South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-08-06
FIRST VOWS ARE
TAKEN BY TWENTY
Miss Katherine BOgnar of This
City Among Those to Enter
Holy Cross Order.

MISS hdlUtIlHt DOBHdTs 0du5lANC "a
Mr.. and Mrs Michael Bognar, 80 w.
Jefferson blvd, was among 20 young
women who entered the order of the
Sisters of the Holy Cross Friday morn
ing at solemn services held in the
chapel of Loretto at St. MaTy's. Miss
Bognar has been in the novitiate at ~.
Mary's for the past year. She re
ceived the name of Sister Marie Des
Victories.
At this mornings services the 20
young women received the black habit
of the order and the white veil. At
the end of one year they will take the
VOW for three years and receive the
black and at the end Of three years
they will take the final vows which
pledge them to remain member Of
the community for the remainder OF
their lives. Those who took their first
vows five years ago Will take the maj
vows on Aug. Is.
The services Friday morning were
impressive. Preceding the solemn
high mass, which was sung by the
Very Rev. Andrew Morrissey of Notre
Dame, provincial of the Holy Cross
order, Rev. j. Gallagher and Rev.
Edward Bolger of st. Joseph. Mo-, the
20 young women who were to receive
the habit entered the church gOwned
as brides with full veil and bridal
wreath, signifying the giving of their
lives TO the service of Christ. At the
altar they knelt while they made in
concert their request to be permitted
to enter the order and repeated their
vows As thy knelt they were pre-
snted with the habit of the order.
Rising they left the chapel with the
mistress of novices and returned,
wearing the black habit and the white
veil.
Preceding the administering OF the
vows Rev. j. j. French, &. 5. G., dellV-
cred a sermon on the spiritual bless
ings of the religious life, pointing out
how the life of the religious daily sep
arates them farther from the world
and carries them nearer to Christ. His
text was II have chosen you
The names of the young women en-
tering the order and the names which
they will henceforward bear are as
follows:
Ella NJ. Mulcair. Limerick. Ireland.
Sister Maria Comma.
Annie Heavey. Galway, Ireland, Sis
ter Mary Hughetta.
Catherine Hill. Quebec, Canada, Sis
ter Mary Deotilla.
Mary +. Henderson, FultOnville, ".
Y, Sister Mary Catherine DeRicci.
Eleanor Mclaughlin, Jersey City, n.
j.. Sister Mary Teclita.
Mary c. Ruof, Lancaster, Pa, Sis
ter Mary Madeline.
Marguerite Farley, Baltimore, Md.
Sister Mary Emerintia.
Barbara Schubert, Washington, ID.
c., Sister Rose Marie.
Elizabeth MalOney. Washington, D..
c, Sister Mary Denyse.
Agnes Nix, Huntington, Ind, Sister
Mary Agnesina
Catherine Bognar, South Bend, Ind.
Sister Marie Des VICTORIES.
Elizabeth Thompson, Cairo, ILL.,, Sis
ter Mary Berisimo.
Adelaide Bourdages, Chicago, Sis
Mary A. Carroll, Peoria, H., Sister
! Mary Fidelma.
Catherine Mellon, Waterloo, Ia,
sister Mary Florita.
Gertrude Macken. ROchestre, Mimi,
Sister Mary Gertrudina.
Katherine V. Hogan, st. Joseph, Mo-,
! Sister Mary PetrOnilla.
! Katherine T. Brady, st. Joseph, Mo-,
| Sister Mary JOSlna.
Edith Savage, Little Rock, Ark, Sis
! ter Mary Angola.
! Grace V. Wright. Woodland, Calf,
Sister Mary Adorato.
The master of ceremonies at the SER
vice was Rev w. r. Common, G. $. c.,
/ and among the priests present on the
! AFTER were NeN. l. NdShleI' ChdPld
at ST. Marys Rev. NJ. Quinlan. G. S.
| c.. Rev. Peter Lauth, c. 5. c., Rev. j.
I MolOney, c. S. C, Rev. J. Gallagher,
! g. s. c.. Rev. w. BOlger. g. S. c., Rev.
a. b. O'Neill. c. S. c., Rev. T. Irving,
/ G. :. c., Rev. Peter Herbert c. S. c..
Rev J. Devers, G. S. c.. Rev. Angus
! Mcdonald, G. 5. c., Rev. William
| Carey, c. S. c., Rev. Father Lahey, c.
$. G., Rev. James Quinlan. c. 5. c.,
! Rev James Farley, c. S. c., Rev. Jo-
\ seph Donahue, {. s. c., Rev. Charles
O'DOnnel, c. S. c., and Rev. John
| Delaney, G. 5. G.
The mass and the psalms which
| formed a part Of the service were very
| beautifully chanted by the sisters
| choir. The chapel was filled with rel
atiVes and friends of the young women.