The Benedictine Sisters of Mount St. Scholastica

Mount St. Scholastica
801 S. 8th Street
Atchison, Kansas 66002-2724
Web page: www.mountosb.org
(913) 360-6200
(913) 360-6190 FAX

Archdiocese: Kansas City in Kansas
Date of Foundation: November 11, 1863
Date of Admission to Federation of St. Scholastica: Charter Member, February 25, 1922
Founding Monastery: St. Cloud, Minnesota (Later moved to St. Joseph, MN)
Prioress: Sister Anne Shepard , OSB
Installation: July 10, 2005
Number of members: 160
Community Photograph: 2005

Previous Prioresses and Term of Office:
Mother Evangelista Kremmeter, Foundress 1863-1884
Mother Theresa Moser 1884-1897
Mother Aloysia Northman 1897-1924
Mother Lucy Dooley 1924-1950
Mother Alfred Schroll 1950-1962
Mother Celeste Hemmen 1962-1966
Mother Mary Austin Schirmer 1966-1976
Mother Noreen Hurter 1976-1988
Sister Mary Agnes Patterson 1988-1999
Sister Mary Collins 1999-2005

Community History: The Meaning of the Mountain
by Sister Mary Faith Schuster, Helicon Press, Baltimore, 1963

Foundations:
Monasterio de San Benito - Mexico City, Mexico - 1950
St. Lucy's Monastery - Glendora, California - 1956
Benet Hill Monastery - Colorado Springs, Colorado - 1965

Dependent House:
Mosteiro Santa Maria Mae de Deus, Mineiros, Goias, Brazil - 1964