The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1889-11-23
The URSUlI NE NUN s.
a Brief Sketch Of the Mos. Oele.
brated Teaching Order in the
United States.
$50 YEARS OF CHRISTIAN WORK.

$50 YEARS OF CHRISTIAN WORK
Thew Are Noted for their Superior
Methods Of Education In the
Higher Grades.
The Ursuline order is not q new 0,
recent organization. 1t has stood the
test of centuries, and the lapse of time
has served to demonstrate ever more
clearly the most valuable services rem
derpd to religion by these worthy re
ligieuses,- especially by the work Of
Christian education. Two hundred and
City years OF noble work form their
splendid record on the Americas conti-
nent, for, but few monthsago, Canada
celebrated the 25Oth anniversary OF the
establishment of the Ursuline MUS in
America. This teaching order was
originally founded by St. Angela
Merici, Of Brescia, III 1887. Angela
was born at Desenzano, on the Lake of
Garda, in l470. Her life was one OF
long endeavor at perfecGlon. she Joined
the Third Order Of st, Francis, prac
ticed the greatest austerities, made a
pilgrimage TO Jerusalem and Rome,
aud on her retnrn settled at Brescia.
where she obtained great influence
among the piously disposed OF her own
sex, and gradually .llaIuned the plan Of
new Institute. She seems to have de
sired a freedom for action and Of move
ment for herself and associates, which
would not have been compatible with
enclosure aud solemn Vows. A feIvent
company OF seventy three women met
together in the kitchen Of Angela's
house, at Brescia, in 1877; the objects Of
their 1nStitution-nursing the sick,
teaching young girls, add sanctltylng
their lives--were known to them ali; the
rules by which Angela endeavored to
conclliate certain community Of work
and worship, with the routine Of domes-
! tic life In the world, were considered
and approved, and she was elected supe
rior-foundress she would be called-Of
the Company Of st. Ursula" A young
girl might join the company from twelve
years OF age aud upwards. At entrance,
each WAS to express tbs 6rm resolution
Of living chastelY in the society, with :
out taking the VOWS Of chastity. They
were to hear Mass daily On the first
Friday Of every month they were to
NETT in the church Of the city previ :
ously liked upon, aad all receive Gem
munion. On the last SUNDAY Of the
month they were to assemble in the
oratory belonging to the company to
hear the rule read. Their dress was to
be always plain in texture, and sober in
hue and make, but costume was not
at first. adopted. d.
81. Ansa't died IN l5to. a bull Of
faul | IL. Id 1914. confirmed her toun-
datiou under the title which she mad
riven to it. The work OF teaching was
from the first distinctive employ 10 ent of
the society; and as tiielr success and
popularity increased The need OF greater
stability than was furnished bV the
sprimitive rule, would naturally be felt
lA Uniform s costume, with leat ern
girile, was introduced soon after the
appearance Of the fapai ball.
st. Charles Borromeo brought the
Ursulines to Milan ia 1868, and favored
them In every way, advising all his
suffragan Bishops to introduce them in
sill the large towns OF northern Italy.
In the M,lanese atone there were
eighteen Ursnline houses at the death
OF st. Charles.
Cesar De Bus assisted lady of Avig-
non, Francolse de Bermont, to estab
lish there colony Of Ursulines, on the
original plan, in 1894, FRANCHISE was a
person of great energy. She travelled
from city to city in the south of France,
and planted Ursulines at AK. Marse-
lilies ana Lyons She adhered to the
design Of ST. Angela, except that she
instituted the common life instead of
dispersion in various homes.
Tie conversion Of the society into a
religious order was chiefly the work of
French lady, Nine. de Ste. Beuve, who
built and endowed q monastery for Ur-
aulines in Rue st. Jacques, Paris, in
1910, aud obtained from Paul ", two
years later, q bull BY which her fOunda-
ton was subjected to the rule of,St.
ssAugustin. under the invocation Of ST.
Ursula. The nuns were to be strictly
enclosed. They were to take solemn
vows, with the "a ddition Of q fourth vow
5:.--tt II of instr ucting the Young. This
was the ebeg ginning of the Ursuline cpn-ll
egation of Paris, which soon nnm-,,
bered forty I've ho,ls ses. The followers
#of who rnferred still to
abide bYs oriig final plan, ,Herr called
a5ss' onef slilIl Ursalin but the Rss
d, iop.' M y III observe the
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