The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1889-11-23
MINNEAPOLIS PAUL. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER

pear to have better suited the prevalent
mode of thought in the seventeenth
century, and they were multiplied In
every direction.
| Several distinct congregations, each
numbering many converts. were
formed. That Of Bordeaux was founded
in 1915 by the Cardinal Archbishop de
Sourdis, with the aid Of Mother Made
leine de la Croix. and approved bv the
Holy See in 1913. Before long 1t had
eighty-nine affiliated houses The con-
gregation of Dijon (l6l9) owed It's exist
enae to the zeal Of FRANCHISE de
Xaintonge. The vows IN it were sim
pile, not solemn, and a fourth vow of
perseverance, in the society was taken.
The congregation Of Lyons, of which
the beginning was the house founded
by Francolse de Bermont, ia 1910, for
"Congregated Ursulines," adopted In
closure and VOW in 1920. Mention is
also made of congregation of Tulle.
and another Of Aries, founded about
the same time.
The order was introduced into Canada
through the Jealous exertions of
Madame de la Pettrie, in 1889. The
site at Quevec, which they still occupy.
was soon obtained for them, and till
1850, might be seen within the convent
precinct venerable ash tree, sole relic
of the ancient forest, under which the
first Ursulines used to teach the cate
chism to little Indian children. Having
belonged to different congregations in
Europe. the Ursulines Of Quebec had
for some years no determinate constitu
ton, but in 1882 they affiliated chem:
selves to the congr' cation OF PARIS.
The services rendered by this com
munity, during thu century and half
of its existence. in preserving a religious
spirit among the French population and
humanjzing and iustructing the Indians
and half-castes are beyond all estima-
uion. In the chapel of their convent
may be seen the tomb of the heroic
Marquis de Montcalm, slain in the un~
equal combat on the Heights of Abra-
ham (l759), which decided the fate of
Canada as an English dependency.
The Irish Ursullnes owe their estab-
lishment at Cork, in It'll, to Miss Nano
Nagle, foundress Of the Presentation
order. They regarded themselves as a
6iiation OF the st. Jacquss:; convent.
Paris, because all but one who founded
the house at Cork were trained there.
That one was Mrs. Kelly. a professed
nun of the Ursullne convent Of Dieppe,
Who, accompanying her country women
to Cork. governed the new monastery
for four years
ln 1918 two American ladies from the
convent at Three Rivers established
Mt. St. Benedict's convent of Boston,
which, to the disgrace Of that city, was
burned by Know Nothing mob in 1884.
The oldest Ursuline community in the
United States is that Of New Orleans,
dating from 1727. In 1874 a colony from
France settled at st. Martin's. Ohio,
and later others at Columbia. s. c.; st.
Louis, Mo and Cleveland, OHIO, with
numerous subsidiary branches, Since
then branches of the order have peen
established i'm most OF our American
cities, and the demand for the services
Of these nuns is SO constant that they
cannot all be flied. The ParochiaI
school has q large and constantly in
creasing attendance, and it is hoped
that the encouragement extended to
these good sisters will be such as to i'll
duce them soon to establish and open
MANY schools and academies.
The Ursullne converts everywhere in
thus country are noted for their superior
methods of education in the higher
grades, and have enjoyed the warm adj
miration of the best scholars in the
United States.