Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-08-31
LIFE IN THE CLOlSTER.
Monsignisur Capsi's Lecture on the
Yelled Sister.
NO HAPPIER LIFE ON EARTH.
TFe Unknown Region-Why Nuns Shut
Themselves up-Preparation for Vows
Self Government and
Women's Rights.
NO HAPPIER LIFE ON EARTH

v yor. Argust GO.-Monslgnler
Music, Brooklyn, before large au-
dience last night, for the benefit Of =.
Mary's Hospital. on ;he subject, Life in
the C,oistcr." On the stage were many
Catholic clCrgymen OF Brooklyn and OF
this city. The lecturer was introduced by
Vicar General keeran.
II think ! can take you into region to-
night said Monsignjer Capel, which
may venture to say Is almost unknown TO
you.
Life i'm the EIoister
hss hecn announced as my subject. Few
people understand what is meant by this.
II e information gained from novels is sin.
guiarly contradictory 10 that which learn
;-,m experience. The DISORDERS say Of
the nuns: Poor things, TO he shut up so
~ tie priests They are SAID to pas1 a
lie Of discomfort. Such is one description.
II en- there are the sentimental ladies, who
say: How much more useful they would
be 4 taey cOuld occupy them elves a we
do. We cannot understand why they shut
themselves up 50. Then there Is the
knowing gentleman, who speaks OF them as
Female Je,mits.
wi 0 ere .cgdv Instrument Of The prizes.
All this is ridiculOusly cOnvad ctOry 10
What know about nuns. have sister
who has been a nun for ohe art twtl.y
wears. Circumstances have mT !" ne FOR
many wears CyultSsor 10 nuGs. ! have
prcaChed TO and aided then. J wish only
10 portray TO you what sccTs n.,ura'
Hiv OF lo.kiug at the matter. What have
he nuns % say about il? IL is lOnething
% them rs Paris 10 thO-e AmeriC IUs who,
it is said, expect 10 80 TO Paris after death.
The nun is one who says, however imper.
fectly | have done it, have kept the COM
mandments since my childhood And she
ssys-as young lady OF Is has a right to
say when proposed to- aCgep.. | have a
right to place at the feet OF Christ the
chastity which he gave. And so give up
these three things-my property. my Will
to those placed over me, and lss'ly give
to my God the glory Of my purity. Such
the nun is.
"Syrare Free Creatures.
There can be no faith where there is not
will. Religion is the sub CCtion o. my Will
TO the will Of God on high. II this be true
in prfnCiplc. the nun says, once ard tor
ever will put myself in such selte such
a fixed poeIiiOn that ! shall not be able 10
withdraw You will say that she becomes
a perfcct slave. Bat do you notice where
in her freedom consists She sees strng-
Cling in the world, in families in regard TO
material things. And all this she lays
aside She sees the family life strongest
where there is the greatest subJectIon TO
authority.
"Are peoplc allowed rashly to enter
sta.e Of this kind? No. 1t IS matter OF
careful nraver with the priest. There IS
un anxiety on the part of the nuns 10
hurry one on. For three months the ap'
nlicant is received as pO9tulant; then the
MoIhrr SupcriOr aud the DshOp must ex-
anime her, and then she may become
novice for an experience OF two years, ana
after hat she may be allowed to take
aIer Three VOWS.
There arr many married ladies and gen.
tIemen present. How many OF you, after
two wears of marriage, would be prepared
To SAY: / am willing TO be married, the
rpst of my life Laughter make no
insinuatiOn.
Does the nun ever repent?l Married
women. do you ever repent OF your mar
r:are? There may be those who may nave
some misgivings about il atterward. with
al due respect TO my sisters, may safely
saw that of the one who is nun, the one
who WAS married, and the one who died
Young the nun is 10 be chosen. for her
brightness, her happiness, everything
which bespeaks tbSt JOY which is akin to
that which God has in store ior u.s.
"We hear much about
wOmen's Rights.
For these there IS no more perfect pa.
than the cloister The nurs elect lh-ir
own Presideut-the Mother Superior. lhey
govern themselves The Bishop - u -
their constitution and laws are "a 90 ~.
and these the Mother superior IS n)nnn y; ~
ri. NJ
tba snbiect is thus assured. The nun is a
bsrefactress of society. She goes iorth
,piih n warm heart sni a tender love oi
womanhood. Who administers to tre
wounded and dying on the fed Of battle
| II ;s the s sttr Of Charity.