Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-12

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January 4. 1921. when she was but forty
seven years Of age. The house in which
she died is one OF Enmitshurgs land
ma rks, Her grave was at first marked
only by cross and a rose bush. but
later a beautiful Gothic mortuary chapel
WAS erected. Archbishop Bayley Is
buried near his aunt
Growth of the Order.
Mother Seton was succeeded as mother
superior by Sister Rose White who in
1914 had been sent to Philadelphia TO as
sumo charge of an orphan asylum. In
der Mother Roses administration the
sisters established an orphan -sylum and
school in Washington, and extended their
labors in many objections Each year
the order grew and today there are few
important cities which are not helped by
its beneficent influences.
in the beautiful valley of ST. Joseph's,
where is the mother house Of the sister
hood. st. JoSephs Academy. which the
sisters conduct. Mount ST Mary's Semi
nary and Mount st. Mary's College.
the Angelus summons the husband
man to evening prayer in the midst Of his
toll Here the hungry are never sent
from the door unfed. Here are peace and
pety and industry-and industry Is not
the least of these virtues When the
novice parts with the browning glory or
womanhood,' her long and flowing hair.
she enters upon a life in which medita-
ton and prayer have a large allotment OF
time but it is life OF work and not
idleness-the best work that mortal can
do In this valley the inhabitants relate
the legend of an Indian chief. who llVed
two centuries ago and was converted to
Christianity by the Jesuits, to whom the
Blessed Virgin Mary appeared In VISION
foretelling that amid the groves where
he had so constantly prayed TO her there
would gather many virgins to sound con-
Of Gn6 4 e.
the Virgin Mary commentaries the leg
end. Never had vision more glorious ful-
filment.
Other United States Candidates.
No resident of the United States has yet
been canonized or beatified though
there are two candidates for sainthood
from this country besides Mother Seton.
One is Bishop John NJ. Neumann of Phil
adelphia and the other the Rev. Francis
Xavier Seelos. missionary priest and
member of the Redemptorist order. who
died of yellow fever in New Orleans. Four
of the six American saints were of Euro
pean birth-SS Rose of Lima and Philip
of Jesus being the only natives of this
continent who have been canonized. The
former died In 1917 and was canonized in
1869. She is the patron saint of all Amer
ica the Philippines and West Indies. ST.
Philip of Jesus was the of Mexican
parents who went to the Philippines with
a cargo of goods for his father and be-
came there Franciscan monk. He was
shipwrecked and suffered martyrdom In
Japan in the early part of the seventeenth
century. He is the patron saint OF the
City of Mexico, having been canonized by
Pope Piux TX.
The other American saints are St
Lewis Bertrand. a native of Spain, who
converted many South American Indians.
canonized in 1911: ST. Turribius, native
of Spain, who while he was judge at
Granada was offered the see of Lima ana
was canonized in 1926; St. Francis So,ano.
another missionary to the Indians. also
canonized in 1926. and st. Peter Claver.
the negro apostle, who designated himself
1.-The slave of the slaves forever" and Ia
bored heroically in the West Indies In
the seventeenth century among victims
of a cruel servitude. He was canonized
by Pope Leo in 1855.
The beatified servants are the Blessed
Sebastian de la Aparicion, the Blessed
John Massias. the Blessed Martin Porras
and the Blessed Maria de Parades, the
Lily of Quito.
American Catholics believe that there
are others worthy of this exaltation, and
none more so than Elizabeth Ann Seton,
the sanity woman whose mission on earth
is reflected in every gentle ministration
to the sick the ignorant or the poor. by
a Sister of Charity.