MdeC Project

The Night of the Angry Mob

By Christina Fisanick The Roman Catholic Diocese of Wheeling, Virginia, was just four...

May Party Musings: Queens, Dancing, and the Most Important Day of the Year

May Party seems like one of those traditions that we always did without fully knowing w...

Whatever: The Wheeling film that Almost didn’t get Made, Part Two

by Christina Fisanick Obviously, 1981 Mount graduate, Michelle Yahn, was incredibly di...

An X-Rated Film Shot at the Mount? Whatever!

by Christina Fisanick For 160 years the women of Mount De Chantal Visitation Academy...

The Princess and the Page make Headlines with Cup Win

Today we journey back to a time when people gathered in large groups to w...

Panther Rally & Wheeling

by Christina Fisanick The best part of working in the archives is the surprising disco...

Archive Visit 16: From the Class of ’55, “A Future Worthy of the Past”

Last week we took you back in time to the Mount’s very beginnings. This week, we’re fa...

Archive Visit 15: Harp Lessons Cost Extra

What did it cost to attend the Mount in the early days? The very, very early days? The...

Archive Visit 12: The Letter from the Martyr

A newspaper article. A portion of a letter that looks like it could still be brand new....

Archive Visit 8: Keep an eye on the Silver & Don’t Worry about Boys. Advice for Turkey Dinner or Advice for life?

Everything you do reflects upon the reputation of the school. Therefore, in placing you girls in complete charge of the Turkey Supper, Mount de Chantal is putting her reputation into your hands – which is the greatest honor and mark of confidence that the Sisters can give you.

Archive Visit 7 –It’s Turkey Dinner Time!

There’s not a Mountie alive who doesn’t salivate at the words “Turkey Dinner”. Whether ...

Archive Visit Number Six: The Intangible Contributions of Extraordinary Women

With the news that Kamala Harris will serve as the next Vice President of the United St...

Archive Visit Number Five: “Make your choice; either be burned alive in the cellar or have yourselves killed in the street.” The Harrowing story of the Monastery of Lafelt

On May 10, 1940, at 4 a.m., our monastery was suddenly bombed. We were able to get into the cellar without meeting any accidents. At 7 a.m. a solider came to show us a bloody bone, saying: “This your Chaplain’s skull,” and then he asked us if any of us had been wounded. Towards 11 a.m., another solder brought us the sacred Ciborium, saying: “You have no longer any Tabernacle.”

Archive Visit Number Four: Picture Postcards from the Front Lines

Along with the many letters shared with the Sisters of the Visitation at Mount de Chant...

Archive Visit Number Three: Linens and Vitamins and a Sister with a Station Wagon

CARE was recognized by all European countries, and its food packages reached their destination without serious damage. Monasteries in countries that were in “enemy territory” were included. Our collection of their letters of gratitude is touching, even in these late years of the 20^th Century.