The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-06-22
Mrs. Helen NJ. Fellows has accepted
the position of matron of the summer

Mrs. Helen NJ. Fellows has accepted
the position of matron of the summer
home.
Wilbur NJ. Urban, candidate for holy
orders from the Scranton parish, has
recently graduated from Princeton col
lege with the highest honors. He re-
ceived the fellowship which entities
him to two-year postgraduate course,
one year to be spent in Europe.
The parish house ofSt. Marks church,
which is to be built at once, will con-
sist of two stories-the first for Sum
day school and parish purposes, the
second for worship until the church is
built. The chapel and rectory will be
ideal almost in their design and ap-
pearance.
The Mems guild of St. Marks gave
an enjoyable social at the home of Mr..
Bronson on Thursday evening. This is
the first of series of socials to be held
by the guild during the summer.
Roman Catholic SistcrhoOd.
The Young Lutheran, edited by Rev.
e. L. Miller, contains the following
hood"
"The Roman Catholic church has
been universally credited with being
alive to the things which strengthen
it's hands among the people. In its
wide experience it has found that one
of it's greatest sources Of strength has
been in the employment of various
sisterhoods for different spheres of
church work. The following outline
will hint at the extended influence of
these agencies of this church:
"Sisters of Mercy, spend hfe in visit
ing the sick and the prisons. Sisters
Of the Order of the Good Shepherd aim
to reclaim fallen women and conduct
reformatories for girls. The Ursuline
nuns are devoted to teaching in acad-
emies and in parochial schools. The
Sisters Of the Divine Compassion pro-
vide homes for waits and homeless
children. Sisters of Misericordiae con-
duct lying-in hospitals. Those of the
Order of st. Francis teach In parochiaI
schools, conduct hospitals and orphan
asylums. Sisters of Notre Dame teach
parochal schools exclusively; and the
convent of the Helpers of the Holy Soul
sends out its nuns to instruct the un-
instructed sick and the ignorant in the
faith of the church.
The Little Sisters of the Poor care
for the aged; the Sisters of Bon Secours
are trained nurses who go out to the
homes Of patients whenever they are
called; while the Sisters of Assumption
oil
themselves exclusively to nursing the
sick poor, never entering the house
where the patient is able to pay for
their services. The Presentation nuns,
and the Sisters Of st. Dominick, each
have two or three branches, one of
which Is devoted to contemplatlve
life, and the other occupied In the care
Of schools or orphans.
"A number of orders exist specially
for work among the foreign population
of our cities. Such are the Silesian
Missionaries of the Sacred Heart the
Sisters of the Society Of Pious Mis-
sions, the Sisters Of Cenaculum, who
+ work among Italians, the Sisters Of st.
Agnes. the Sisters Of Christian Charity,
the Sisters Of the Holy Cross, who work
among the Germans.
"The Sisters of the Convent Of st.
Regis afford ladies opportunity to make
spiritual retreat, and minister to the
spiritual needs of world-weary women
in time of rest, penance and prayer.
I'VE have named but twenty Of half
a hundred orders, but O glance at their
spheres Of activity is enough to satisfy
even the incredulous that they must