Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-05-20
AMEN ORDER OF NUNS.
= HOUSE or THE sIsTEEHGOD OF
TIE HOLY BLOOD ESTABLISHED
~ ERppKIYN.

Tue New York San saws. : very
small house Is so Sumpter Street.
! Brooklyn. IL Is bu;It II stone and
has two stories, hat Is no higher tsan
an ordinary one story structure. In
this little building, since last 80
ven-bcr nine women have been
| praying, fasting and doing rrr1
works. They belong to q Catholic
siSierhoOi callcJ tbe Nuns Of the
Precious Blood. Thirty years ago
this order was founded in CANADA
where there are communities ia
the dioces,s Ot - Hyaciuth. Nom
treal, Toronto, Ott0ga and Three
Rivers. The membership IL about
$50.
The nuns in the little house in
| Brooklyn are the first Of their order
/ 10 come u the United States. In
| the west have been eslabliShe! con-
vents Of a sisterhCgi Of the sanc
name; but these have no connection
with the Canadian order. The
founder Of the sisteThooi accomua-
med the little hand Of pioneers 10
.hls country. She is known as
Mother AgTelic.
In a few weeks the nuns ..iIl
leave the little stone house rrT one
more rO0my and better suited for
them. the new builIiug j. next Ia ,
the present quarters. twas erected
especially for the nuns and will d. I
known a7 the Monastery Of B,tlig- |
hem Cfthe Precious Blood. IL Is "a /
three story amt basement yyrgEeu /
structure. The Easement contains /
the refectory, kitchen and laundry: /
the first floor Of the chanel. Two /
Iarl0rs and room for retreat: tire
second door the community room
and nOviLate, q room for The moth
Ct suptriOress, and two iufirmlrigs.
ana the tiiri door the cells where
the nuns viii sleep. There are six
teen cells; each is about 5NI0 feet.
The lack Of proper fIrlties pre- I
vents the nuns from strictly follow
ing the rules Of their or.!er in tb,.if
present convent Lgt when thcv
move into the new building they
VIII be in n position 10 fully cumuly
with them. Perpetual alteration I
o; the sacrament IS the princIpll
feature Of the sisierhuod. In adj {
dition 70 ti-is the nuns Will conduct
retreats for vOmen who desire 70
spend few hours in prayer and ,
Stlct encl sure Is one Z
Vi the rule OF the order, anu in the {
new convent visitors viii be seen ! D
only through a lattice work grating {
u gT7ite. y the sale Of articles Of A.,
IevutlDu, such rs bleeding ciGcifiN- I r
= and waNen images Of the Savior,
Lich they VIII manufacture, the 7
luns VIII support their institution. :
The dress Of the nuns T. strikiugly | q
over white habit is 4
yOEh 4 fright red scapularaud PEND e
Mt. On the pendant, which HAMS q
[ the right side is, worked in " hite =
representations OF the instruments e
/ the Passion. On the LEFT side q
.angs n large black rosary ami the Y
1cdal Of the order. y deep white :.
uimpe and colt with long bac' Of
Ell, complete the costume. Just +.
here the veil meets the center OF a
be coli is a small red cr0Hs. p
In September, ISIS. John AIcGar. "
7, wealthy contractor and his
life visited Canada Among other =
iaces they called at the mother
ouse OF tue Precious Blood nuns at
{. Hyacinth. While in the chalel
this Institution AfT. McCiarry,s
lie tainted. She was restored 10
,nsci6usnCss by one OF the nuns.
5 a return for the nuns atteutionto
Is wifeMr. McGarry, being informed
lat the sisterhO0d had no cum
mt in the United States, offered to :,
divide house for a foundation If
e nuns would come to this couu-
y. Brooklyn was selected as the
ace 70 make beginning, and AIr.
cGarry arranged wiki Bishop .,
0ughlin for the Introduction Of sie
ms into the diocese. On Novem- (
7 y the nunsarrived in Brooklyn.