Waterbury Democrat., 1902-07-18
THE FINAL vows.
Ten Sisters Professed at Mt St Jo
 seph's in Hartford Yesterday.

| Ten Sisters ProfesSed at Mt St Jo-
 seph's in Hartford Yesterday.
 At Mount St Joseph's seminary in
 Hartford, yesterday morning, the ser vice of protesting ten noviates of that institution was conducted by the Right
 Rev Bishop Tierney, assisted by Doc tor Donovan, Rev Edward Hayes, Rev
 John G. Murray, whose home is in this city, Rev Frank Murray, now stationed at Glastonbury, Rev Father McGurk | of South Manchester, Rev F. J. Ken
 nedy of this city, Revs Walter J. Shan ley, rector of the cathedral; pr Dennis | Gleason, St Anthony's Italian church. Hartford; James A. Dougherty, St
 Mary's home, West Hartford.
 The service is the most solemn and impressive in the whole life of the one to be professed. For three or I four years she has been preparing for the event, gradually approaching it step by step, and ill this manner put ting herself to the severest tests before taking her final vows. Yesterdays ceremony was held in the pretty little chapel of Mt St Joseph's, and every seat was occupied. The arrange
 ments were carried out with a com pleteness and in such quiet and mod est way that it was awe inspiring.
 The sisters in their sombre garments
 and with faces beaming with pleasure and piety and with movements that left not rustic conveyed the visitors to seats. Finally the organ pealed
 forth for the opening of the ser vice and the members of the Inr oah iUhf marched up the center aisle The | The sisters who were to take their final VOWS took their places before the | altar and the ceremony began. Dur ing the mass and services which fol- lowed each one in turn approached the bishop and kneeling spoke aloud her desire to renounce the world and de- vote the rest of her life to chastity, poverty and works of mercy. A sill
 yer ring is placed on one of the fingers
 of each professed sister. After the
 mass each sister in turn again ap-
 breaches the bishop, and the white veil
 which she has worn for two years is removed and the black substituted.
 This part of the ceremony performed, the sisters return to their places and
 as the bishop speaks the final words all prostrate themselves at the foot of the altar. The organ and choir then join in grand Te Deum, at the conclu- sion of which the sisters arise, ap- proach the mother superior of the house, and are by her embraced and given the kiss of recognition. The
 march from the sanctuary and through the center aisle is again taken up, and the new sisters join with their as- sociates and are fully prepared to go forth and do battle in Gods vineyard The details of the work were care
 fully looked after by Mother St Fabi-
 an, the superioress of Mount St Joseph,
 and her assistant, Mother St Cyril
 The names of the sisters who were
 professed yesterday are given below, the names ill religion being given in parentheses:
 Margaret Ann Murphy, Sister Mary
 Joseph RosariD New Britain; Eliza
 beth Teresa Blake, Sister Mary Joseph Rose Geneyieve) Hartford; Eugenia
 Ursula Busch, Sister Mary Joseph Ri
 cardiD New Britain; Helen Tierney, | Sister Maria Joseph Monica Hart
 ford; Jane Helena Kelly, Sister Mary
 Joseph Vincent de Paul) New Britain;
 Mary Frances McGurk, Sister Mary
 Joseph Teresa Agnes) Hartford; Ann
 Agnes Synnott, Sister Maria Joseph
 Gertrude) Bridgeport; Julia Agnes Fin
 negan, Sister Mary Joseph Baptista)
 New Britain; Mary Connolly, Sister
 Mary Joseph Frederick Nfiddletown; Winifred Teresa Holy, Sister Mary
 Joseph Athanasius) Waterbury.