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 Benedictine Men & Women of Courage: Roots and History
Sister Ann Kessler, O.S.B. Professor Emerita, Mount Marty College This lavishly illustrated book was originally published in 1996, and is graciously offered online by the author at the request of the many students of Sister Ann who have found it a unique and invaluable resource in their study of monastic history. Sister Ann has lectured on Benedictine history to nuns, monks, laymen and women within and outside monastic walls. Unrevised versions of the manuscript, or videos of her classes, have been used by Benedictines in formation, directors, oblates, and others at a variety of monasteries of men and women not only in the U.S.A., but also abroad. She has been encouraged to publish this work by Benedictine monks and nuns as well as laymen and women who have expressed interest in a single edition of fifteen Benedictine centuries which includes men and women -- Americans, Australians, Europeans, Africans and Asians -- bringing the history of the Benedictines from the sixth century to the present. Sister Ann Kessler joined the Benedictines at Sacred Heart Monastery, Yankton, South Dakota in 1945. Under the name, Sister Verona, which she was given on entrance to the novitiate, she received her B.A. from Mount Marty College, an M.A. from Creighton University and a Ph.D. in history from the University of Notre Dame. After Vatican II, her baptismal name was restored and most of her years as a professor at Mount Marty College she has been Sister Ann. She has also been a visiting professor at Marquette University.
The fu ll text of each chapter of the book is available as a .pdf file (Adobe Acrobat required). Large files can take some time to download. RENOWNED DESERT FATHERS AND MOTHERS
ST. BASIL THE GREAT
EVAGRIUS
BYZANTINE AND ROMAN NUNS
ST. AUGUSTINE
FRENCH MONASTICS
JOHN CASSIAN (c. 360-435)
NUNS, RULES AND THE INTELLECTUAL CHALLENGE
SPANISH MONASTICISM
EARLY IRISH MONASTICS
SAINT BENEDICT
THE RULE OF BENEDICT
ST. SCHOLASTICA
DOUBLE MONASTERIES
BRITAIN
ENGLISH ABBESSES WITH QUASI-EPISCOPAL POWERS
NOTABLE ENGLISH MONKS AND THEIR MONASTERIES
MONASTIC MISSIONARIES IN THE GERMAN LANDS
SAINTS BONIFACE AND LIOBA
EXPANSION IN THE IBERIAN PENINSULA
MONASTICISM EXPANDS IN THE ITALIAN PENINSULA
CANONS AND CANONESSES
Chapter 3: Carolingian and Cluniac Centuries (905 KB)  ALCUIN
FEUDALISM AND ITS EFFECTS ON MONASTICISM
BENEDICT OF ANIANE
LITERATURE, ART AND ARCHITECTURE
ANSGAR'S MISSION APOSTOLATE
CLUNY
THE FAMOUS ABBOTS OF CLUNY
CLUNIAC NUNS
ESSENCE OF THE REFORM
ARTS AND LETTERS
MONKS IN THE ITALIAN PENINSULA
ENGLISH BENEDICTINES
NON-CLUNIAC COMMUNITIES OF WOMEN ON THE CONTINENT
CISTERCIAN AND TRAPPIST REFORMS
LIFE WITHIN THE MONASTIC WALLS
CLOISTER OR LACK OF IT
OBSERVANCE RELATED TO SIZE
NOTABLE GERMANIC NUNS AND THEIR MONASTERIES
GANDERSHEIM
ELIZABETH OF SCHONAU AND HILDEGARD OF BINGEN
THIRTEENTH CENTURY HELFTA MYSTICS
NUNS IN CRISIS
ABELARD AND HELOISE, TWELFTH CENTURY INTELLECTUALS
RISE AND FALL OF MONASTERIES
UNIVERSITY MONK-SCHOLARS
NUNS’ ATTEMPTS TO SURVIVE MALE AUTHORITY AS WELL AS THE BLACK DEATH
CONCILIAR AND SYNODAL IMPACT ON ENGLISH AND OTHER MONASTICS
ENGLISH CHURCH-STATE CONTROVERSIES
MONKS OF SAINT ALBANS AND CHRISTINA OF MARKYATE, MYSTIC
JULIAN OF NORWICH, MYSTIC
ROCHESTER, GLASTONBURY AND MALMESBURY
SAINT ANSELM
