The Irish standard., 1907-03-09

the three-fold principle that underlaS
the system OF education in that day.
drawing an undeniable parallel be-
tween them and the latter-day theor-
les. BY the Christian education of the
child are these three principles OF
goodness, Of denial Of authority, Of un-
disqualification, to be met
and to be defeated. Always existent.
never have these false principles
worked greater havoc than in our day,
and 1t is the mission Of the religious
teacher to win back the world. through
the little children. to saner views Of
its eternal destiny. The ,nasterly
treatment of the subject Impressed its
lessons deeply, on the minds of the lis
teners and won spontaneous praise
from every tongue.
After the mass, when the officiating
priests had retired to the sacristy. the
Most Rev. Archbishop. wearing the
cope and a magnificent mitre and bear
ing in his hand crozler of unusual
beauty Of orkmanship, ascended the
steps of the altar and turned to ad-
dress the assembled community. The
scene then presented in that quiet
chapel would indeed furnish a sub
ject for an artists brush or a poets
pen. The beautiful altar, fair in it's
white and gold, decked with fragrant
flowers OF delicate hue illuminated
with the soft glow Of many waxen
tapers, formed an ideal setting to that
solitary figure robed in the insignia
Of his sacred Office. Before His Grace
sat the sombre- -garbed company,
daughters of st. Angela. awaiting in
silence the charge Of their protector In
this great archdiocese of New York.
In words truly paternal His Grace
praised the filial submission which
had led the Ursulines before him to
respond with alacrity to the first ex-
preston of the viii of the Sovereign
Pontiff. the late Pope Leo XIII, whose
zeal for religion and solicitude for the
religious orders had urged him to sug-
gest their unification under one central
government, the seat of which should
be in Rome. His Grace also. con-
graduated the UYulines ON being one
of the few orders which had clung to
its original idea, never having
branched out into any other form Of
work. but directing all their energies
to their sole object education. This
address was9followed by Benediction,
given by His Grace, assisted by the
Rev. John a.. Kellner.
After a short interval the chapter
opened for the important work Of its
voting. The chapter was held in the
imposing library of the academy the
massive furniture of which and it's ex-
quisite decorations lent dignity to the
solemn OCCASION All details had been
arranged .withesysteplatic forethought,
and in less than an hour the Rev.
Mother Dominick OF Bedford Park,
and the Rev. Mother Irene, Of New
Rochelle, We're announced as delegates
to Rome. At second session in the
afternoon the Rev. Mother Regis, of
Bedford Park, and the Rev. Mother
Seraphine, Of New Rochelle, were
elected as alternates or substitutes, in
case any untoward circumstance
should prevent the delegates from per-
forming their duties.
The Very Rev. Mother Amadeus
who holds place in the General Chap
ter by reason of her office as provin-
cial, has been we'll known for many
years as tho superior of the Indian
Missions in the Rocky Mountains
Deeply interested in the project Of uni.
J fication from its inception, the Very
Rev. Mother has been largely instru-
mental i'll bringing things forward tc
their present degree Of organization
With undoubted ability for govern
ment, and with deep insight into the
needs and requirements not only o.
her original care, the Montana mis-
sions, but OF all the varied establish
ments of Ursulines in the United
States and Europe, the Very Rev
Mother Amadeus will be a prominen
figure in the general chapter.
The Rev. Mother Dominicl has beel
we'll known throughout the. Unite'
States and Europe for over fifty year
of noble service in the order. Moth
er Doninick's activity and clearness o
mind in spite Of her advanced age &C
count largely for her election to thi
high oflice. Having been so long &C
lively interested in the work the ven
erable Mother is probably the bes
Representative that America can sen
to gain in Rome an understanding Q
conditions peculiar to this country. A
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