St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-04-17
PAROCHIAL SCHOOL
CELEBRATES JUBILEE
Scholars, Nuns and Priests Gather
Under Oaks at Grand Coteau.
BOUQUET PRESENTED
MISTRESS GENERAL.
Catholic Parochial School
Celebrates Its TWenty-First Year
of Its Existence-Fair Successful.

Grand Coteau, La, April f2-The
parochial School built in 1890 situ-
ated a good stones throw northwest
of the Catholic Church nesting be-
meath spreading oaks and taught by
the Ladies of the Sacred Heart Con-
vent celebrated its silver jubilee
Thursday of last week in an elab-
crate manner. A good number of
old scholars and friends of the
school, pupils of the Sacred Heart
Convent and several OF tt
of st. Charles College were
The members of the faculty Of ST..
Charles College there on this ocea-
sion were: Very Rev. NJ. A. Grace,
S. j., President; Rev. f. K Twell
meyer, S. j.. Vice-President; Rev. H.
A. Devine, S. j.. Secretary; Rev. E..
J. Baehr, Treasurer: Rev. Paul LOU
vet, S. j., Rev. James Chamard, s.
j., Rev. R. NJ. Brooks, S. j., Rev. Jas.
Veau, S. j., and Rev. A. M. Fontan,
S. j., Pastor and Rev. J. P. Moore, S.
J., Assistant Pastor of the Sacred
Heart Church. The following Re-
ligious of the Sacred Heart Convent
were also present: Rev. Mother
Fitzwilliam, Superior; Mother T. C..
Cough who was at the head of the
Parochial School for the first tWen-
ty-five years, Mother Perry and
Mother Tauzin. An interesting pro-
gram of songs, dialogue and recita-
tions was we'll carried out. After
which two old scholars Miss Gene
We've Smith read an address in the
name of the old scholars and Miss
Leonie Barry presented beautiful
bouquet to Mother O'Connor, the
mistress general of the Parochial
School in which was neat coilec-
ton from the old scholars and
Children OF Mary amounting to
nearly thirty dollars. After this
Father Grace delivered splendid
talk in which he thanked the kind
Ladies of the Sacred Heart in the
name of the priest OF the Church
and College for the past twenty-five
years. He also thanked the pupils
for the nice entertainment.
A fair was then held under the
beautiful oaks for the benefit of the
school. E hing from beginning
to end wi success both financial
ly and otlIera1se. The parochial
School teachers are as follows:
Mother O'Connor, mistress general,
Mother McHenry and Mother Cur
bin.
AS educators the Religious of the
Sacred Heart aim at procuring the
harmonious development of both
the minds and the hearts of those
committed to their care. Convinced
that education in its meaning is that
moral and mental discipline by
which the human faculties are
trained and imfolded in subordina-
ton to a certain definite end, which
end S nothing more nor less than the
end for which man was created, this
system of education is subordinated
to that end, and consequently while
imparting to their pupils the high
est mental culture and the most
manly and womaniy accomplish
ments, they spare no effort in form
ing them to habits of virture.
The services of the Religious of
the Sacred Heart in the cause of
Christian education dates its origin
from the beginning Of the last cent
ury when it was founded by Blessed
Sophie Barat.
The Sacred Heart Religious first
came to Grand Coteau in 1921 when
the Smith family offered Mother
Ducheme the site OF the present
convent of Grand Coteau on which
was TO be built an institution for
the education of young girls. The
offer was accepted and Mother Audi
with one companion, repaired to
Grand Coteau and founded the new
convent. Its early history is one OF
priyatien and devotedness, Of cour-
age and confidence, of answering
perseverance,. But it has emerged
from its trials and its name is iden-
tilted with the history of education
in Louisiana