The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-18

black habit of the same shape is worn.
The order aims to follow a life in
which the worship of God within it's
own walls and work for souls abroad
both find full exercise. and together
absorb all the time and strength which
are granted. At home the time table
for an ordinary day is as follows:
a. m, rise; $50 to 6, meditation in
chapel; 6, morning prayer and prime;
$50 to 8, celebrations of the Holy Eu-
charist; 8, breakfast; $3.50, Terce and
lntercessions; II M, sext and none;
1890, dinner; l to 1920, recreation lin
common); 4:45, evensong; Sis to 5:45,
meditation; 6, supper; $3.50 to 7:15,
recreation lin common); $50, compline;
10, lights extinguished. Silence on or
binary days is observed from terce till
sext; from 1:2O to p. M, and from
compline until after breakfast
Connected with the order are the
oblates, boys who have been given to
the order by their parents, fifteen cell
bate priests and eighteen other priests
associate.
The Orders New Home.
The new home of the order, now in
process of construction, is at West
Park. The building. a cut of which
accompanies this sketch. stands, en-
closed from the weather, on a rocky
ledge that furnishes a strong founda-
ton for it. The roof has been covered
with tar paper, a sufficient covering
for year at least. There are to be
SIX dormer windows in the roof, though
these have not yet been put in place.
In the basement are four chapels.
ten feet square. each with an altar on
the north side. They are reached by
passageway from the lower sacristy,
which is just south of them These
chapels will be used principally for the
early celebrations of the Holy Eucha-
rist
The cloister is Immediately over the
chapels, one hundred feet long and ten
feet wide. entered from the main hall
of the building. The main chapel oc-
cupies the entire north end of the
building, alongside the cloister. There
are no windows in the north side of
the chapel, so that the altar will stand
out in plain sight against the north
wall. The chapel has an aisle, seven
feet wide. on the east side, separated
from the main portion by row of
brick pillars and arches. The chapel
is thirty feet wide, forty-two feet long,
and sixteen feet high.
The other Rooms.
In a space south of the chapel, sepa-
rated from it by two brick arches with
Opeil-WOIh BIlile, Is the WOIlenS gal
lery. The gallery is fifteen feet by
twelve, and has window in the west
The reception room is just north of
the principal entrance. The refectory
twenty feet wide by thirty feet long
takes up the entire south end Of the
building, beyond the cloister. The IL
brary, forty feet long by twenty feet
wide, is just above the cloister and
runs across the entire building from
east to west. 1t will be lighted by
eight windows.
The common room for the protested
fathers is at the south end OF the
building, on the same floor as the IL
brary. The superior's Office is In the
middle Of the east front OF the build
ing, over the cloister. The novices
room is over the room for the professed
fathers. The guests room is a counter
part Of the novices' room IN the north
end OF the building. The remainder
OF the upper floor Is divided into sleep
ing rooms
II Is estimated that $500 is yet
necessary 20 complete the building.
For this money the order must depend
upon contributions.