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Listen III June 2020 The General Norms: Listen I and The Specific Norms: Listen II of the Federation of St. Gertrude The Monastery Norms: Listen III “The Spirit’s Call into the Unknown Future” Benedictine Sisters of Pontifical Right 1990 Monastery Immaculate Conception Ferdinand, Indiana Revised: 2020 Adopted by The Fifteenth Federation Chapter August 8-12, 1985 Revised by The Sixteenth Federation Chapter June 23-29, 1987 Approved by The Apostolic See November 16, 1989 1 Promulgated by The Federation President February 10, 1990 Latest Revision of Specific Norms Adopted 2017 Monastery Norms Adopted 1994 Revised Norms Adopted June 2020 CONGREGATIO PRO INSTITUTIS VITAE CONSECRATAE ET SOCIETATIBUS VITAE APOSTOLICAE Prot. n. S 67-1/86 DECREE This Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life by virtue of its authority to erect, guide and promote institutes of consecrated life, after careful consideration of the constitutions presented by the Benedictine Federation of St. Gertrude, acceding to the request of the President and her Council, herewith approves, within the limits of canon law, these same constitutions as amended according to the observations of this Congregation. May the generous living of these constitutions encourage all the Sisters of the Federation to an ever-deeper commitment to their consecrated life in accordance with the spirit of St. Benedict and under the constant protection of St. Gertrude. Given at Rome, November 16, 1989 Feast of Saint Gertrude 2 FEDERATION OF ST. GERTRUDE Mount St. Benedict Monastery, 620 East Summit Ave. Crookston, MN 56716 DECREE OF PROMULGATION I, Sister Mary Anselm Hammerling, OSB, President of the Federation of St. Gertrude, having obtained the consent of my Council, hereby promulgate THE GENERAL NORMS: LISTEN I and THE SPECIFIC NORMS: LISTEN II as the official documents of proper law for the Federation and its member monasteries as approved by Decree of the Apostolic See dated November 16, 1989, the Feast of St. Gertrude. I hereby further declare that THE GENERAL NORMS: LISTEN I and THE SPECIFIC NORMS: LISTEN II shall take effect within the Federa- tion and its member monasteries on this day, February 10, 1990, the Feast of St. Scholastica. Given at Mount St. Benedict Monastery, Crookston, Minnesota, U.S.A. February 10, 1990 Feast of Saint Scholastica Sister Mary Anselm Hammerling, OSB Our Lady of Grace Monastery St. Scholastica Monastery St. Martin Monastery Beech Grove, IN Fort Smith, AR Rapid City, SD Our Lady of Peace Monastery Holy Spirit Monastery Sacred Heart Monastery Columbia, MO Grand Terrace, CA Richardton, ND Monastery of St. Gertrude Queen of Angels Monastery Mother of God Monastery Cottonwood, ID Mt. Angel, OR Watertown, SD Mount St. Benedict Monastery House of Bread Monastery St. Benedict’s Monastery Crookston, MN Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada Winnipeg, MB, Canada Monastery Immaculate Conception Sacred Heart Monastery Ferdinand, IN Yankton, SD In process of dissolution: Affiliated Monastery 2008 Affiliated Monastery 2008 Monastery of St. Benedict Center Holy Wisdom Monastery Dwelling Place Monastery Madison, WI Madison, WI Martin, KY 3 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The Federation of St. Gertrude is grateful to the members of the Federation Chapters from 1967 through 1987 and to all the sisters of the member monasteries for their untiring efforts in bringing about an effective renewal of their monastic way of life. Their love and labor, as well as the legacy left by those who preceded them, have enabled the revision of these Federation documents to be realized. The Federation of St. Gertrude is also deeply grateful to the various committee members and consultants whose love for the Church and the Benedictine way of life has encouraged this work of revision. ABBREVIATIONS RB The Rule of St. Benedict (RB 1980) H Heritage of the Federation of St. Gertrude I Introductory Norms G The General Norms: Listen I S The Special Norms: Listen II C The Code of Canon Law 4 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION HERITAGE OF MONASTERY IMMACULATE CONCEPTION PROLOGUE SECTION I. HERITAGE OF THE FEDERATION OF ST. GERTRUDE SECTION II. INTRODUCTORY NORMS SECTION III. THE GENERAL NORMS AND THE SPECIFIC NORMS: THE FEDERATION A. MEMBERSHIP B. GOVERNMENT 1. The Federation Chapter 2. The Federation President 3. The Federation Council C. VISITATIONS D. CONCILIATION PROCESS E. THE GENERAL NORMS AND THE SPECIFIC NORMS: AMENDMENTS AND REVISIONS SECTION IV. THE GENERAL NORMS AND THE SPECIFIC NORMS: THE MEMBER MONASTERIES A. CALL TO COMMUNITY 1. The Prioress 2. The Monastic Chapter 3. The Monastic Council B. CALL TO CONVERSION AND COMMITMENT 1. Monastic Formation 2. Monastic Stewardship 3. Monastic Profession 4. Permanent Transfer 5. Separation from Monastery C. CALL TO PRAISE D. CALL TO PRESENCE EPILOGUE GLOSSARY CATALOGUE OF CONTENTS 5 INTRODUCTION Charism M 3. Attempting to fulfill God’s call through both prayer and work, the sisters of Monastery Immaculate Conception Ferdinand, Indiana, identify themselves through the Benedictine charism entrusted to them. Purpose M 4. We, the