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The article outlines opportunities for application of the circulation letters, which were sent by the general superiors of female monastic congregations of the 19th and the second half of the 20th century, for historical anthropological research into modern-period monastic communities. The research can involve various aspects of spirituality and everydayness of the communities. A reflection on promises of the Evangelical counsels of poverty, chastity and obedience in the circulating letters of the School Sisters of Notre Dame can serve as an example.