Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-05-29
Nuns of @the Peparatiop y

Al the very moment when the ord.
OF Carmelite nuns. expelled
France. IS likely to transfer lis 80
places of residence TO the United So.
the Countess Ieary has perfectt-I -
engagements for establishing n hra,tl az
the Order of the Reparatrice or - VI
aration. in New York city. The ~.
melIt+s are an ancient sisternood III
the order OF the Reparatrice is moderr
but the organizations are similar In ~
the rules Of both impose upon tb.i.
members rigorous seclusion from III
world and regimen of extra0relinarr
severity ''i1otF
The Carmelites wear coarse bol..
and linen cloth with holes cut far ~"
eyes. completely concealing the fac
To even their daily associates in H.
convent their features are not reyeaIa,j
till death. Their fare is of the plainast
and they practice long fasts. a con.
spicuous object of their convent cera
monies is human skull. the burmese -
which is to keep the idea of death eve-
present TO their minds. Prayer and pep.
ances consume large part of their
time, and their chief relaxation is tie
work on vestments and scapulars wifi
which they occupy their morning hoprs
but even while this is in progress tEar
must not speak word to one anotbar
for one of their rigid rules inposes
silence
The Order of the Reparatr.ce has for
IT'S object the perpetual alteration of the
sacrament, as reparation for saerieges
which have been committed against il
by others. By reason of this service
their dress is appropriately more At
tractlve than the garb of most Of tlp
strict orders of nuns. The sisters never
go out Of their house. In their chanel
two yelled nuns kneel perpetually In ad
grafton of the Blessed Sacrament.
grating divides th part of the chanel
IN which the nuns worship from that
Which IS open to strangers desiring ia
hear the mass. In few instances the
nuns may receive women and children
seeking religious instruction, but other
wise they will have no communication
with the outside world.
There We're ages in which good mer,
and women, contemplating the vices of
the world, fled to the deserts and led
solitary lives devoted to self-denial and
prayer. In this age and this country
there are many opportunities for service
to suffering humanity that appeal to the
devout. and religious orders here have
generally been dedicated to nursing the
sick, training the young. caring for the
old. retaining the erring, conducting
asylums for the blind and the insane or
performing some other form of beupf-
cence helpful to mankind There are
many who will feel that with nurses so
scarce that they command wages far be-
yond the means of the poor n new re-
ligious sisterhoOd in this country would
find a more useful field in devotion f,
that form of charity than in perpetual
contemplation and immolation.
The beautiful devotion of Rose Haw-
thorne I.athrop in her cancer hospital
showed piety turning to benevolence
The needs of sufferers from the great
white plague and of victims of leprosy
call loudly for self-denying recruits.
Great blessings to humanity may follow
even such prosaic work as teaching
trades, plain sewing and domestic
science to young girls. Americans pos
sessing large fortunes-not always mem
bers of the Catholic faith-frequently
have bestowed properties and money
upon benevolent sisterheods of the Cath
Ollie church to induce them to establish
themselves for the benefit of humanity
The late Gov. Washburn of Wisconsin
was a pioneer in this work. Others
might wei follow the example, for il Is
beautiful and practical way of doing
great good