Sisters of St. Benedict of Ferdinand, Indiana, are monastic women seeking God through the Benedictine tradition of community life, prayer, hospitality and service to others. By our life of prayer and work, we commit ourselves to be a presence of peace as we join our sisters and brothers in the common search for God. (Mission Statement, December 31, 2002) The more immediate origins of the monastery may be attributed to St. Walburg Abbey, Eichstatt, Bavaria, Germany, founded in 1035. It was from this renowned institution that three nuns came to the United States in 1852 to establish the Order of St. Benedict for women in St. Mary’s, Elk County, Pennsylvania. At this time, the nuns were called to teach the children of German Catholic immigrants. From St. Joseph Monastery in St. Mary’s, the nuns soon branched to Erie, Pennsylvania (1856), to Covington, Kentucky (1859), and then from Covington, Kentucky to Ferdinand, Indiana in 1867. On August 20, 1867, four Benedictines arrived in Ferdinand from Covington. Here they instructed the children of St. Ferdinand Parish. After adding a two-story brick building to their original framed home, these pioneer women in 1870 opened Academy Immaculate Conception, a boarding school for girls. The sisters operated the school from 1870 to 2000. Between 1876 and l878, members of the Ferdinand foundation began teaching in St. Meinrad, Indiana; Rockport, Indiana; and Standing Rock, South Dakota. In 1878, the sisters sent teachers to Arkansas, where in 1879 they founded the first of five daughter houses. The other four were later established in Belcourt, North Dakota in 1956 (closed 2004), Beech Grove, Indiana in 1956, Grand Terrace, California in 1966 (closed 2012), and Martin, Kentucky in 1982. The contemplative community of Our Lady Queen Monastery originally was formed by members of the Walsh family in Durham, North Carolina, in 1970; the Ferdinand Benedictines established them in Labadieville, Louisiana in 1977, before they moved to Tickfaw, Louisiana and became independent of the Ferdinand monastery in 1990 (closed 2009). 6 By 1883, a growing community warranted building a larger monastery. The sisters chose a site northeast of St. Ferdinand Parish. Work was begun on a brick structure designed in a traditional monastic quadrangular style and in 1886, ninety-one sisters moved into their new home. The Ferdinand Benedictines continued to extend their teaching apostolate to private, parochial, and public schools in Indiana into the 20th century. They also established their own training school for teachers, St. Benedict Normal College, which was accredited as a two-year state teachers’ training school in 1914. By 1914, the chapel in the quadrangle had become too small for the increasing membership, and plans were begun with St. Louis architect Victor Klutho for a new church in the Byzantine- Romanesque style. Construction started in 1915, and the church was dedicated in 1924. Stained glass windows were installed in 1930. Restoration of this magnificent structure took place between 2001 and 2005. In 1939, the Ferdinand monastery was admitted to the Congregation of St. Gertrude the Great, which was formed in 1937. A requirement for federation membership was the recitation of the Divine Office. Prior to 1939, the Ferdinand sisters prayed the Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The entire Divine Office was chanted at Ferdinand for the first time on December 3, 1939. Today the sisters pray the monastic Liturgy of the Hours following directives of the Second Vatican Council. On the occasion of the monastery’s 100th anniversary in 1967, membership in the religious community had grown from four to 417 professed members, with a one hundred-year total membership of 812 sisters. At that time, Ferdinand Benedictines were serving in elementary, secondary, and higher education institutions in Indiana and other states, in hospitals, in many social agencies, and in the foreign missions. Foreign missions were established in Coban, Guatamala in 1965 (transferred out of Ferdinand’s care in 1999) and Morropon, Piura, Peru in 1968. Through the 1970’s and 1980’s, parochial school enrollments began to decline, and religious community membership began to drop. While continuing educational endeavors, sisters began to serve in different ministries: retreat work, peace and justice programs, pastoral care, parish administration, health care, and care for the homeless. In 1985, the Ferdinand Benedictines established a Development office (later called Mission Advancement) to help 7 support the sisters in their varied and numerous ministries and to help maintain the monastery’s physical plant. In the wake of the Vatican II call for renewal of religious life, the Sisters of St. Benedict began extensive renewal programs and deepened their commitment to authentic monastic living. An Ongoing Formation Committee continues to provide community formation programs. As a result of renewal and reclamation of their Benedictine monastic roots, in 1991 Convent Immaculate Conception was renamed Monastery Immaculate Conception. The community celebrated its 125th anniversary in 1992.
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