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Benedictine
Sisters (OSB)
Major Superior: Sister Jacqueline Ernster,
OSB
Sacred Heart Monastery
1005 West 8th Street
Yankton, SD 57075
Diocesan
Locations (serving Madonna, North American Martyrs School)
Benedictine Sisters
5540 Glade Street
Lincoln, NE 68506
Benedictine
Sisters Emmanuel Convent
5441 Glade Street
Lincoln, NE 68506
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In
1957, Mother Jerome Schmidt, prioress of the Benedictine Sisters of
the Sacred Heart Monastery in Yankton, South Dakota, announced the
foundation of the Mother of God Daughterhouse in Pierre, South Dakota.
The first members of this new foundation moved to Pierre in 1961.
The community moved to Watertown, South Dakota, in 1967. In 2001,
the Sisters celebrated their forieth anniversary as an independent
monastery.
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Major
Superior: Sister Judith Fischer, O.S.B.
Mother of God Monastery
110 28th Avenue, SE
Watertown, SD 57201-4818
Diocesan
Location (serving Madonna and St. John School)
Sister M. Sheila Sweeney, O.S.B.
Bethany House
5542 Glade Street
Lincoln, NE 68506
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Benedictine Sisters
of Sacred Heart Monastery
The Benedictines
of Sacred Heart Monastery, Yankton, South Dakota, trace their beginnings
back to 1874 when five Sisters came from Marie Rickenbach in Switzerland
to teach in Maryville, Missouri. In 1880, Sacred Heart Monastery was
born. It was moved to Yankton in 1908.
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Major
Superior: Sister Barbara Austin, O.S.B.
St. Joseph Monastery
2200 S. Lewis
Tulsa, OK 74114
Diocesan
Location: (serving Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary)
Sister Stephen Larson, O.S.B.
1916 South 77th Street
Lincoln, NE 68506
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Benedictine Sisters
of Saint Joseph Monastery
In 1879, Benedictine Sisters from Pennsylvania founded the Community
of Saint Joseph Monastery in Creston, Iowa. In 1889, the Sisters began
teaching in Guthrie, Oklahoma Territory. In 1892, the Motherhouse was
moved to Guthrie. In 1955, the Motherhouse was re-established in Tulsa,
Oklahoma.
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