The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-05-25
OUR PEOPLE STILL PRAY

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and spreading a remembrance of
WRISTS sacred passion among men.
mus, whilst the Passionist fathers
are engaged in missionary labors and
preaching to large congregations in
parochlal churches and making
known Gods great love as revealed
IN His Sacred passion these holy
souls, at home in their converts, re-
main at the foot of the cross with
the Sorrowful Mother of Jesus and
lmplore the divine assistance on the
labors of the fathers, and thus help
spread a remembrance of Christ's
passion among men, and cooperate
IN the salvation of souls. In writing
OF their purpose and work the holy
founder, st. Paul of the Cross, says:
we wish to establish a community
OF generous and devoted souls dead
to the visible world and resembling
in virtue and modification our suf-
fering Redeemer and His SorrowfuI
Mother.
Their rule of life is most austere.
At the end of the novitiate they
make four vows-the three ordinary
VOWS of religious poverty, chastity
and obedience-to which a vow of
promoting devotion to the Passion of
Jesus Christ is added These vows
are perpetual. Much time of the day
and night is given to prayer.
Like the Passionate Fathers, the
sisters chant the Divine Office at the
different hours of the day and rise
about midnight for the chanting of
the Mathis and Lauds. The habit of
the sisters is similar to that worn by
the Passionists missionary, which is
so we'll known in the Catholic church.
This habit is made of rough, black
cloth with cloak of the same ma
terial
On this habit and cloak is attached
the Passionate emblem; that is, a
white heart surmounted by a cross
bearing the inscription in Latin, "Je-
sus Xpi Passio"-"theP Passion of Je-
sus Christ" Around the waist is a
leathern belt to which is attached the
Rosary of the Blessed Virgin San
dals are worn on the feet. The or
der was founded in the year 1870,
about fifty years after st. Paul of the
Cross founded the Passionist fathers.
The first convent was in Cuveto,
Italy, and the first Passionist nun
was Sister Mary of Jesus Crucified
The five nuns who are to make the
first American foundation have been
chosen from this same convent. The
chief benefit resulting from the pres
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ca will be the blessings which their
life of prayer and penance will merit
from God for this our country.
They are, in the words of a holy
soul, victims offered to Almighty God
in satisfaction for sin. And these
victims so pleasing to Heaven will
now increase and multiply in our
land and in our own day. Here in
these United States will be found
many vocations to this holy, yet aus
tere state. Here the daughters of
st. Paul of the Cross will find fer
vent souls waiting to receive them
and who, in turn, will be received by
them and thus become new victims
whose sacrifice will be an acceptable
offering and one wholly pleasing to
divine goodness.
Here the daughters of st. Paul of
the Cross will supplement the work
of his Jealous and fervent sons to
bring the memory of Christ's Passion
to the attention of a greater number
of people and the work of mans sal
walton better advanced by the pray
ers and labors of these devoted fol-
lowers who at home and abroad are
mindful of the burning love of Jesus
Crucified for the souls of men.