Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-08-25
SIX ADMITTED
TO SISTERHOOD
BEAUTIFUL SERVICES WERE
HELD AT ST. JoSEPH'S ACAD-
ACADEMY
IMPRESSIVE S enc
Young Women ReIinquish the GIamor
of the World for the Life of
Acknowledgements Ser
mon Preached.

From Saturdays Daily.
Six young women have been admit.
ted to Sisterhood in the Order of the
Humility Of Mary, the beautiful cere-
mony Of religious profession and re-
ception taking place in the chapel OF
st. Joseph's Academy. The services
were conducted by Very Rev. Jas.
Fitzpatrick, D. D. Of Marshalltown, as
sisted by Rev. Jas. Foley Of this
city, and Rev. A. ], Zaiser,, Fl. Mad
ison, Iowa
The ceremonies opened will the
reception Of two candidates, who,
attired as brides and wearing the ira
ditional and symbolic veil and wreath
Of May blossoms, kneit IN the sanctu
airy and made formal petition to be re
ceived into the congregation. Thc
habit and veil were blessed ana con.
ferred On the applicants, who then
withdrew and exchanged the1 bridal
robes FOR the conventual garb Il
serge.
The four novices who were to be
received as full members of the order
then pronounced the VOWS thus conse-
Grating their lives to the service of
God as Sisters Of the Holy Humility
of Mary. Solemn high mass followed
by the TIE Deum closed the impressive
rites Of the day.
The affairs were beautifully deco.
rated for the OCCASION and music and
lights and incense lent the beauty of
symbolism to the ceremonies.
The New Sisters.
The sisters who made their vows
are:
Sister Mary Paul Lynch, MARSHALL
town, Ia; Sister Mary Thomas
Reynolds, Melrose, Ia; Sister Mary
| Kutchner, Iowa City, Ia; Sister Mary
Edmund flanagan, Philadelphia, Pa.
The two candidates for reception
were:
Miss Elizabeth Alderman, Fairfield,
Ia, in religion known as Sister Mary
Bernard, and Miss Margaret Baird of
Davenport, Ia, in religion Sister Mary
Dorothy.
TIE Out of Town Guests.
Among the guests present from out
| Of town were:
Very Rev. Jas. J. Fitzpatrick, D. D.
Marshalltown Ia; Rev. James
Mahoney, Parnell, Ia; Mrs. W.
Connie, Davenport, Ia; Miss
Helen oVgt, Iowa City, Ia; Eliza
beth Wilkie, Melrose, Ia; John Lynch,
Marshalltown, Ia; Mrs. G. Tank,
Davenport, Ia; Miss Emma Zaier,
Buffalo, Ia: Miss Elizabeth Lynch,
Georgetown, Ia; Harry Reynolds,
Macomb, ILL.,; Misses Hannah and
Irene Dugan. Melrose, Ia; Miss
Kutcher, Iowa City, Ia; Miss Agnes
Mcnamara, Moberly, Mo-; Simon
Baird, Davenport, Ia; Mrs. Alderman,
Miss Marie and Master James Ham
mond, Miss May Alderman, Mrs. Ham
mond and family, Fairfield, Ia; Miss
Teresa Gordon, Davenport, la.
New School Site Viewed.
After the services were concluded
Mother Joseph with three sisters OF
the local academy, accompanied by
the priests who were guests and par.
Elephants at the services left in two
carriages for the farm of the sisters
north of the city near Grandview
This tract was purchased about year
ago by the local sisterhood for the
ultimate purpose of erecting a large
young women's academy The tract
is very large one and is one Of the
grandest sites in the county. The
plans for the construction of the col
lege have not as yet taken definite
form and 1t is not known when the
structure will be erected. AS most o.
the clergy were from out of the cit,
) and having a sympathy with the move
ment undertaken by the sisters, they
were taken to view the site. Those
: who attended aside from the sisters
were: Very Rev. James ]. Fitzpat
, rick, D. D. Of Marshalltown; Rev
Father James Foley, Of this city, Rev
Father A. ]. Zaiser, of Ft. Madison
and Rev. Father James Mahoney, o
Parnell.