History of the College of Saint Benedict, 1852-2010

History of the College of Saint Benedict:

Not found:

Historical Events of CSB

"Time of Significant Changes: 1961-1979" 1999 Historical Locations of our Educational Apostolates at the convent of St. Benedict

History of Convent and College

"Continuity and Change in the History of CSB," talk by Sister Emmanuel Renner to the CSB Development Staff, January 7, 2002;

"Benedictines Through the Centuries," by Sister Shaun O'Meara (1992) (MISSING but check in Monastery Archives)

Selected Documents dealing with the CSB History up to 1940;

(see also Monastery Archives)

"Celebrating Seventy-Fives years of the College of Saint Benedict," speech by Sister Colman O'Connell, in 1988;

Outline of Essay Topic on the contribution of the Monastery and individual sisters in the founding, administering, teaching and staffing CSB from its beginning: (outline created by S. Emmanuel Renner in 1998) (((MISSING)))

1. Decision to found the college;

a. Reasons for establishing a college;

b. Degrees of the founding sisters;

c. Key sisters involved in the establishment of the College;

d. Possible sources for finding this information;

e. Level of understanding of early CSB Sister faculty/staff

2. Progress made between 1913 and 1957 in gaining regional if not national recognition for the College:

a. NCA accreditation 1933;

b. National Speakers, e.g. Dorothy Day & Baroness De Hueck;

c. Membership in national student organizations;

d. membership in national Catholic organizations for the various disciplines;

e. DES national Catholic Honor Society, 1940.

3. Significant Contribution of the Benedictine Community to the College:

a. graduate education of sister faculty;

b. majority of faculty and staff were Sisters until 1970s;

c. the individual teaching gifts of very talented sister faculty;

d. financial contribution:

St. Teresa Hall,

Stipends rather than salaries for sister faculty

Annual gift to the College,

Sharing buildings and spaces: food service, power house, chapel, roads,

4. Significant Contribution of the College to the Formation of our Benedictine Community:

a. Bachelor Degrees to the majority of our sisters -- "an educated Community;

b. Philosophy and Theology courses aided in spiritual formation;

c. Opportunities for sisters to develop leadership skills and intellectual stimulation which lasted a lifetime and contributed to the quality of the Community;

d. Provided rich opportunities for aesthetic development:

(music, fine arts, and theater);

e. Provided rich opportunities for intellectual development of all sisters through its public lecture program;

f. After 1970 sister administrators and faculty higher salaries supplemented the stipends of many other sisters in the grade schools and high schools;

g. Ensured critical thinking skills and communication skills for the sisters who graduated from College as well as a love of learning.

(Note New Insights into the Beginnings of CSB as of Sept. 1998 to be considered in the above essay)

History of CSB Accomplishments, 1970 to 2004 and History of CSB Fundraising, 1970s to 2000;

(probably a description of the above file) U.S. News and World Report mentioned CSB along with colleges like Princeton and Columbia et al "as among those which ran counter to the trend and identified us as one where enrollment has grown 250 per cent in the last six years" October 1976

(duplicate of file ???) Chronology of Significant Events in CSB History, 1852 to 2005

Newspaper articles on early Benedictines in MN:

"College of St. Benedict Marks Golden Jubilee of Foundation," St. Cloud Visitor, April 19, 1964.

"College of St. Benedict Traces History to 1857" (April 23, 1974);

"St. Ben's given grant to chronicle Benedictine Role in State History," St. Cloud Visitor, December 27, 1979.

"The College of St. Benedict Began -On 'This Date in Central Minnesota History,'" WJON, August 25, 2011

American Benedictine Higher Education as distinguished from Monastic Life and from the rest of American Higher Education; (((MISSING)))

Roster of Leadership, 1913 to 2007;

College Leadership 1913-1961;

Separate Incorporation in 1961.

College Leadership and Governing Board History, 1961-2009;

American Benedictine Higher Education

Publication/ Article on the founders: "The challenging Early Years of the College of St. Benedict" By: Moira Wild, OSB (November 2012)