The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-03-15
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SISTERS OF ST. JOSEPH.
Invitation to Pious Young Girls to
Join the Order.

JOIN the O1Q6I.
A request comes from the good Mo-
Their Superior that the following may
find place in this paper:
The humble congregation of Saint Jo-
seph, in our day so tlourishing, was
founded in LIE Puy, France, in the year
1850, by the Reverend Father Medaille,
a sanity missionary of the illustrious
Society of Jesus, for the purpose of fill
ing the place left vacant by the pious
Sisters of the Visitation when they en-
braced enclosure The members live
by the rule of the gentle Saint Francis
de Sales and are governed by the con-
situations of the apostolic and Jealous
Saint Ignatius Loyola.
A mother house, noviate and house of
studies of this sisterhood has been
economically erected in connection with
the boarding school for young ladies
and little girls at La Grange, Ills, a
charming suburban village, located on
the Burlington route, fourteen miles
from Chicago. This community was
established by the Reverend Mother
Stanislaus Leary of sanity memory,
who also founded the congregation in
the dioceses of Rochester and Concor-
dia. The Most Reverend Archbishop
Feehan is the superior general of the
Sisters of La Grange. and Mis- grace
most heartily approves of their good
works, which are solely undertaken for
Gods greater honor and glory.
The reverend regular and diocesan
clergy and members of the various or
ders of religious women are earnestly
requested to recommend some good vo-
cations to Saint Joseph's sisterhood.
The community is composed of but one
grade of MEMBERSHIP workers rank
with the teachers and no class distinc-
ton exists between them. The Sisters
naturally prefer to receive thoroughly
educated subjects, but no holy SOUL
fulfilling the required conditions, and
who has a true vocation for the relig-
ious life will be rejected. Moreover it
is the custom in the congregation to ed
ucate those young girls whose instruc-
ton has been neglected, provided they
evince talent, are mentally capable of
making the prescribed course of stud
les, and are sincerely DESTROYS of per-
severing in the order.
Subjects for this community must be
solidly pious. meek and humble of
heart, devoted obedient and submits
sive, of an agreeable disposition, pos
sess good bodily health, and be ever
ready to go at the call of duty to any
pal | VI TIE h.llISu States or OdnaQa.
The mission of the Sisters of Saint 10
seph is a laborious one and the candi-
dates must not expect to be entirely
free from trials and crosses. In addi-
ton to teaching, parish schools, the
members visit thu sick and dying and
prepare them for proper reception of
the sacraments: they take charge of
orphan asylums, hospitals, industrial
schools, homes for working girls, night
refugees for homeless women-in
word, they direct works of mercy in
general. The sisterhood does not exact
q dowry from it's members. but as
pirants are expected to bring whatever
money they can, also a supply of the
necessary clothing
All young girls are not intended by
our Lord to instruct in the class room
the little children whom he so dearly
loves; but they can save their immor-
tai souls, assist in extending Christs
kingdom on earth, and serve poor suf-
fering humanity in other ways: there
fore. those who understand the follow
ing sciences, arts or Industries, will be
into the community and places
suited to their individual capabilities
will be found for them in the various
establishments: stenography, printing,
dressmaking. millinery,
lacemaking. embroidery. domestic
laundering, nursing, etc.
1t is the earnest prayer of the Sis
ters that in Gods own time their holy
will be recruited by apos-
tolic women-those filed with the gem
tie spirit of Christ who are willing to
work suffer and be despised for his
sweet sake. With such members only
does the sisterhood hope to accomplish
untold good in our dear Lords vine
yard.
If any pious young girl or widow
feels in her heart that she is called by
Sod to give up all that the human
heart holds most dear and become his
spouse forevermore, she is respectfully
instructed to consult her spiritual di-
rector and should he approve of her
into the poor, lowly and un-
0stentatious congregation of Saint Jo-
ssph, she is cordially invited to write
The MOTHER SUPERIOR.
Nazareth Academy. La Grange, Cook
County, Illinois.