The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-04-29
THE CONVENT
YOUNGSTOWN PEOPLE RE-
GRET ITS REMOVAL
TO THE CITY OF CANTON
Mother Patrick Will be in
Charge Here.

Youngstown Vindicator-The nuns
of the Villa Marie convent have de-
cided to sell their house and lands
in New Bedford and remove to Can
ton. Their probable successors will
be community of Brothers from the
east who will devote their entire time
and attention to the care and instrue-
tion of boys.
There are Just thousands of people
in Youngstown to whom the contem-
plated departure of the good sisters
will bring a touch of regret, for few
Catholic residents of this section have
not spent more than one glad hour
within It's serene. peaceful precincts,
many have daughters and sisters and
loved ones within its fold while others
have watched with unstinted approv-
al the noble work of these unselfish
young women in caring for homeless
little ones.
Nearly a century has rolled around
since the first little band of girls who
had promised to renounce the world
and it's pleasures for the service of the
Master lefts the mother house in
France and came to New Bedford,
then a wilderness. Through constant
| toll and effort the modest little home
of that period has grown into an i'm
mense, comfortable abode surround
ed with 300 acres of well cultivated
ground. In the earlier days the sisters
| derived much of their support from
| the products of their immense farm,
but conditions now are not as favor
able in this particular line as some
| years ago. Their community has
grown until it now numbers l75, neai.
| ly 100 of whom teach in parochial
schools throughout the state and the
remainder look after affairs at the
convent.
Their especial care from the start
concerned motherless little ones,
many successful business men and
women of today never having known
| home save villa Marie" Mother
! Patrick is in charge and under her
able management much financial pros
perity has come to the community.
/ The children are not only given a
good education but are trained in
whatever branch they seem particu-
larly talented so that If they choose
to leave the convent and enter the
world they will be able to compete
favorably with young people educ.
In other institutions. Many remain in.
the convent and devote their life to
religion though this is altogether a
matter for them to decide personally
and in which they are not Influenced
in the slightest degree.
Their new home will be in the SUI
burbs of Canton and similar line OF
work, but even on larger scale will
be conducted there. They have
branch house in Cleveland presided
over by Sister Lucilla, which is one
of the finest structures in the CleVe-
land diocese. In both houses the
Nuns are a skilled finely educated
company of women VINO can make
everything from eXquisltely delicate
lingerie to little school frocks for the
wee ones entrusted to their care.
Their charity was by no means re-
stricted to the orphans, the afflicted,
the sick and the poor among adults
being mlnistered to in every possible
way, absolutely no consideration ever
being given denOminational prefer
ences. True, in the accomplishment
of their success they have had most
generous contributions from people
Of all creeds, but have conscienuously
and well placed every farthing en-
trusted to them.