LANFRANC AND ANSELM OF CANTERBURY
NORMAN INFLUENCE
PETER THE VENERABLE
ABORTIVE REFORM CAMPAIGNS
THE BENEDICTINA
BENEDICTINE BRANCHES
NEW REFORM CONGREGATIONS OF BLACK BENEDICTINES
SAINT JUSTINA (CASSINESE)
NUNS AND THE CASSINESE
KASTEL
COUNCIL-INSPIRED REFORMS
MELK
NUNS AND GERMANIC REFORMS
SWISS, FRENCH AND PORTUGESE MONKS
SPANISH MONKS AND NUNS
HUNGARIAN AND ITALIAN MONKS AND NUNS
LUTHERANISM IN THE GERMANIC PRINCIPALITIES
REFORMATION AFFECTS SWISS, SCANDINAVIAN, AND DUTCH MONASTICISM
THE TUDOR DESTRUCTION OF ENGLISH AND IRISH MONASTICISM
THE MAID OF KENT
FINAL DISSOLUTION
Chapter 7: Trent to Revolution (1023 KB) BENEDICTINE PRAYER AND STUDY IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
LATIN AMERICAN FOUNDATIONS
TRAPPISTS AND MECHITARISTS
WOMEN SAINTS, SCHOLARS, AND FOUNDERS
A FEMININE WOULD-BE MAURIST
MARTENE AND MONTFAUCON
MABILLON
THE MAURISTS
VANNISTS
CONTINENTAL DEVELOPMENTS
POST-PURITAN ENGLAND
OTHER ENGLISH AND IRISH NUNS OUTSIDE ENGLAND
DOM BAKER, LADY ABBESS GASCOIGNE AND DAME GERTRUDE MORE
THE ENGLISH CONGREGATION
POST-CONCILIAR CONGREGATIONS
Chapter 8: Dissolution and Restoration - French Revoluiton to Napoleon (918 KB) MONKS UNSUCESSFULLY ATTEMPT RESTORATION
FATE OF INDIVIDUAL MONKS AND NUNS
ENGLISH MONKS AND NUNS RETURN TO THEIR ISLAND HOME
EMIGRES ON THE CONTINENT
THE PRISON SHIPS
ALTERNATIVES TO MARTYRDOM
OTHERS WHO DID NOT SURVIVE
THE SEPTEMBER MASSACRES
NUN-MARTYRS
SECULARIZATION BREACHES THE BORDERS
THE NAPOLEONIC ERA
CONCLUSION
GUERANGER RESTORES SOLESMES
SOLESMES NUNS
PIERRE QUI VIRE
RISE AND FALL OF FRENCH MONASTERIES
THE FRENCH LAIC LAWS, 1880-1905
THE SOLESMES EXPULSION
DELINQUENT TAXES
NINETEENTH CENTURY REFORMS IN ITALY
ITALIAN LAIC LAWS
SECULARIZATION IN SPAIN AND PORTUGAL
EXPANSION OF GERMAN-LANGUAGE MONASTERIES
BEURON ABBEY
ST. OTTILIEN
SWITZERLAND
EASTERN EUROPEAN BENEDICTINES
BELGIAN MONASTICS
Chapter 10: Benedictine Roots in North America and Australia (4090 KB) METTEN TO PENNSYLVANIA
TO BREW OR NOT TO BREW
BENEDICTINE NUNS ARRIVE IN THE STATES
PENNSYLVANIA TO MINNESOTA
THE BENEDICTINE SISTERS IN MINNESOTA
BEGINNINGS IN KANSAS
SISTERS IN ATCHISON
ST. VINCENT'S AND ST. MARY'S FOUNDATIONS MULTIPLY
MARTIN MARTY (1834-1896)
SWISS NUNS FROM THE MOUNTAINS TO MISSOURI AND THE DAKOTA PLAINS
BENEDICTINES IN THE SOUTHERN MISSIONS
FRENCH MONKS IN THE STATES
BENEDICTINES IN AUSTRALIA
NEW NORCIA ABBEY
BENEDICTINE NUNS IN AUSTRALIA
THE GOOD SAMARITAN BENEDICTINE SISTERS SUBIACO AND FOREIGN CONGREGATIONS LEAVE FRANCE
ENGLISH AND SWISS MONKS LEAVE FRANCE
THE DIOCESAN CLERGY ALTERNATIVE
SUPPRESSION OF ALL CATHOLIC SCHOOLS
BENEDICTINE NUNS UNDER THE LAW OF '04.
FATE OF MONASTIC PROPERTIES
DISPOSITION OF THE SOLESMES CONGREGATION PROPERTIES
WAR AND POST-WAR
AFTERMATH OF VATICAN II
THE FOREIGN MISSION APOSTOLATE
LATIN AMERICA
BENEDICTINES IN AFRICA
BENEDICTINES IN ASIA
ISRAEL
AUSTRALIA
THE LAST DECADE OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
OLIVETANS
VALLOMBROSIANS
CAMALDOLESE
MONASTICS: BROTHERS, NUNS AND PRIESTS
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION
English Language Bibliography (241 KB) SEE CHAPTER ENDNOTES FOR INTERVIEWS, ARCHIVAL, UNPUBLISHED, AND FRENCH, GERMAN, AND ITALIAN SOURCES NOT LISTED HERE
Abundant thanks are due to Amanda Kneifl, student at Mount Marty College, for her generous hours of editing work on this project. |
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