The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-02-04
BISHOP ". ". WEBB IN CHARGE
Many Members of Clergy and Members
of the Sisterhood From Many Places
Come to Kenosha to Have Part in
the Notable Event.

One of the most notable celebrations
held at Kemper Hall in years, was held
today when many visitors from this
and other states came to Kenosha to
attend the joint observance Of the
Feast of the Purifcation and the
Golden Jubilee celebration Of the
founding of the Sisters of st. Mary.
Many noted men from among the clergy
IN Illinois and Wisconsin had part in
the services of the day which were
under the direction of the Right
Reverend Walter w. Webb, bishop of
Milwaukee, and scores of members of
the sisterhood came from the various
houses of the order throughout the
country to be present and have part in
the observance of the day. The serv-
ices planned at Kemper Hall were of a
devotional nature. Bishop Webb was
in charge of the choral celebration of
the Holy Communion at st. Peter
Chapel at half past ten o'clock. Six
teen visiting members of the clergy had
part in the services Of the day. After
the service was over the Mother Su-
perior Provincial Sister Margaret
Claire entertained at a luncheon at the
hall at which large number of visit
ors were present. On Monday evening
the young lady students ct Kemper
Hall had their annual dance at the
gymnasium.
Fifty years of notable work in the
advancement of the cause of the church
and the cause Of education were recall
ed by speakers at the observance of
the Golden Jubilee of the Sisters of
st. Mary. The history of the order has
been one of notable growth along many
lines and it's work is now extended into
many states in the union Kemper
Hall in Kenosha is only one of the big
works of the sisterhood. It has charge
of charitable work in many of the larg-
er cities of the country and has schools
In three states. The mother house is at
Peekskill, New York, where the order
was founded by The Reverend Mother
Harriet in 1865. The sisterhood was
established under the approval of the
bishop of New York as a community
of religious work under the three per-
petual vows, Poverty, Chastity, and
Obedience. o sis
The approval being granted by the
bishop of New York the first Of the
members of the community dedicated
themselves to the work of the religious
life at the Feast of the Publication in
1865 at PeekskilI. Associated with
the foundress Of the order Mother Har-
riett, was Sister Sarah, whose work
has greatly endeared her to all religi-
Gus workers of the church.
The growth of the sisterhood has been
a rapid one and it now numbers humid
reds OF consecrated women who serve
humanity and the church either as sis
ters of the order or associate sisters.
The educational institutions now
maintained by the sisterhood include
Kemper Hall, Kenosha; st. Katherine IS
School, at Davenport, Iowa, and ST.
Mary's School at Peekskill New YORK
For a number of years Kenosha has
been the center Of the work of the
community in the middle west. The
largest community house of the order
here is now sheltering many of the
older members of the community. The
work of the order has been especially
notable of these places is the great
larger cities and in many cities regular
institutions are maintained by the
members of the order. The most
notable of these places in the great
community house on Washington Boule-
ward in Chicago.