The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-06-18
NUNS OF GOOD SHEPARD IN SOUTH AFRICA

Nuns of the Good Shepherd from the mother
house in Anglers France, are now establishing a
house in Johannesburg, South Africa. The little
community consists of five religious. The mother
superior is French two of her companions are irish
and one the assistant superior, Massachusetts,
lady who left her native place a few years ago to
enter the order of her choice in France.
As the work of the Good Shepherd is charitable.
most of its establishments have thus far escaped
dissolution. But it would be rash for any commu-
nifty feel security under the present French gov
eminent.
We have been privileged to read some fthe let
tiers written en- route by these missionary nuns, and
a few extracts will be of interest to readers.
The travellers crossed the channel to England and
made brief stay at the convent of their order at
Finchey, near London, till it was time to embark
on their long voyage
eve had reconcied ourselves to being separated
on the rain writes one of the nuns of their jour
ney to London, when gentleman speaking French
invited us to his carriage. He spoke English but
poorly. and he asked our very honored mother to
tell him when ne9red Crovder, as he had to
change there. After long 81
ence, he asked in French if we were of the Order
of St Teresa. Our mother told him our order and
our destination. He showed great interest, and
spoke most sympatheticaly of the need of our work
in Johannesburg. He told us he Portuguese
from Oporto and had known a Sister of the Good
Shepherd. whose family name was Fitzgerald, who
returned to the mother mouse, Wnefe Sne ulcd. lie
had also known the daughted of Count --, our
Mother Mary of the Divine Heart He called
in consultation to see her before her death
Then you are doctorH we cried. Yes he
answered. and he spoke of the beautiful deaths he
had witnessed among the religious, but never death
like hers. His eyes filed with tears as he spoke of
her heroic patience and resignation in her extreme
sufferings.
eve became still morc interested, and searched
our pockets for the little Ieafet of Mother Mary OF
the Divine Heart which he was most glad to read
"EIe told he was going to st. Louis to demon
strate machine he had invented. What kind of
machine! Now this is not Jules Verne nor TAI
rytale. He has invented machine for extracting
azote, newly discovered constituent of The ltmos-
phere from the air, and utilizing it to Gcrtiize bar
rem ground. | couldn't think | understood correct
ly, so 1 said it over, after him. When you see red
fire in lightning, that is the azote which is burning
Even though his machine is not now accepted
by the scientific world, ne will still be satisfied He
is working in the interest OF humanity, and he has
started an enterprise which some one else will COLI
tinue and bring to perfection. Of that lie Is sure.
He is now priest, and has permission from the
Pope to devote himself for four years to his work
He has suffered bitter persecution i'll Portugal, and
to work with more freedom he has permission to
raise beard and to wear secular dress.
Gle has letters to the archbishop OF St. Louis,
and all the necessary papers as q priest lie has
studied English thoroughly, but he speaks it with
difficulty. A months practice will, be thinks, give
him a command of conversational English"