Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-26
BRILLIANT CEREMONIES
EDGINGToN LANE WAS THE SCENE
or TWO ELABORATE AZ
FAIRS YESTERDAY.
YOUNG LADIES RECEIVED

Into the COMMUNICATE. Rev. r. j.
Domaine Officiated, and Preached
a Sermon Appropriate to the Oc-
casion-The E~xerecises Were Fol-
lowed By a Banquet.
Two very elaborate ceremonies
We're celebrated yesterday morning at
the Home OF the Good Shepherd at
Edgington Lane. The first was the
reception of a Wheeling young lady
and the second wa the ceremony of
the final profession o. two Canadian
postulates. They were Miss Julia
Cecilia Schafer. daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph Schafer OF the East End,
who was received and Miss O1Neil and
Miss Tresa Collins, of Toronto, Cam
ada.
The ceremonies were conducted in
the little chapel OF the Home. The
altar was magniicently decorated in
cut flowers and a heavy bank of
greenery, composed of palms, ferns,
and other exotics. The coloring was
white and green. The ceremonies
which consisted of the celebration Of
appropriate masses were rendered
even more impressive in the glow of
the altar candles, by the handsome
vestments of the clergy and the elab-
crate magnificence of the attire of the
young ladies.
The ceremonies were performed by
| the Rt. Rev. P. ]. Donohue, Bishop of
this diocese. assisted by a number OF
members of the clergy, in the presence
of the immediate relatives and near
friends of the three postulates. The
assistants were the Rev. John Wernin-
ger, of Benwood: Rev. j. A. Fender
| grast, of Warrington; Father Agatha,
of st. Alphonsus; Rev. Joseph Kluser.
! of Mount de Chantal; Rev. L. P. Pa
quin, of Elm Grove; Father Galway,
of st. Josephs'; Father Harris, Of st.
~Joseph's; Father Nader and Father
Mast, of Edgington Lane.
The ceremony of reception was first
conducted. Miss Schafer was dressed
in full bridal attire, Of white Duchess
satin entrain, trimmed in lace and
chiffon, with full bridal veil and
wreath of lilies of the valley. After
the service the white habit was given
her. She will be known. hereafter,
to the world as Sister Mary Of the
! Sacred Heart.
The next ceremony was the profess
sion of Miss O'Neil and Miss Collins.
1t was extremely solemn and very i'm
! pressive. 1T was also conducted by
the Bishop. Miss OANeil will be
known as Sister Mary Vincent and
/ Miss Collins as Sister Mary St. Paul
OF the Cross.
Then followed the Bishops sermon:
He took his text from the prophecy
of Ose: And l will sbetroth thee to
me for ever; and I will betroth thee to
me in justice, and Judgment and in
loving kindness, and in tender mer-
cies"-Osee II. 10.
The following is a brief epitome of
the discourse: "After Almighty God
created Adam, he cast him into a deep
sleep and from his side he fashioned a
spouse and presented her to him. We
can form but a feeble idea of the great
love which our first parent bore his
helpmate in that state of original JUS
tice. She was bone of his bone and
flesh of his flesh, and those two became
one flesh. Both fell, and after four
thousand years the new Adam came
to heal the woes of humankind. We
need not here dwell upon the means
taken. They culmipated in his bloody
death. Jesus Christ, the new Adam.
assembled the altar of the Cross and
falling asleep in death out of his side
issued his bride, the church. The day
of His humiliation was the day of His
%espousals, the water and the blood
welled forth as symbols of the two
great Sacraments.
every soul. with regard to sex, is
in a larger sense the spouse of Christ,
and hanging there in agony he had
| every soul in His divine mind and
was "bethrothed to it forever"
Nevertheless, there are some souls
called to a closer union with Him.
We are here this morning to witness
| and ratify this special betrothal. The
Rt. Rev. preacher next established
from a multiplicity of texts that Christ
In his sacred humanity was the first
! true religion, that he practiced power
ty, chastity and obedience; that to do
the will of His Father was his'sfood.'
the very breath of his nostrils. His
whole lie. from Bethlehem to Cal
vary, was one long sacrifice. Now
what do we expect from an earthly
/ spouse? She WEEDS not only the per-
son of her husband, but she Identifies
herself with him. with his fortunes,
| and more especially his ~misfortunes.
| She likes what he likes. what he dis
like, she abhors. Should she sur
| vive him. it is her glory and delight
to carry on any good work in which
he vas engaged.
One dominant note of our Lords life
was a hunger and thirst for sacrifice,
and a love for sinners. You, there
fore. will lead lives of sacrifice. He
lived and died in the practice OF pow
erty. charity and obedience. You, too,
will share His lot.
Another character OF our Divine
Lord was His great love of sinners. I
need hardly dwell on instances. Even
in His own death struggle he gave
heaven to a ~repentant thief. He came
to save the loot sheep of the house Of
Israel. He gloried in the title Of the
! Good Shepherd" That, too. following