The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-07-09
CAT H0L|C CONVENT
70 be Established Here in
September.
HOME FOR The DESTITUTE
AN ORPHANAGE FOR TRAINING
HOMELESS BOYS.
FATHER PRICE WILL be IN CHARGE
It is Expected That The Sisters Of Mercy Viii
Arrive Here About September Cor
tract for The Work Already
Awarded.
HOME FOR The DESTITUTE
FATHER PRICE WILL BE IN CHARGE

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heavenly face and angelic smile, to
smooth the suffering brow and lift the
soul upwards. is to make her appear
ance in Raleigh. And her advent is to
take place at NO distant day.
To take charge of the Catholic Or
phanage and training school for boys.
and the Home for aged poor men,
Father Price has made arrangements
for four Sisters of Mercy to arrive here
about the beginning of September.
With the work of the Sisters of Char
ity or Mercy the world is familiar. In
the houses of the poor. at the bedside Of
the suffering. in the fever-stI-cker city.
ON the leper colony. in the hospital, in
the camp and ON the battlefield amid the
dead and the dying, her angel form is
found ministcring to afflicted humanity.
and to this she has coIsecrated her life.
without any earthly remuneration. and
with no possibility of fame and notorie-
ty attending her, her very name being
hidden from the world. No easy life
that, and Il heroism that is not common.
To consecrate ones entire life to az
flicted humanity without any earthly re
ward and to remain unknown-that
surely is giving ones self to charity.
What | most admire in the Sisters
of Charity said a distinguished Pro
testant lawyer of this city, 'is the fact
that in the good they perform, they
hide their personality as much as posi-
bic. There are many who do works of
charity. but the Sister of Charity, that
she might he unknown changes her name
and is called by another: she clothes her.
self in humble garment common to all.
and any attribution of good is buried as
far as possible, in oblivion" That she
is leading this heroic life for charity.
every large city i'm these United States,
every epidemic of disease which has af-
fected the county. and every soldiers in
the late war with Spain will testify
The particular community from which
Father Price will secure the Sisters for
Raleigh. is one well-known to North Car
Dina. In the dreadful sconrgc of yell
low fever which afflicted Wilmington
in 1862 a number of these Sisters came
to Wilmington to nurse the sick. Later
on they opened a convent in Wilmington
which is still hourishing. They have
likewise bi.anched ont in North Caro-
lima Mt Charlotte and Belmont. where
they possess horrishing establishments.
Among their number is the sister of orr
distinguished Judge Conner. of Will
son, the sister of Father Price, and the
niece of Father Marian. now of Ashe-
vile. hut formerly of Raleigh
Under their fostering care the aged
poor and the orphan and destitute boys
Of the State will have loving home,
and the boys a training not easily obtain
ed elsewhere The boys will likewise
he taught trades and scientific practical
farming. The proximity of the A. and
NJ. college (which is adjoining the Cath
olic property will greatly facilitate this
object
These institutions, like all Catholic
works of charity, will be non-sectarian,
j. e.. they will be omen TO Catholic. Pro
testant. Jew and Infdel alike. In the
dispensing of Charity Catholics are
taught to look only upon the soul of Il
man in which he sees the image of his
creator and upon this truth is based
these Catholic institutions.
The present buildings will he started on
the smallest scale possible. and gradual
~ increased. They will possess at the
beginning a frontage OF 100 feet and
there will be an addition Of a chapel.
and two workshops for The boys.
Besides attending TO this work, the
Sisters will do general charity work
such rs visiting and attending the sick
and the poor in Raleigh and the sur
rounding country. No more worthy
couse Of aid than these Catholic enter
prises can imagined and we trust orr
citizens will help generously towards
their completest fuIfilment. Their in
ception and establishment is due to the
work of Father Price who has lahored to-
wards that end for many months, and
for the purpose secured donations out
side of -.aleigh. The work of the Sis
ters will be heartily welcomed here.
benefitting as it will the city. the sur
rounding country and the entire State.