The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-09-13

Or OUR LADY OF GOOD COUN
our country.
"This is an, important element in
education. Our rights do not there
by suffer. The best citizens are
those who perform their duties as
siduously. People are ever ready to
give us our rights if we do our
duty.
There is no higher vocation than
teaching. Christian teachers incul-
cate virtue, and what noble and
exalted calling it is. Is it not all
important that teachers should have
their training in a Mother House,
where these virtues are? The chill
dren are choice flowers. No one
comes closer to the heart of a child
! than a Christian teacher. Even the
priest does not come so close to the
soul of child as a teacher. 1t is
a very special work of God to teach
children, and it is the teachers,
therefore, who should impart to chill
dren all things pertaining to the
! foundation of Christianity and also
the knowledge which is learned from
example This is wonderful op-
portunity of teachers So, the call
ing of teachers is a most exalted
! calling and a holy calling. 1t was
wonderful scheme of Providence
which brought teaching sisters into
the church. /
"The Mother House then, is a
school for Christian teachers. 1t is
Notwithstanding for them to
abide under, dts roof. We cannot love
our calling too strongly, sisters,
teachers and clergy If you take
God from the budding mind of
child the child will forget God. If
you do not teach the knowledge of
God, no one else will, and He will
be forgotten. 80 as.@
These are 1.-the things, sisters, to
which you are devoted-the ideals,
which, by Gods help, you must
carry QUITO impart the knowledge
of God and a child's duty to God
to children.
Then may the Mother House of
Good Counsel be a garden of the
Lord over which He may preside,
and may the atmosphere be charged
with his holy presence and may it
not only be prosperous, but may a
Dened1ctlon be sent forth from its
lofty eminence to all.
God shall preside over the Moth
er House of Good Counsel and shall
impart. to you the lessons of wis
dom to help you in the teaching of
the young" ~ @L
Notable Guests From Away.
Among the notable guests from
away were Bishop P. B. Hebron of
Winona, Bishop James Trobec of st.
Cloud, Monsignor Abbelin, spiritual
advisor of the Mother House of
Milwaukee, Monsignor Max Wurst of
Wabasha, Monsignor A. Plut of
Shakopee, Father A. Spirig, S. j.,
of Mankato, Father E. G. Won Hoen-
sackere of Madelia, Father John
Meier OF Winona, Father Joseph
Sand, P. X. Bojec of st. Paul. Father
). Schumacher of Reed City, Mich,
Father David Ryska of Ellsworth,
rather G. Koegel of Minneaska.
Fathers H. Richard, S. j., Hartmann
5. j., Sebastian Huber, S. j., Kessel.i
S. j., and Robert Hughes of the
local clergy.
Mother Philemona, mother SUI
perior of the Milwaukee Mother
House, Mother M. Petra of st. Louis
were present. Mother Mary Anne, !
commissary of ST. Killian, Father G.
Murphy of Blue Earth, Father 4.
Dittman of Madison Lake, Father
Valerius, o. F. NJ, ST. Paul, Father
Bernardo Viewer, O. F. NJ, of Jor-
dan, Father NJ Goevert of MIR |
wood, Father Peter Schirmer of Co
logne, Father p Carey of Redwing,
Father Robert Schllinkert of New |
Ulm, Father j. Meyers of st. James,
Father G. Murphy of Blue Earth,
Father j. NJ. Manner of ST. Peter.
Father General of America, was one
of the honored guests.
Venerable Sister M. Antonio of the
Milwaukee Mother House is in Man
kato for the first time in tweaty-one
years. Sister Antonio was mother
superior in the Mankato convent for
nineteen years.
Every convent in Minnesota was
represented by at least one sister,
and the gathering of sisters and
clergy was an unusual one.
The Young Ladies' Sodaliy of st.
Peter and Paurs church lad pro-
vided refreshment stands on the
grounds where the guests this after
noon could buy ice cream and SO
forth.
The crowds who inspected the
building commenced to gather soon ]
after noon and the grounds, as well '
as the building were thionged. <
:. Description of Building. ;
The building is, a magnificent one,
and deserves the attehtion and