Benedictine Sisters of Chicago     

The Benedictine Sisters of Chicago Community Archivist, Sister Virginia Jung, OSB, hosted the Chicago Open Archives event: Columbia Welcomes the World: Benedictine Sisters and Students at the World’s Fair on Sunday, October 7, 2018, in the St. Scholastica Monastery community room. In conjunction with the Illinois Bicentennial, Chicago Area Archivists decided that the 2018 Chicago Open Archives events would aim to highlight items and collections that celebrate Illinois with th

Sister Virginia Jung, OSB, left was interviewed by Chicago Area Archivists to help promote the Chicago Open Archives opportunity this coming Fall. As the Archivist for the Benedictine Sisters of Chicago, Sister Virginia Jung, OSB, joined the Chicago Area Archivists organization to help connect her with other archivists as well as provide opportunities to help promote the community archives. The CAA introduced the Open Archives Chicago event idea to Sister Virginia which she h

On Friday October 20th, 2017, community archivist, Sister Virginia Jung, OSB (at the podium, right) organized an Open Archives Event featuring the life of Miriam Wilson, OSB and her work as prison chaplain and death penalty abolitionist. Archival materials of Sister Miriam’s monastic life that influenced her work as chaplain at Cook County Jail were exhibited on several tables for patrons to read before a performance of “Miriam, In Her Own Words” by the Northwind Players of t