The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-03-23
RECEPTION AND PROFESSION
IMPRESSIVE CEREMONY AT ST.
JoSEPH'S AcADEMY-FlFTEE
TOOK FIRST vows AND TWEN-
TY-FoUR RECEIVED THE HABIT
THE MOST REVEREND ARCH
BISHOP OFFIclATED.

The Feast of st. Joseph, the pa
tronal day of the Sisters of st. Jos
eph, always witnesses the impressive
ceremonies of reception and profess
sion at st. Joseph's Academy, the
Provincial Motherhouse of the Order.
Each year, at the close of an eight-day
retreat, a number of postulants are
received into the Order, and the nov
ices who have completed the period
of their novitiate are allowed to make
their first vows.
This year the preparatory retreat
was preached by Father Alfred, C. P,
OF Chicago. 1t ended on st. Joseph's
day with the ceremonies incident to
reception and profession. At half
past eight o'clock Mass was celebrat-
ed by the Rev. John A. Ryan, D. D.,
of st. Paul Seminary, and the sermon
was preached by the Most Reverend
Archbishop, who also presided at the
reception of postulants and profession
of novices. The ceremony was pri-
vate, attended only by the members
of the clergy, the Sisters and the
Christian Brothers. Fifteen priests
occupied seats in the sanctuary.
The novices who took their first
VOWS in religion are: Sister M. Ger
trude Fitzgerald; Sister M. Lydia
Kilduff; Sister Mary Kilduff; Sister
M. Davidica Mercier; Sister M.
Claude Dougherty; Sister M. Cyril
Kelly; Sister st. Agnes Shields; Sis
ter M. Andrea Donnelly; Sister M.
Clementia Curry; Sister st. Helene
Guthrie; Sister M. Aquin Enright;
Sister M. Joan Toomey; Sister M.
F1des Bergin; Sister M. Kathla Sven
son; Sister M. Susanna Koehmstedt.
The following young women re-
ceived the habit of the Sisterhood and
were given the names by which they
will henceforth be known in religion:
Miss Mary Ryan, Sister Frances Rita:
Miss Helen Cavanaugh, Sister Mary
immaculate; Miss Regina thinner
Sister Mary Christeta; Miss Frances
Shreenan, Sister Mary Leonora; Miss
Dora Shreenan, Sister Mary Ina; Miss
Catherine O'Brien, Sister Mary Her
bert; Miss Gertrude O'Brien, Sister
Mary Camillus; Miss Mary McGarry,
Sister Magdalen De Pazzi; Miss Mary
kunesh, Sister Mary FeIice; Miss
Catherine O'Connor, Sister st.
Michael; Miss Margaret Hogan, Sister
Mary Patricius; Miss Catherine God
ley, Sister Mary Benignus; Miss Hon.
orah Roche, Sister Mary Margarita;
Miss Margaret Casey, Sister ST. Bride;
Miss Helen Lawlor, Sister Mary Car
mena; Miss Elizabeth Leen, Sister
Mary Agnesita; Miss Dina Ehrnst,
Sister Mary Hermine; Miss Frances
Nice, Sister Mary Kostka; Miss
Amanda Boe, Sister Mary Petrina;
Miss Katherine Ryan, Sister Mary
John; Miss Isabel Angel, Sister Anne
Loretto; Miss Bertha Markert, Sister
Francesca Romano; Miss Emma Cour,
Sister Mary Hortense; Miss Frances
Podenski, Sister Mary Ermenilda.
In the afternoon the parents, rela-
tives and friends of the sisters and
novices who participated in the cere-
monies of the morning visited the Acad-
emy and congratulated them. This
is the last reception and profession
that will be held in st. Joseph's
Academy. In the course cf few
weeks the novices and postulants will
be transferred to the new st. Joseph's
Novitiate which has been erected on
Randolph Street and Dustin Avenue
adjoining the grounds of the College
Of st. Catherine.