The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-03-24
RECEPTION INTO s1srERHoop.
Archbishop Ireland Offlelated At the
Imposing Ceremony.

One of the most solemn ceremonies
of the Catholic church is that which
consecrates young womanhood to the
religious life. Monday, in the chapel
of St. Joseph's Academy, St. Paul,
thirty-fve young women were received
into the sisterhood, of St. Joseph.
Twenty-one of the candidates having
completed a two years novitiate, made
their first VOWS of allegiance to the
church; fourteen postulants were in
vested with the habit of the order.
Two years hence they will make their
first vows, in seven years the twenty
one nuns will make their final VOWS.
After celebrating high mass, Arch
bishop ireland, assisted by number of
priests, performed the solemn rites
which consecrated to God the thirty
five suppliants gathered before the al
tar. Clad in rich white gowns and
carrying fragrant flowers the postu-
lants had the appearance of brides, and
such they were,-brides of Christ
pledging themselves to the perform
ance OF His work. After formal permis-
sion to enter the sisterhood had been
granted, the postulants retired from the
chapel to don the nuns habit. As they
left the altar, two by two, they we're
preceded by five white-frocked little
girls bearing baskets of flowers. When
the postulants had withdrawn the TWEEN
ty-one novices, each bearing lighted
taper, knelt before the altar and re-
peated the VOWS which made them
Sisters of St. Joseph. Each was pre-
sented with rosary by the Arch
bishop. On re-entering the chapel,
wearing the sombre robes of the sister
hood the postulants presented so strik-
ing a contrast to their first appearance
that friends and relatives were deeply
affected But there was no. note of
sadness in the voices of the young no.
vitiates as, kneeling before the altar,
they asked God for strength to follow
faithfully their chosen life.
Preceding the ceremony Archbishop
ireland addressed the young women
setting before them the example of St.
Joseph, who had followed so closely in
the footsteps of Christ He dwelt upon
the Importance of spiritual life, and
paid high tribute to the religieuse.
Assisting him during the ceremony
were Fathers Cosgrove of St. Vincent's
parish, Shields of ST. Joseph's, Fitzger-
aid of St. Thomas seminary, GEMS OF
St. Lawrence, Minneapolis; Arctander
of St. Charles, Minneapolis; and Egan
and McAfee of North Dakota.
The following is list of the novices:
Rose Kennedy, Alexandria, Can, Sis
ter Mary Hnmilita.
Mary Grace, Mitchell, S. D., Sister
Mary Cassilda.
Anna Huntress, Fairfax, Mimi, Sis
ter Mary Humilitia.
Mary Murphy, St. Paul, Mimi, Sis
ter Mary Althea.
Mary o'Reilly, St. Paul, Mimi, Sis
ter Mary Bernardo.
Katherine O'Brien, Belle Creek,
Mimi, Sister Mary Sylvester.
Agnes O'Reilly, Beresford, S. D.,
Sister Louis Bertrand
Eva McGill, Bathgate, N. D., Sister
Mary Denise.
Marie Pelletier, St. Paul, Mimi, Sis
ter Herman ToseDh.
Mary Carter, Minneapolis, MINI.
Sister Mary Corinne.
Mary Gahan, Montreal, Can, Sister
Mary Ernestine.
Mary Kearney, Ontario, Can, Sister
Mary Florentine.
Emily McIver, Prince Edward Is
land, Sister Mary Charles.
Margaret McCarvill, Prince Edward
Island, Sister Mary Lenora.
Mary-Reid, Prince Edward Island Island,
Sister St. Alfred.
Melvina McInnis, Prince Edward Is
land, Sister Mary Felicia.
Christina McInnis, Prince Edward
Island, Sister Mary Augustine.
Isabel Whelan, Prince Edward Is
land, Sister Mary Alphonsus.
Mary Herrick, Ontario, Can, Sister
Mary Plus.
Hannah Murphy, Montreal, Can,
Sister Mary Drusilla.
Anna Gull, Ontario, Can, Sistre
Mary Alkaline
Those completing the novitiate and
making their first VOWS were as fol-
lows.
Sister Mary Henrietta Stenger, Rush
City, MINI.
Sister Mary Aquina O'Rourke, St.
Paul, MINI.
Sister Mary Chrysanthus Winter, lie
Sueur, MINI.
Sister Mary Daria Winter, LIE Sueur,
MINI.
Sister Mary Victorine Pagan, Mime
apolis, MINI.
Sister Marie du Rosaire Coulombe,
Quebec, Can.
Sister Mary Basilia Stenger, Rush
City, MINI.
Sister Mercedes Heath, St. Paul,
MINI.
Sister Mary Claudia Keane, St. Paul,
Mimi.
Sister Mary Ufbana Kwadzinska, St,