Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-09-10
A MILWAUKEE MIRACLE.
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Convent of NOtEesDame.
Rev. Father Krautbauer, Chaplain Of the
Convent of Notre Dame, in Milwaukee,
Wis.,, has given the editor of the Cath
oHc indicator a statement concerning a
miracle claimed to have been performed at
the chapel of the convent, through the in
terposition of the Blessed Virgin, in behalf
OF a faithful and devoted client, Miss Maria
Rossmann, a native Of Hanover, aged 10
years. He says:
"fhe particulars regarding the picture
before which the abOve-named invalid
poured forth her devotions Immediately be-
fore her miraculous cure, are as follows:
Right Rev. Bishop Henri, when about to
return from the late Vatican Council, pur-
chased an exact copy, as regards size, char
acter OF painting, and material, having
been painted on wood, of the miraculous
picture of our Mother of Perpetual Succor,
preserved in the Church of st. Alphonsus
of the Redemptorist Fathers, in Rome, this
copy. having been blessed by the Holy
Father, Plus TX, and touched to the orig
inal miraculous picture itself. Right Rev.
Bishop Henni, for the sake of greater secu-
rity in the conveyance of the picture to its
destination, caused it to be boxed, labelling
both the box and the picture itself withthe
address of the School Sisters of NOtre
Dame, Milwaukee, and shipped it in an
other vessel thar that on which he himself
sailed on his return. 1t arrived safely, and
is now located over the Virgins altar in the
a~bove-named convent, and before it the
miracle We are about to relate took place.
The following are the particulars in a brief
form: Maria Rossman was taken seriously
i'll in September, 1873, in the convent above
named, being at the time a candidate. The
best medical attendance the city could fur
nish was engaged to treat her, all declaring
her case to be pulmonary consumption.
She continued to decline until all hope of
recovery was abandoned even by her phys
ieians. When her condition was pro-
nOunced hopeless, on the 21st of February
last, the chaplain administered to her the
last sacraments of holy eucharist and ex-
IRENE JUNCTION; she was at that time so
weak as to be unable to leave her bed, and
could only be removed by the hands of
others. She fingered, declining, until
May %, when the chaplain again adminisi
tered the Holy Viaticum and the benedic-
ton of the church in drticulO morris; then
her physicians declared that she could not
survive more han twenty4fOur hours. In
this condition she begged of the Sisters to
carry her into the chapel, that there she
might pray for a little time. After much
urging on her part her s1ppos-
ed dying request was granted, she
was taken TO the chapel, and there
prayed before the picture aforementioned
for about one quarter of an hour; she then
arose, alone, walked through the convent,
presenting herself before the Sisters and
~joyfully proclaimed herself cured. DIS.
Zelowski and Flynn, her previous attend
ants, were notified of the change, but de-
elined TO credit the stated cure until they
had occuiar proof. They called and saw
the young girl, when they at once pro-
nounced the cure a miracle, and expressed
themselves as ready to testify to its mirae-
ulous origin. Lest the cure might prove
transient, or be only apparent and due TO
nervous excitement, nothing was said
about the matter. The patient was sent
into the country, from which she returned
improved, and has continued to improve,
and at present is enjoying good health and
is able 10 perform a full share of the ardu-
Gus labors of the establishment. We have
the subject of the miracle and are per-
able TO vouch for her apparently
fully restored health, and We are also able
to youch for the perfect reliability of the
source from which these facts are derived"