The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-08-14
RECEPTION AT THE CONVENT.
A Large Number Of Candidates Admitted
rs Nuus-Bishop O'liara Officintcs.

novitiates was held at Mallinkrout CON
vent, and a large number OF reiatiNes
and friends Were present. Al cioSN
the novitiates entered the chapel III
professional, and the choir OF sisters
sang the Sanctissima, by koernen, anu
as they approached the altar the hymn'
"Veni Sponsa Christi" was sung. Kt.
REV. Bishop O'Ilara, of scranton, ON
ciated at the reception. and he was as
sisted by Rev. Father Keeper, or WIZ.
Transport; Rev. Father Barneman or
Reading, and Rev. Nicholas ForVe' Oh
HaZleton,
The candidates entered and kneeling
at the altar answered the questions
asked They then retired and returned
in the plain garb of the order. The
white veil was received by the follow-
ing candidates:
Miss Mary Becker, Wilkes-Barre,
Pa, now Sister Leonora; Miss Berha
Wurm Wilkes-Barre, Pa. now SISTER
Oeotilla; Miss Mary Hochberg, Wilkes-
Barre, Pa, now Sister Erwina; MISS
Clara Foster. Wilkes-Barre, Pa, now
Sister Guthberta: Miss Emma Duppre,
Scranton now Sister Silva: Miss Mar
gareth Rehner. Scranton, now sister
Gundolpha; Miss Christina Keller.
Honesdale, Pa. now Sister Flora; Miss
Martha Klemmer. Reading. Pa, now
Sister Harlindis; Miss Mary Rehnert.
Pottsville Pa, now Sister Gudila; MISS
Rosa Nissen, New York, n. Y. now Sis
ter Miriam; Miss Margareth Stumpf,
Brooklyn. n. Y. now Sister BeatriN;
Miss Septima Ruf, Syracuse. n. u,
now Sister Asella; Miss Barbara Muller,
Albany, y. Y. now Sister Cessna; MISS
Augusta Rieve, Baltimore. Md, now
Sister Gosivina; Miss Theresa Monnig,
Detroit. Mich, now Sister Johannilla,
Miss Caroline Benkert. PiQua. o., now
Sister Laura; Miss Mary Sommer, Red
wing. Mimi, now Sister Pauletta; Miss
Luce Mageras, Belvedere. Mimi. now
Sister Telesphora; Miss Nirginie Didier,
Caledonia, Mimi. now Sister Agnetls;
Miss Cessna Kaiser. Minneapolis,
MIMI, now Sister Climaca: Miss Jo-
hanna Zinns, Swan Lake. Mimi, now
Sister Ermenfrida: Miss Anna Liebel,
West Newtown. Mimi, now Sister Coe-
lima; Miss Helen Henze. Warburg, Ger
many, now Sister Generosa; Miss Au-
gusta Patschul, Copenhagen. Denmark.
now Sister Ausgar. The religious vows
were made by the following sisters.
Sister Helena Cannon, from Wilkes
Barre: Sister Eustachia Gallitz, from
Scranton; Sister Ositha klos, from
Scranton; Sister Theophista Botschel-
Ter, from Scranton: Sister Lidwigis KEEP
pier, from Williamsport; Sister Rich
ards Otterben. from Reading; Sister
Pancratia Wrede, from Reading; Sister
Everildis Martin. from Reading; Sister
F,piphania Weis, from Reading; Sister
Walaika Zupitza, from New York. n.
Y; Sister Redempta Hauser, from New
ark, N. j.; Sister Waltrudis Lange.
FROM Baltimore. Nd; Sister Urbania
Schnell. from Piqua, o.; Sister Alvariz
Ruck, from LIE Mars, Ia; Sister Geralda
Etzel. from LIE Mars, Ia: Sister Quirilla
Kaiser, from lie Mars, Ia; Sister Syn
billa Woelfle, from st. Louis, Mo-; Sis
ter IMeletia Woerdehoff. from Waconia.
Mimi; Sister Donatiana Schadegg,
from Waconia, MINI; Sister Justa
Doerfler, from Minneapolis. Mimi; Sis
ter Procula Lang, from Bavaria. Ger
many; Sister Maurella Ptister, from
Bavaria, Germany; Sister Bertha kes-
sler, from Dortmund, Germany; Sister
Columbina Kemperling, from Elber-
field, Germany.
After the reception solemn high mass
was celebrated by Rev. Charles Damer,
of Baltimore. The deacon was Rev.
Father Wolf, of Philadelphia: sub-dea-
con. Rev Father Otterbine. c. S. r. r.,
Of Saratoga Springs; master of cere-
monies, Rev. N. Forve, of HaZleton;
acolytes, George Forve. Adam Scheidel,
Louis Schmidt and Mr.. Kellar. Mass
in honor of the Blessed Virgin, by p.
Peil, was sung by the choir. the alto
and soprano voices blending sweetly.
The sermon was preached by Rev. Fa-
ther DeTIaZa, S. j., of Buffalo. and pre-
ceding it the hymn 'Veni Creator Spiri-
tus,' by J. Singenberger, was sung.
Father DeHaZa was very eloquent, and
his sermon was a superb effort. Among
the priests who sat in the sanctuary
were Very Rev. Father Nagle, Of
Wilkes-Barre; Father Barneman, OF
Reading; Father Hantzelman, Of
Brooklyn; Father Keeper, of Williams
port; Father Christ. Of Scranton; Fa-
ther Dassel, of Honesdale; Father
Steinkirchener, of LuZerne; Father
Michel, of Reading: Father Feeley and
Father Stopper, of Scranton, and Fa-
ther Brazil, of Pittston.
After the ceremony. the sisters went
Into retreat, which was observed until
6 o'clock last evening, when their
friends saw them and rendered congrat-
ulations. The sisters entertained
number Of guests at dinner yesterday,
and at o'clock there was benediction
OF the blessed sacrament. Today Is WIS.,
iting day, and the convent will be
thrown open for any who wish to go
through.