The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-01-01
State Well
Represents
SEVERAL YOUNG LADIES TAKE
THE SOLEMN OBLIGATIONS AT
THE CATHOLIC ALTAR AT
WHEELING.

WHEELING, Jan. -Four young
ladies' were received into st. Joseph's
convent of the Sisters of the Order of
st. Joseph and three others made
their profession after a three years
novitate and tbok their religious
VOWS as Sisters al the convent chap.
ell, corner Fourteenth and Eoff streets,
Monday morning.
Those received are: Miss Clara
Poulton. Miss Elizabeth Stanley. Miss
Ida Thompson, all OF Wheeling: and
Miss Nellie Deegan, OF Grafton, w.
Va. Those who became Sisters are:
Miss Bessie Stanley. of Wheeling:
Miss Pickens,. of Pickens, w. Va, and
Miss Mary Manning. of the city.
Rt. Rev. P. J. Donahue, bishop Of
the Wheeling diocese, oMciated att he
ceremonies which were to~uchingly
solemn and pretty. A large number
of diocese clergymen, the membership
Of the Sisters of St. Joseph's convent,
and n few invited members of the
laity and newspaper men attended the
affair n the mass celebrated in con-
n%ection by Rev. Father Jon-'J swipt,
diocesan missionary.
AS the convent bell struck s O'Clock
the four young ladies came into the
crowded chapel barged in brides
wells. The bishop and cEergymen
were already in the sanctuary await.
ing them in their priestly robes.
Their Names In Religion.
The aspirants knelt before the Dish.
op and made their promises. They
were then given their ame in re.
Hgion. Miss Poulton will be known
in the future as Sister Mary Pure:
Miss Stanley as Sister Mary Adele;
Miss Nellie Deegan as Sister Mary
fmefda. and Miss Thompson as Sister
Mary Andrea.
After they received their religious
names the young ladies' still robed in
their brides garments knelt while
Rev. Father Constantine. o. NJ. Cap.
of st. Alphonsus, monastery of Capu.
chin Fathers, delivered the sermon.
Father Constantine reminded he
young ladies OF the great step they
were taking, telling them 1t was the
srandest and most uplifting vocation
to which womankind can aspire.
The sermon ended the young ladies'
retired from the chapel, not return
ing again until mass time when they
r~e'appeared in Sisters black robes.
The New Sisters.
Immediately after the sermon
Misses Stanley, Manning and Pick
ems. known in the convent as Sisters
Mary Evarista, Mary Eulalia and
Mary Felicitas respectively advanced
to the sanctuary railing and made
their solemn profession. thereby be.
coming Sisters. Bishop Donahue again
officiating.
The mass by Father Swint Of Par.
kersburg then followed which closed
at 10 O'Clock. The four novitiates
will make their profession in not less
than two years. and in the meantime
they will remain in the conven ana
live the life Of a Sister.
Prominent among the clergymen
presn: were: Bishop Donahue. D. D.,
Rec. Father .Delace, S. NJ, OF Buck.
harmon; Rev. Father John Swint, OF
Pa~rkersburg; Rev, Father Widen
ham, Of the Catholic University at
Washington; Rev. Father John j. Jep-
son, professor OF English at st. Charles
College. Ellicott City, Md: Rev. Faith.
err Glott, Of Elm Grove: Rev. Father
Lynne. of Steubenville, Ohio: Rev.
Father Nader. of Edgington Lane:
Rev. Father ]. w. Werninser. pastor
OF st. Johns at Benwood: Rev. Faith
er Constantine. o. NJ. c., Rev. o. H.
Moye, rector OF st. Joseph's Cathedral
parish: Rev. Father Pfleper, of Edg.
ington Lane: Rev. Father Edward f.
Weber, chancellor of the Wheeling
diocese, and Rev. Father M%artorano.
There is more Catarrh in this Sec
ton of the country than all other dis
cases put together, and until the last
few years was supposed to be incura-
1 h11 E~- rront 100000 an- Ia..a..