The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-09-27

found secret, as knew, If it were spoken of.
| should meet with opposition on every side,
particularly from my own immediate family !;
as, to all appearances, they would suffer from
it. My confessor was the only person told of
it; and as could not appear in the affair,
sent my maid to get good mistress, and to
take in thirty poor girls. When the little
school was settled, used to steal there in the
morning. Ny brother thought was in the
chapel. This passed on very well until, one
day. poor man came to him, to speak to me
to take his child into my school; on which he
came in to his W ife and me, Laughing at the
conceit of o man who was mad and thought
was In the situation of q schoolmistress. Then
owned that had set up a school on which
deal on the bad consequences that may follow.
His wife is very Jealous, and SO is he; but
worldly interests blinded him ut first. He was
to He not the
about it; it was my uncle Maggie, who is, l
think, the most disliked by the Professionals of
any Catholic in the kingdom. expected
great deal from him. The best part of my
fortune have received from him. When he
heard it, he was not at all angry at it and in
little time they were 80 good as to contribute
largely to support it. Aud took in children
by degrees, not to make any noise about it in
the beginning In about snine months had
about two hundred children. When the Ca
tholics saw what service it did, they begged
would set up schools for children at the other
end of the town frem where was, to be under
my care and direction; and they promised to
contribute to the support of them. With this
request readily complied, and the same num-
Der of children that had were taken in !; and
at the death of my uncle supported them all
at my own expense. did not intend to take
boys, but my sister-in-law made it q point, and
said she would not allow any of my family to
contribute to them unless do SO; on which
got master, and took in only forty boys.
They are in house by themselves. and have
no communication with the Others"
Mo- he 10 q 7
can assure you that my schools are begin
ming to be of service to great many parts
of the world. This is place of great trade.
They are heard of; and my aims are not
for one object alone" Surely Nano Nagle
in heaven must often recall these words
when she sees year after year her great
work spreading. Her first efforts showed
that the prediction of her Partisan advisers
were correct, and that she was doing Gods
work. 1t, therefore, prospered with her
marvellously, and she was obliged to look
for more help. She induced four young
ladies, Miss Fitzsimons, Miss Maggie, her
relative, Miss Coppipger and Miss Kav-
anagh to train themselves in the Ursuline
Convent in Paris for the purpose of aiding
her in her work. They returned to Ireland
in good time, and did lannon's work in their
day. But it was not to educate the rich,
but the poor, that Nano Nagle was called.
So after o few years of united service with
lue OTSullucSy suo tucm 10 uoNOCo ueT-
solf solely and entirely to the education of
the poor. With some other pious ladies
she formed society for the purpose, which
in IVY was approved of by Bishop Moylau
of Cork. In 1871, at his request, Pope Plus
VI. established them into a congregation,
giving them rule as nearly as possible the
same as that of the Ursulnes, imposing
simple vows of chastity, poverty and ODE.
dience. Plus VII. changed the congrega-
ton into an order under the invocation of
the Blessed Virgin Mary. The holy found
ress died in 1884 full of merits and honor,
with the gratitude of the entire Irish people
and of the English speaking races.
An order which has been 80 blessed by
Popes of the name of Plus, has still to be
grateful for the large privileges and bless
ings, granted to their American offshoot by
the great Pho Mono, who in the benevolence
of his paternal heart, has almost over
whelmed the congregation of St. Michael's
with blessings, besides granting them sub
stantial privileges in the matter of en-
closure which were necessary, owing to the
peculiar position of their new house.