, 1881-03-06

itself, but others were as bad as bad can be.
was seventeen months i'll a convent IN Pat
erson, n. !. under the Superior, Sister Mary
Joseph. Before l was in her convent six
months, !, with my own eyes. saw that Sister
Mary Joseph was not worthy Of the name uf
woman, and to her I had to kneel every time
l spoke to , her, and had to confess to her once
week. Weekly | had to confess to her that
l loathed her All the nuns in that Convent
knew Of Sister Mary Joseph's unholy init
macy with the parish priest We applied III
common to be released from her control. but
were told that we must pay respect to our
ior might be.
WE MUST vESERATE ALL sUPERIoRs,
no matter what their individual characters
might be. Death and insanity often come to
the relief Of these poor nuns who are conl-
PEELED to obey and yenerate those whom they
kew Ns H yne 6s ea nqte a hy e egcxoe III e e
on earth: But being desirons of saw
ing my immortal SOUL must press
on to the bitter end. Conscience i,
the chain which keeps the nuns within the
return to the outer world she can find many
chances to escape. There are ,cloistered and
active nuns. The former are few, and never
see the outer world. The active nuns, how
ever, must be as dead to the outer world: as
quently in the streets. But you seldom
lear OF an escape, because they are
desirous of pressing on III their sacrifice to
save their immortal souls. Besides, to whom
can they go? Not to heretics, whom they
have been taught to abhor. Not to their
relatives. for then upon them they would
bring the objectionable sin. She would dis
grace her family if she would return there.
Catholic fathers and mothers would see their
daughters die hundred deaths rather than
that they should live to disgrace their family
and bring scandal upon the Holy Church.
Nuns must always rise at 4:so a. III. and
retire at 10 80 p. nj. They must never look
upon anything which they especially desire s.,s
downcast eyes, and, on passing a WINDOW,
dare not turn their heads to look without or
Within Twice failed to rise exactly at the
sound Of the morning bell. For those Of
ever had to undergo. The first time I had
to lie at a door and let all the Sisters walk
! over me and
WIPE THEIR FEET UPON aly BODY
as upon q door-lnat The second time had
| to eat my dinner off the bare floor under the
of bread which the other nuns threw Mt me.
Such penances, and many imnieasurably
more severe and degrading, all nuns
must undergo. II single thought, OF
| father, mother. brother, sister, or any other
| loved one, shall come TO nun, to tempt her
away, or make her unhappy in her holy vo-
| cation. she must hate them as the enemies Of
her soul. All things which she sets her heart
| on are taken from her. What IS woman's
life without love, except LIVING deaih! IN N
| each nun would be happier alone in the
most desolate wilderness. x
! While was at Paterson had charge for
| five months of thirty-three orphan girls under
years ct age !ney @ na na a.; ma 10 aise of T. hard
! bread and coffee, left from the tables OF rue
| nuns. They must all work hard, scrub the
| floors, do their own washing and ironing
In March, 1865, little girl. years old. was :f
Sister Mary Joseph, and the babe fell to my
| asDpcial charge, used to share my meals
wiIl The little one. That act was found out,
and for doing it without permission, was "a
three weeks. carried the baby in my arms
when it cried. At that act was discovered,
| and one of the sisters next night Instructed
,ne how I should act 10 the children, by
jerking the orphans fTo Their oeaT fnaSas N k1
faet ,1pon the cold floor. When the little
baby cried at such treatment, she
REAT TIE CHILD WITH l. LEATHER srEAr
until the blood came all over its back. II !
should live hundred years never can 1os-
| get The cries of that mOtheriess little one,
until it became 100 weak .o ~ - Tho onve,,t @
| earlen. She was locked up in a dark DUH
eeon~ and when released theref'on1, was 2
| 6iteons Iunatic. Her bare feet were torn and
| ,fnt1 u
Tat9r Pafarso;, ~
In nmring ING nv nv last three years in Jersey City I
had It to rsyi:w. YEARLY, tie classes OF children
,at ~ tha "a, narncl,ial schools, Imagine my sur
nrss M @ when / discovered that in u class of
nii1drnn ntiid Who had been under instruction ole
nnt more than twenty out Of 100 knew
one letter OF the alphabet from another. But
thev ali knew every word of the catechisnl
nJ omGs tho 90 nrayers. The Church schools neye,
teaci, t Science or literature b4,; teach ornamell
~ nen,nnnshjn. ornamental neediework,
etc et Thn children in the schools never heal
the the Bible read. While in the convent ]
io1a ilI'11 me- ne # was q dangerous book to read
! eycent for the priests. This shows thai
they are opposed to 1t, anu IL Is ~
Youth is that ! never was educatet
| IN roman oatuolte ee.i I'nate. tharafnrl
| clled Ill 14uteSt..th oC' - 1iiyahntj !, /
| Know NAcie 2peIn. 49,. -. NV na-rIy i, a +
| K0man acaueHIs ~ f3r,',.,e.a, a,,r nora13tnra
tne girl pupll, WY " !,dI ti,a 1inmen Cat1o
IN every Selse -! f; tuS ~ +,a n,,hi;t. sci,nnls
~ sCiuolH ;far;nr IN mental and moral way
a., re Er;1av G1E afternoon will tell the womeI
| ~ rln,-a1ani nf the immoral practices ant