Divine Office - Sisters of St. Benedict Archives (2024)

A SHORT BREVIARY FOR RELIGIOUS AND LAITY

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This is a breviary for religious and the laity.

St. John's Abbey Monks

ADVENT-CHRISTMAS, MORNING AND EVENING PRAISE FOR ADVENT AND CHRISTMAS, Volume One; LENT - EASTER, Volume Two

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Permission to reprint text and music was obtained for use by the Ferdinand Benedictines.

Compiled by Worship Staff of Monastery Immaculate Conception

ANTIPHONALE MONASTICUM PRO DIURNIS HORIS No. 818

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A Solesmensibus Monachis

BREVIARIUM MONASTICUM, pro omnibus sub regula S. P. Benedicti militantibus

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This Latin breviary was used by Alban Berling, O.S.B., monastery/academy chaplain from St. Meinrad.

Tomus Prior

Commentaries on the "O Antiphons"; O Antiphons (Great Antiphons)

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The "O Antiphons," sung traditionally as the Magnificat antiphons from December 17-23, belong to a centuries old advent liturgical tradition.

Sisters of St. Benedict, Ferdinand, Indiana

Copies of Benedictus, Magnificat, Divine Praises (in Tones and Modes) for use at Monastery Church Organ

Quilty and Co. installed the Organ

Liturgical Music, Latin

DIVINE PRAISE, an adaptation of the Day Hours of the Benedictine Monastic Breviary (English Translation)

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This English breviary was intended primarily for the use of the Benedictine Brothers in St. Meinrad Abbey.

St. Meinrad's Abbey

ENGLISH MATINS OF THE MONASTIC BREVIARY (Psalms, Common Office, Proper of the Seasons, Proper of the Saints)

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The Ferdinand Benedictines began compiling and producing their own Liturgy of the Hours books in the late 50s. Accession #790, in conjunction with this file, contains the letters of Mother Julia Goebel and a monk of Blue Cloud Abbey, regarding the request from Curia (Cong. for Sacred Rites) for Rome's approval of the vernacular text of this book of Matins.

Benedictine Sisters of the Congregation of St. Gertrude the Great, Ferdinand, Indiana

FIRST BENEDICTINE CONVENT IN THE UNITED STATES AND THE WORK OF GOD

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• File
• 1997-10-16

Typed dissertation, 68 pages, St. Marys, PA, 1985

Sisters of Saint Benedict, Ferdinand, Indiana

History of "Opus Dei," History of the Divine Office, History of Community Prayer, Little Office of the B Virgin

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Through these lists of information drawn from many sources, the development of community prayer at Monastery Immaculate Conception can be traced.

Sisters of St. Benedict, Monastery Immaculate Conception, Ferdinand, Indiana

Letters between Joseph E. Ritter, Bishop of Indianapolis, and Mother Seraphine Kordes Authorizing the Community's Reciting the Divine Office.

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The Ferdinand community received permission to recite the Divine Office in 1936 from Bishop Ritter.

Kordes, Seraphine

Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary/BREVIARIUM MONASTICUM

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The sisters at Monastery Immaculate Conception recited the Office of the Blessed Virgin from 1867 through 1937 when they began the Divine Office in Latin. The 1900 Latin-German book is on display in the quadrangle.

Liturgical Publications for Divine Office and Eucharistic Celebrations, Latin and English

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These booklets were compiled for liturgical use by the sisters and used for specific celebrations. Most are undated.

Compiled by Sisters of St. Benedict, Ferdinand, Indiana

Liturgy of the Hours 1980's Ordinary Times/Temporal Companion Book

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The Ferdinand Benedictines began compiling their own Liturgy of the Hours books with numerous addenda in the 1970's.

Worship Staff, Sisters of St. Benedict, Monastery Immaculate Conception, Ferdinand, Indiana

Liturgy of the Hours 1990's / Midday Prayer

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• File
• 2023-06-08

This Midday Prayer Book was presented to the community and used on October 26, 1996. Liturgists: Sister Michelle Mohr and Sister Mary Karen Hill (signed)

Monastery Liturgy Department, Sisters of St. Benedict, Ferdinand, Indiana

MORNING AND EVENING PRAISE DURING ORDINARY TIME AND COMMON FEASTS

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The "Acknowledgments" provide all the sources for this publication which the sisters began using for the Divine Office in 1992.

Compiled by Worship Staff of the Monastery Immaculate Conception

NOON PRAISE (Used for Noon Praise from 1986 to 1996)

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The psalms for this publication were taken from THE PSALMS, copyright 1963, 1986, Ladies of the Grail.

Compiled by Sisters of St. Benedict, Ferdinand, Indiana

OFFICIUM MAJORIS HEBDOMADAE A DOMINUM IN PALMIS USQUE AD SABBATUM IN ALBIS

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These are well used books, some of them carrying the first monastery seal. The book used by Mother Seraphine Kordes is in her collection.

Sacrorum Rituum Congregatio

Psalm Books Marked for Use at the Organ

The psalms are marked with tones for chanting.

Liturgical Music, Latin

ROMAN BREVIARY IN ENGLISH

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This set of breviaries was used for work copies and reference by the monastery.

Nelson, Rt. Rev. Msgr. Joseph A., D.D.

SEASON OF ADVENT/CHRISTMAS; LITURGY OF THE HOURS

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This SEASON OF ADVENT/CHRISTMAS; LITURGY OF THE HOURS was produced under the direction of Sister Michelle Mohr and Sister Mary Karen Hill.

Sisters of St. Benedict, Monastery Immaculate Conception, Ferdinand, Indiana

THE MONASTIC DIURNAL

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Benedictine Sisters of the Congregation of St. Gertrude the Great

THE MONASTIC DIURNAL OR THE DAY HOURS OF THE MONASTIC BREVIARY IN LATIN AND ENGLISH SECOND EDITION, according to the reforms of Pope Pius X

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The Sisters of St. Benedict in Ferdinand began using this Latin-English breviary on February 10, 1958, changing to the vernacular on this day.

Monks of St. John's Abbey, Collegeville, Minnesota, Compiled by

Tierce and Mary Canticles

Liturgical Music, Latin, Divine Office