Benedictine Sisters of Elk County, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Place of Birth: Waal, Bavaria, Germany
About Benedictine Sisters of Elk County
- The Benedictines Sisters of Elk County were a religious congregation established in Marienstadt, Pennsylvania in 1852 by three sisters from St.
- Walburge Abbey in Bavaria.
- There they established St.
- Joseph Monastery, the first convent of Benedictine Sisters in North America.
- They opened a school for girls, St.
- Benedict Academy, and in 1933 expanded their apostolate into healthcare, becoming the owner and operator of Andrew Kaul Memorial Hospital in St.
- Marys. Daughter houses were established in Erie, Pennsylvania (Mount St.
- Benedict Monastery - 1856), Newark, New Jersey (St.
- Gertrude Monastery - 1857), and St.
- Cloud, Minnesota (Saint Benedict's Monastery) which became separate congregations in their own right. Over time the members of the congregation aged while fewer candidates entered the community; the monastery itself was in need of repair.
- In January 2014, the 17 nuns remaining voted to dissolve the community.
- They then dispersed to either assisted living facilities or to some other Benedictine monasteries. The Benedictines Sisters of Elk County are the foundational community of the Congregation of St.
- Scholastica, a federation of the monasteries which trace their heritage to St.
- Joseph Monastery,
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