, 1874-08-20
1fow Sllo }yus Turned Out OF 1Ior School
by bishop Foley.
Conycrsntion Between the Bishop
aud q Lady.


and pAultne 9treets. an 1GYo8ltRAtEuA o. tHo aA-
fair diAcIosos tho following substantial history
Tho Order Of tho
aIsTKn5 OF LORETTo
havo tho motherhouso at Lorotto, Marion County,
Ky\ and number from 200 to 900men,bora. Iho
Order is especially devoted to touching. 1t has
humorous academies In various parts Of Ko1t-
tucly, and In Missouri, near Cairo. ILL.,, In snnta
To, Now Mexico, iu tho Indian Territory, Md In
Colorado. aud perhaps at other p!aees. The laatoa
OF this Orlor aro OF the very highest grade of
trouble arcse Oil question Of preeodoncc or
rank. and aye or six Siators, under tho load OF
MOTHER rEHpiNAND,
a verY intellectual aud accomplished lady, loft
the institution at which they wero located, md
camo North, intending to found now Order, or
Il brach of tho old. On reaching Chicago they
were induced by tho then Vicar~Genoral mud Ad-
rniniAtrator, Dr.. Dnnno, to atny here. aud open
pu academy. For tlid purpose residence WIS
purchased on West Adams street between Dca.
planes and 1Ialsted Etroeta, and they opened an
academy, which from tho beginning was Buc-
coHa.
In 1870 or 1871, after Bishop Foley's entering
upon tho administration Of tho diocese, there
against tho recognition of tho Aecoders aa Sisters
oi Tho Order, mid thero weso, 1t ia aNoged, many
Irregularities In tho due observance OF tho laws
and regulations Of the Society, in the matter Of
Fordinapd, TOO, was ii extremely weak health,
and 1t wns suggested TINT ahe was subject 10
mental deprokaions, uniting her for the dis
charge OF her duties, and for attending tntelN-
othqr' cauacs known to him only and officially,
Blshop Foley, during the summer vacation,
DISSOLVED flE COMMUNITY,
or declared it had no legal exsstonce. or made
somo other order, tho effect Of which was tho
munity- Provision .waB, however, maue fof
other Orders, H,itod to their education and &C,
oomplisllnonss, and tn tImo al we're tna9 sotalea
has iofuAuti to recognize tho legal or episcopal
authority exercised by the Bishop IN tho busi-
noas. She hns refused aal offers of suitable pro-
vision for tho future has rejected all homes Of
ferel her. She Las ulaced l,eraelf tu legal an-
tagonism to tho Bishop, aud has demanded that
nll that has been dunn by him ehuli bo odisavowod,
mud set asdo, md thRt Bho and lor associate
Sietora be
RESTORED TO HER SCHOOL,
and thoir property, will, compoYsating damages.
Slao haa rofuAcd ald or support from the Bishop
upou any other terms. II. the meantime, sho
has been in baa health; sho l!as boon
in tn sss scas oG ntS1fas oomea IS bF'as norSons Men
prostration. Sho is d brilliant, intelloctunl
won,nn. thoroughly educated, and rolatos tue
etnry Of her wr0uEA with much ycliomonce, and
yet With dignity. sho has found friends alnoog
many Catholic families III tho city aud In tho
nc,gtboring Villages. and, while they generally
decline to expreBs judgments in nlatter Of .
purely episcopal character, and lamont thoaeenl-
Ing obHtitacY that hns induced her for SO many
years to reject all Offers Of a homo in religious
house, and suitable provision for hor comfort
during life, they have ut tho ghmo timo recog-
nizcti tho purity and refinement Of tho lady
horsolf. ....-..
nUR1S1 THE LAST YEAR
she Inns found d homo at tho residence OF Mrs.
Taylor. who lyes in ono Of the suburbs Of Chi
caso. She left Mrs. Taylor,s house week ago
last Saturday nut can,o to this city, intending, it
Is believed, to inBtitute
1h9A1 rRocEEp1Nuh
for the recovery Of her alleged righta. Steps to
this oud hMve becn takon heretofore, but owing
chiefly TO tho i}ihoasth Of Mother Ferdinand, tho
courts. Arrived in Chicago, sho stopped at the
Hatch Housa, on North Wells streot, mud, being
in an extremely low state OF houlth, Sue at onoo
wrote a letter to DR.. Dyas, requesting hin,
been her medical advisor during hor residence
in Chicago, mud ho had also taken strong in.
te,cst in her business atlaire. Being very bnsy,
DR.. DyaH could not make 1t convenient to call
mora Urgent appeal fro,n Mother Ferdinand
HorcupoIl Mrs. Dyas paid her visit forthwith
and found llor in
MOST pIr1AnLE CONDITION,
a,y"cts nf tw, cancors. Mrs. Dvas, WHO in Pros.
idont Of tue Board Of Councillors Of the
n,atle nrovit;on fot hor nccommof,atior
in that o1coIent institution. and tbithol
aha was transferred, Sic is there at tho prcs
cnt t;mn, rccoiyiuu all tbo caro and attontio1
INT k;nii frien,ls n3,d aItifnl nhyscjans can be-
STOW. @ Tic hospital il purely non-aoctarian, ant
tho fnct thNt Mother Ferdinand waa Nomar
Wrn, Dyas. Wi WHO ia a most worthy. energeti
lady, aud whoso ,' means and time aro layishiy dis
ntaresed % ID lorsef W eroatly in tie caae Of tic, OK
Mother sn,erioI and n ~ W.s not lone in making VI
her mind lint Ills Tas a cago Which sloud b
brought to tho notice @ Of tho Catholic Bishop O
Cb,carc, wLoso duty ni,e conceived it to bo t,
render soms asuistanco. Accordingly tile goo,
' a. 4 y1s1r 70 THE. c47uo1,c pRE1ATE
last Wednesday, for tho purpose oi soliciting
aid for Mother ferdinand, Il was ; sit,g,llu
Wait. nld yYo cnn1lot do better Than to rouroduc
Mrs Dyas' uwn account Of It. ns given las
evening to n TRIBUNE reporter. sho said: