Rosina Baumgartner and Molly Brockwell
Recorded
August 13, 2009
41:33 minutes
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Id:
dde000306
Description
Sister Rosina Baumgartner, O.S.B. (87) tells her sister in community, Sister Molly Brockwell, O.S.B. (46), of her decision to join the sisters of Mount St. Scholastica and describes the changes she saw in the community with the coming of Vatican II.Subject Log / Time Code
Sister Rosina describes her childhood in Atchison, KS, and her decision to enter the Mount St. Scholastica community.
Sister Rosina remembers her classmates upon entering monastic life in 1944 and shares her novitiate stories.
The women remember The Great Impostor.
Sister Rosina describes the changes she saw during Vatican II, including the end of the coif.
Sister Rosina tells Sister Molly of the increasing freedom sisters found during Vatican II, particularly the freedom to control their own finances and earnings.
Sister Rosina remembers her travels to the Holy Land
Participants
- Rosina Baumgartner
- Molly Brockwell
Venue / Recording Kit
Tier
Partnership
Partnership Type
OutreachInitiatives
Keywords
- anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
- apprenticeships
- Atchison, KS
- Benedictine sisters
- coif
- craft, skills, and procedures
- historical events/people
- Mary Theresa Baumgartner (baptismal name)
- memories of former times
- memories of growing up
- Money
- Mount St. Scholastica
- novitiate
- Pastoral Ministry
- personal experiences
- school day memories
- Sister Mary Austin, O.S.B.
- Sister Mary Paul, O.S.B.
- The Great Impostor
- the Holy Land
- Vatican II