The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1869-09-19
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big wordp and then went On to ask hin, se,ns,
4 simpler questions abeutfiis own reading She
dia not Ike formal praying 70 God, preferred
siHpie eJeculauoAs, and said fewest words
We're best. Shs/d did not like to see her nuns
looking down with profound humility, ana
merely glancing out of the corners OF their
eyes. sae also said she did not want people
TO try to be extra g6od. She never made pre-
tenee about anything, and allowed that sho
was q very ignorant sort of q woman. though
She always loved, to read books. She woGid
look mp from her letter and say, Glow do you
write down ten Thousand ~ IN the rsiStst Of
solemn readings or exercises, she would NOS
hesitate TO cry out, looking from the wirdows
y mere, look at those hens again They Will
them out ~
Margaret was ineeasnntly jealous about the
order and beauty OF the churches. She said
tho English churches were nothing compared
with those of Belgium and France. In reply to
question she told some English ladies that
what struck her most in England was TO see
them using mahogany in their own houses and
putting deal into the house of the Lord. They
once brought her deal tabernacle, but sho
Lord into deal box like thatlp She said
| David was right to dance before the Ark, for
she herself could dance before the tabernacle
1T repays me for ali 60 see these people afsd
the big men go down ON their two kneestt-4S4.
other expression that did not come from
Belgium. She had asspfrit too Once, from
the convent window, she saw SOME boys 10 the
door laughing a., procession going ont, al4s
she was amopg the,n in an insl Aslsefssss
looking very penitent, and The snI5ersos1.sas
says the narrator, had .1the face Of d iionssss3
sunday, said she loved the feast of Pentecost.
$50 do too" returned the Superioress hes
nlgnantly II am so fond of the Holy Ghostn
In honest expression which may sorefy Try
the gravity of the uIregeneratr One d she
said, respecting the Virgin. whose character
she admired and loved, II hope 4 sha1i Be
saved, and that the Blessed Virgin Will not les
nae be lost. 1t would be hnkind OF her If she
did. made o bargain with her that would
work for her, and she was to take care of my
soul" When Bishop UIIathorne wrote X trentise
on the immaculate Conception, Mother
Margaret was so pleased with ii that ehe
carried it befnre the image in the chapel and
read a chapter of it for her; aloud. Speaking
of long procession in honor of the VIRGIN, abe
said II am sure our blessed Mother must i,e
pleased to have nine miles of prayer.p She was
sometimes passionate and spoke severely. Sic
treated one of the novices with austerffv. and
the LATTER was one day astonished to see the
Superioress come to her, kneel before her and
Severe to You. / thought il was for the best,
but was wrong This little trais shows
what noble sort of woman Margaret Halln-
han must have been, IN spite OF her little
crotchets and oddities and her Irish style Of
talking
In 1868, Mother Margaret, rather against her
will, was carried TO RoIae to get some concos,
accompanied by one of the EisterBand escorted
by the Rev. Dr. Northc0fe. Everything strange
disconnected her. but the sea was the worst OF
ALL Rome disappointed her somewhat She
thought 1T very dirty city, and liked the
Belgian cities better. She could not bear to
see the rubbish that lay around manly of tho
Roman churches, w hen she vas asked ff she
wonld not like to found q house of her order
in Rome she said, il she founded anything
there, it should be House of ScarcnaerS fog
such an untldy capital of the world. She had
an interview with the Pope and heard him say
Mass; and to her there was nothing grander on
earth TO look for. When the Irish novices Of
big cake for them, which her mistaken
calls an English cake, and treated
them like real mothef,,n as they said When
it was time to return home, she begged hard
that her journey might be all the way on land,
but she was Obliged to 90 to Narcotics ia the
hi cd ship. She was delighted to get back to
her communities of Stone and Stoke-upon-
Trent, and told them that IA journey of bwo
miles was no joke The result Of
this journey was that she was appointed
Third Order of st. DominicfI in England. Her
devotion and love of work in be-
half of the Church were ii this way very
signally recognized.
The early austerities of Margaret ffallahan
told injuriously on her constitution, and she
afflicted her with terrible buSning heat.
When some Of her friends smoke Of her
she retorted in her old way. why,
would yon want to have me live on upon this
She was a woman Of great
genius and original character, qualities that
have made her biography far moro interesting -
than those of other sninted women of better -
education and moro disciplined mind. Tho
biography of her, published by Bishop
Gllathorne, is almost AZ entertaining for the
general reader as Il Is edifying for those Of
yraver turn OF mind.