, 1874-06-21
Growth Of Catholic Sisterhoods in the
United States.
What Did Calvin Think Of Infant DAM
nation?
Notes and Personals at Home
and Abroad.
The Comments Of the Religious Press'


AMERICAN NUNS:
The Catholic Iiord for June gives ptes'
history Of tho progress and "orR o1 &no A'ue''e~-
Nn,a The article in question states tnat 1"en-
+x.fira years ago there were only si1ty-slx cou-
animal schools conducted by Nuns or Sisters IN
.ha T-,;ted ststes. Now there 400 academies
s,,d ON select schools, or an average OF four to
p,cb diocese. These are all pay-schools; nut
the poor-schools taught by these religious
women. including tue parish, free, orphan, ano
Industrial schools, arc rockoned BY thousanas'
Ind the pupils attending them by m5f'aoS'
n the Diocese Of New York there are
fortv-eix of these femalo schools, with over
20 600 children, whose tuition in gratuitous' oe
e;des some 5000 inmates OF orphan asylums e1lo
other charitable institutions for juveniles. Ii
+na PHILADELPHIA diocese there are thd1y -nse
e;.ter.s free schools, with an attendance o1
,,oarlv "a 200 pupils, in addition to tho orphans.
T. is estimated that the expense OF this great
work ot charity, if it were not performed With
ont compensation, would be at least ss,ooo,ooo
annna1ly. Tic U'orld estimates that about
35o 600 female children are now under the care
OF the Nuns Of the Catholic Church. am .>,>,,
The Nuns also superintend somo 5oo orpnan,
fo1ndl;nv- desf and dumb, or other bonehcent
THE DISTRIBUTION
of these benevolent instltuhone 's gwen a7
follows: nm fo+ho.
1ics. in Cleveland, St Louis, and Loulsville, Que
to IS. 900; in San francisco, one to 10, Vvo IN
Albauy. one to 1900; in fttsburg, Cancih-
natl, New York, BROOKLYN, aud Phladelpma, oue
to o. DoC : Newark Alton. and st. Panl, ono W
- - nj, Boston. one to $4,000; Milwaukee, one
to a. roo: Chicago one to $4,000; Galveston
and Providence one to 10000; Hartford, one 1 70
$1,000: and in Springfield, one to every l2o.ouu.
fr1
has one; Burlington, one' Columbus.
Fnrt fnu Esyne. thTee Grnss Valie; three; Mobile,
three; Monterey and Los Angeles, two; Nash-
vile, two; Natchoz, Two; Natchltocnes, tnlee
Eesquaus four Portland. two !; Richmond
lhree; Roehester, five; Santa Fe, two aavan-
nah, three; Tinrennes, four; Nheehng' TWO
Wilmington, one; kAnsaa, two Nebraska, one
Charleston, two Green Bay, Harrisburg, oLa Ia
Crosse, Little Rock. ogdensburg' Arizona;
Colorado, Idaho, and North Carolina, all small
doceses or eparsely settled yicariates, have
The Nuns devoted to teaching belong to
TEE FOLLOWING NAMED ORDERS:
The Ladies' of the Sacred Heart, the Ursunnes,
tie Visitation. the Immaculate Conception. ire
sentation. and the SISTERS Of the Precious Blood,
Loretto, St. Glare, our Lady of Angels, Ut: Ann,
St. Mary, Sacred Heart OF Mary, Poor Aandmalos
Iucarnete Word, Holy Child, aud Daughters OF
the Cross. The Carroclitcs, servlte Nuns. ana
Sisters Of St. Anthony are contemplauEe com
muuir1as, though, in some special INSTANCES, tue
poor are taught and assisted IN tnei con'entS'
THE FIRST CONVENT
established within the present boundaries Of the
I7nited States YVES that Of Ursulinas, opened IN
New Orleans in 1727. The first Carrelte nup-
merry was erected in 17eo. near Port 1oDaeco,
MARYLAND. In 1876 the first Visitation convent
was founded in the District Of Columbia. Mrs
Eliza A. Seton YVES the fouudcess Of the sisters
Of Charity in tie United States. Tho Catholic
1yorld speaks as follows Of
THIS REMARKABLE WoNAN:
Like I'll men or women whom Providence selects FOL
rrea enis Mira Seton PASSED through long uoSiAte
of and trials before she was found qusAdsa t
Iy the cornerstone Of Institution WHICH, above a.
others has uaAc Catholic charity cnd womanlg Ee!f'
sacrifice useful most respected aud beloved u
cust ira Of wealthy Protestant parents heS infancy
ud girhood were passed amid all the scenes o. pleas
~ eud lu1uy TINT aay , IA. .bs s1u sa 1o.r7e
aud entered upon matronhoou that she experienced
her first great grief in the de:th'of her tsthef "
nayey who. N his devotion to the sick Immigrants a
tat tine very numerous fell victim to shlp fever
liz sudden death made snch an impression on hel
Obliged to make in Europe in company with he'
husband, also an invalid. Her mind had early beer
ahued with strong religious ~ resdnG me
During her Stay in Southern Europe she had aIapl
opportunities Of visiting thu churches aud eon'ents M
was buried il Italy: aud she, left the sole guar
dian Of her children, returned to America The mo
1nent ~ "as .s 4;r S III ,ha co1onan;ons of hs
v'mtb aud the sharers Of her blood slr.nk from hc
viii nosiiye loathng, Is If her touch IVES infectious
All for5ooh her except her children. But she wa
woman Of mdaunted courage, sa well
Of impacat faith. she resolSea 70 icas
New iork, and take up ner ss 1oslae1e aa nc
III hallmoee, LSn ,a u1 s,,,r ;reus,r. ~ soci1
,1;, Hre v thc a'yice Of the ArcL,inhop, sh
taq1o,ed to ero,e herself to teaching ana to car
~ out her idea more fully. to establish community
Accordingly, May, 1902 nnd her, with four con
lauons, setting out for E1aetsburg to take posses
sion Of oe house ana a nea ~ tbe a.
se ~ we ~ w. f;,ed sates arrired At th
assaian s;'a IN ths DIV following. the Feast
CORPUS Christi they appeared in the little church
the College in their habits-' white muslin caps wit
c1art bordess. back Grape bands round ne bend AZ
fastened untel 'he chl oIaeK aressse ao
sa!iar TO 1nose o ne s .aa 5s sstera y,
, 'e' , tne :, Is1 = ~. nnreed to ass1n,ate it
shs fearo-,u-at;on uu- nj ~ chaT;tT in Europe.
ea;s ..,ora ~ ,,ar ,,,ora ,han oo nm mem
,r.. - H4a ~ a4.1n. ~ tiranaont the word
oe1e u 1lo otuet ~ 11e.19sa 1.' ..,nn
1hE si7ts1o ~. 49, ~ 49, Inoia,d - ,ao.
Is 81 o,oei aoa1ucu ~ s1;sa ,raa ~ ~ bnr
~ -ha1 ,av,s rnnnn bar o1,arIianehi
wasassuned by q Protestant family, who brougl
her up in their Own faith; but the girl ear
developed remarkable inclination TO Cesnou