The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1913-03-04
WANT GREY NUNS
To REMAIN HERE
Petition to be Presented to All
8 Souls Hospital Board.

Petitions are being circulated for
signatures requesting the All Souls
hospital management to reconsider
the decision in demanding the recall
of the Grey Nuns by the motherhouse
in Montreal and substituting for them
at the hospital nurses of another or
der
The petition is as follows
"To the President and Board of Di-
rectors of All Souls hospital, Nor
ristown, N. j.
st is with great surprise and ex-
treme regret that we, citizens OF
Morris county, learn of the action
which you have taken recently in re-
questing the withdrawal of the order
of Grey Nuns from All Souls hos
pital in Morristown.
THE institution of All Souls hos
pital and the procuring OF the Grey
Nuns to take charge and control
thereof was due chiefly to the un-
ceasing efforts of the late Monsignor
Joseph M. Flynn.
I'VE beg to call your attention to
the conditions under which Mon
signor Flynn-over twenty years ago
procured the consent of the Grey
Nuns to take charge of the hospital,
as they are set forth in the first an
nual report of the institution.
/" I'm the autumn of 1891, Very Rev
Dean Flynn and Rev. James H. Brady
visited Montreal, and, after much per-
suasion, were fortunately able to Sc
cure pledge from the Sisters OF
the Order known as Grey Nuns to
take charge of the hospital as soon
as completed. The Order of Grey
Nuns will be incorporated under the
laws of New Jersey and the title to
the property, at present vested in RI.
Rev. Bishop Wigger, will be trans
ferred to them. Under agreement
with the Bishop this and all other
property held by the Sisters for the
hospital, shall be decided back to him
if for any unforeseen cause they should
abandon then work here.
although this agreement was dis
regarded and the hospital property
conveyed to All Souls hospital a
lay corporation, the Grey Nuns took
immediate control of the hospital and
have labored there increasingly from
the time of their coming to the pres
ent day.
"To attempt to narrate the sacri-
fices they have made, the struggles
they have fouught, the labors they
have performed, and the tenderness.
the devotion and the skillful care
which they have bestowed upon all
who have sought their assistance dur
ing the twenty years of their min
istry here among us, would be but
repeating what is common knowledge
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are famous the world over for Their
abilities as nurses, should be turned
away after tIxsir years of toll and
devotion among us, seems poor ap'
probation of their work.
IAN assertion that the Grey Nuns
are incapable of managing and direct
ing the hospital deserves and receives
no credence in view of the fact that
over seventy hospitals and charitable
institutions are being most success
fully conducted and managed by the
order in the United States and Canada
Therefore, we, your petitioners
wish to demonstrate by this address
our appreciation and recognition OF
the abilities of and our love for the
Grey Nuns in the profession of nurs-
ing; and the great love and respect
and esteem which We bear to the
members of this noble order who
have labored so faithfully and de-
votedly among us; and to express
our extreme regret and displeasure at
the removal of the Grey Nuns from
among us.
"We, therefore, respectfully urge
that your honorable body reconsider
your action in demanding the recall
and removal of these worthy women,
and that you request the superior of
their order to allow them to remain
in charge of All Souls hospital, to
minister to us, your petitioners, and
the other members of our community
in our hour of suffering, so that in
the time of sickness we may ibe CON-
Portable in the assurance that we
have close at hand skilled and expert
nurses. who can give us the best care
and attention which their profession
affords"