Term browse - Monastery Customs (2024)

A BENEDICTINE MARTYROLOGY

Hardback, 342 pages, St. John's Abbey, Collegeville, 1922

Apostolic Delegation Documents: women religious and temporal goods, the sacraments of penance and Holy Communion, the habit.

Directives from Rome may come through the apostolic delegate or apostolic delegation.

Blessing of the Wine, Feast of Saint John the Evangelist, December 27

typed papers, Ferdinand, 2001

BOOK OF CUSTOMS, 1942, 1957, ____, 1964

Mimeographed, duplicated, in-house, Ferdinand, 1942, 1957, _____, 1964

Christmas "Gloria in Excelsis Deo"

This rendition of the "Gloria in Excelsis Deo" was and is traditionally sung by the Ferdinand Benedictines Christmas Eve before Midnight Mass or to awaken the sisters before Midnight Mass.

Clothing Prayers

Typed, decorated, prayer sheets, beginnings through 1960's

Clothing, Garb, Habit (Habits), Religious Clothing, Habit Change

Papers, articles, photographs (June 12, 1968), 2014, Ferdinand

"Clothing," "Preferential Voting" Community Days (December, 1975 and January 2-7, 1976)

Clothing, official habit, and wearing the veil were important community issues in 1975-1976. These cassettes include AC0332, AC0333, AC0334, AC0335, AC0336, AC0337, AC0338.

CONSTITUTION (1912)

duplicated copy of constitution of 1912, English, 83 pages, Ferdinand, Indiana

CONSTITUTION (1912) VORREDE ZUR ANWENDUNG DER REGEL DES HL. VATERS BENEDIKT FUER DIE BENEDIKTINERENNEN DES KLOSTERS DER UNBEFLECTEN EMP....

Hardback, bound, duplicated, German, 83 pages, hardbound, duplicated English, 83 pages 1912.

Constitution (Rule of St. Benedict)

Handwritten, Latin, Ferdinand, circa 1867

CONSTITUTIONEN ZUR REGEL DAS HEILIGEN VATERS BENEDICTUS

Paperback, 152 pages, German, Bonn, 1867, poor condition

Customary Prayers: Chapter, Meal (Table), Retreat, SUB TUUM, Perpetual Adoration, Book of Devotions, NOVICE MANUAL (See "Finding Aids.")

Booklets, paper copies, Ferdinand, St. Meinrad, mostly undated, 1893-2003

Good Friday Culpa Chapter

Bound booklets, mounted culpa cards, (English/German) Ferdinand

KLOSTERLICHE BRAUCHE (Monastic Customs)

KLOSTERLICHE BRAUCHE appears only in Copy 3 (black binding) of ANWENDUNG. A copy of the original was not made for this file to avoid handling the original.

List of Monastery Immaculate Conception's Handwritten German Documents Which Have Been/Are Being Translated Into English by Eberhard Reichmann and Ruth Reichmann

2 typed working copies of list; 2 typed final copies of list

Monastery House Meeting Minutes; Monastery Meetings, Monastery House Meeting Agendas;

General House Meeting notes and minutes have been issued since the early 1970s.

Monastery Immaculate Conception Chapel, Bells (The Bell Book)

Bound booklets, printed in house, Ferdinand, undated, 1978

"Personal Budget" (August 4, 1971)

The concept of personal budgets was introduced to the community in 1971.

Prayer Chain/Prayer Partners Program

The prayer-chain custom may have begun in 1968, succeeded by the prayer partners program in 1979-1980. The prayer partners program has one community member praying for another community member. Names are drawn for the matches.

Prayers, Regulations

Copies, Ferdinand, many undated

"Spiritual Renewal of the Community: 1989-1998"

Sister Maria Tasto, O.S.B., is a Ferdinand Benedictine. Her presentation is an historical overview of actions taken during the period from 1989 to 1998, to enhance the spiritual growth of the community through customs and practices. Topics covered are: Community, Prayer, Hospitality, Service.

WAHL DER OBERIN (ELECTION OF PRIORESS)

handwritten copy in German, typed copy in German; handwritten copy translated into English, typed copy translated into English; another typed translation (2 8.5x11 pages)

WHERE HAVE ALL THE CUSTOMS GONE? GINGLES

Where Have All the Customs Gone? and Gingles (Jingles) are original works by Sr. Carla (Mary Charles) Mitchell. In the first work, she recalls her earliest days in the monastery. Gingles (Jingles) is a series of verse on various subjects.