information on their history, spirit, tradition, and way of life; including Benedictines, Cistercians, Franciscans, Dominicans, Trinitarians, Passionists, Carmelites, Norbertines, Jesuits, Augustinians, Sulpicians, Basilians, Vincentians, Marianists, Poor Clares, Felicians, Trappistines, Ursulines, Sisters of...
Dates: 1935-[ongoing]

Rose Eileen Masterman Papers

 Fonds
Identifier: MAS
Scope and Content Minutes, agenda, programs, reports, curricula vitae, essays, lectures, articles, book reviews, notes, lists, newsletters, brochures, circular letters, memoranda, tape recordings, photographs and correspondence; concerning the Society of Catholic College Teachers of Sacred Doctrine, College Theology Society, Fellowship of Catholic Scholars, Manresa Educational Corporation, Conference of Major Superiors of Women, Leadership Conference of Women Religious, Consortium Perfectae Caritatis, Sister...
Dates: 1946-1981.

Sister Mary Benet McKinney Papers

 Fonds
Identifier: BEN
Scope and Content

Correspondence, clippings, and publications of Sister Mary Benet McKinney, including The New Sister (1969); correspondence, reports, minutes, and clippings from the School Study Commission, 1970-1971; minutes, correspondence, reports, and office files from the Urban Apostolate of the Sisters, 1963-1976; and subject files representing the activities and interests of Sister Mary Benet McKinney, OSB; also related photographs.

Dates: 1963-1978.

Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, Kentucky Records

 Fonds
Identifier: NAZ
Scope and Content Letters, manuscripts, and typewritten transcripts of letter books and manuscripts (1809-1976); minutes of governing boards and officers of Bardstown, Kentucky (1782-1826), Washington County, Kentucky (1789-1807), and Nazareth, Kentucky (1830-1932); sacramental records, annals, lists, biographical sketches, and historical sketches; and translations of documents from the archives of the Congregatio de Propaganda Fide in the Vatican; with information on Ignatius A. Reynolds, Francis Chambige,...
Dates: 1782-1977

Sisters of Loretto Records

 Fonds
Identifier: LOR
Scope and Content Correspondence and other documents in the archives of the Congregatio de Propaganda Fide in Rome; involving the Sisters of Loretto, Father Charles Nerinckx, and Bishops Benedict Joseph Flaget, Martin John Spalding, and Francis Patrick Kenrick; letters and typewritten transcripts of letters written by or to Sisters of Loretto, including letters from bishops Simon Bruté, John Timon, CM, George A. Carrell, and Peter Joseph Lavialle; a dissertation entitled "Bishop Joseph Rosati, CM, and the...
Dates: 1806-1960.

Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods Records

 Fonds
Identifier: SPS
Scope and Content Records consisting of photocopies of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin letters; files on Coadjutrix Sisters; Jubilee and Celebration Files; Theses and Dissertations by Sisters of Providence; biographies by or about the Sisters; spiritual and theological works written or translated by Sisters; books, pamphlets and scholarly works by Sisters of Providence; and other material, including family collections from the Brassie, Haag and Shirley, and Schaaf and Kuefler families; and files on popes,...
Dates: 1839-2013.

Sisters of Saint Clare, Saginaw Records

 Fonds
Identifier: OSC
Scope and Content

Chronicles, 1990-2014, with the original handwritten version, and scanned and printed versions; files documenting the foundation process, 1989-2003; papers of sisters Bernardone Reining, Laurene Burns, Dianne Doughty, and Laura Hammel; newspaper articles, 1997-2014; and photographs.

Dates: 1918-2014.

Ursula Stepsis Papers

 Fonds
Identifier: PIO
Scope and Content

Drafts of Pioneer Healers: the History of Women Religious in American Health Care, edited by Ursula Stepsis and Dolores Liptak (New York: Crossroad, 1989). Also printed and photocopied material collected in research for the book, concerning religious ordrs that provide health care; and survey data from these orders, with some related correspondence and summaries of data.

Dates: 1954-1989 (1984-1989).

Vincentians Correspondence

 Fonds
Identifier: VIN
Scope and Content Letters, mostly to John Timon, CM. The letters are in large part from priests of the Congregation of the Mission (Vincentians) to Timon when he was at the Vincentian seminary (St. Mary-of-the-Barrens, Perryville, Missouri). Correspondents include Bishop Joseph Rosati of St. Louis, Bishop Benedict Flaget of Bardstown, Bishop Leo de Neckère of New Orleans, John Mary Odin, CM, Bishop of Galveston, later Archbishop of New Orleans, and other members of the American hierarchy, priests...
Dates: 1801-1854.

William Charles Bitting Papers

 Fonds
Identifier: BIT
Scope and Content Correspondence, memoranda, bonds, printed announcements, circulars, clippings, photographs, and religious pictures; concerning the issue of mortgage bonds and loans to churches, hospitals, religious orders, and charitable organizations including the Roman Catholic dioceses of St. Augustine, Baltimore, Detroit, Manila, San Antonio, Santa Fe, Seattle, Galveston, El Paso, Toledo, Chicago, Indianapolis, Altoona, Fort Wayne, Wheeling, Cleveland, Monterey-Fresno, Vancouver, Mobile, and Richmond;...
Dates: 1927-1932.

Xaverian Brothers. English Province Records.

 Fonds
Identifier: FXE
Scope and Content Records of the English Province of the Xaverian Brothers, consisting of provincial correspondence (1915-1976), files documenting provincial and regional government, chapters and assemblies (1878-1983), formation and vocations (1952-1987), Xaverian institutions (1872-1995), and individual Xaverians (1848-1997); with fundamental documents and reports (1865-1989), Xaverian histories and biographies (1880-1992), financial records (1876-1975), records of the Board of Governors of Xaverian...
Dates: 1848-2009

Xaverian Brothers. Northeastern Province Records

 Fonds
Identifier: FXN
Scope and Content Correspondence, memoranda, reports, financial papers, personnel statistics, wills, constitutions, biographies, histories, agreements, bulletins, jubilee booklets, eulogies, newsletters, school newspapers, documentation of general and provincial chapters and convocations, and Xaverian publications; concerning the foundation of the congregation by Theodore James Ryken, its development, government, rule of life, apostolates, schools, and foreign missions, and the formation and spirituality of...
Dates: 1845-[ongoing].

Xaverian Brothers Records

 Fonds
Identifier: CFX
Scope and Content Office files of the American Province (1875-1960) and of the American Central Province (1960-1974), dossiers (1816-1977), basic documents (1869-1964), financial records (1818-1974), correspondence (1881-1974), and subject files (1896-1973). Correspondents include Martin John Spalding, James Cardinal Gibbons, and many other bishops. Office files of Xaverian institutions (1820-1974); personal papers of Xaverians (1871-1974); with manuscripts of Brother Aubert Downey's Ryken: Life...
Dates: 1816-[ongoing]