The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-10-07
THE CAMPAIGN.

AS is known by our readers the
great campaign for the House of
the Good Shepherd will soon be in
full operation. The actual work
OF soliciting contributions will be-
gin on Thursday, October II, and
will continue for ten working
days. Fifty teams of jealous men
and women will call on the bust
ness and professional men of St.
Paul and will ask for donations.
The object, as is known, is to build
and equip two much-needed addi-
lions to the House Of the Good
Shepherd. ~
The preliminary work, under the
energetic direction Of Mr.. Shelf
field, is nearly completed.
1t were useless to attempt to
prove that the Sisters of the Good
Shepherd are doing a good and
noble work: their work is known
OF all men. They have been in our
midst for nearly half a century
and have accomplished untold
good for Church and State.
The work which the Sisters of
the Good Shepherd everywhere ac-
cept as peculiarly their own, is one
which requires special fitness.
Homes there are for all kinds Of
unfortunates. Society generously
extends it's benefcent hand to-
wards the sick, the feeble-minded,
the suffering, the homeless, the
aged. Age and youth are the re-
cipients Of society's bounty. But
society with averted glance turns
superciliously from the outcast Of
the streets. The Magdalenes Of a
great city are the most pitiable OBJ
jectst tossed about midst} the
wreckage Of civic life. The pecu-
liar horror of their fallen scondi-
ton appeals to but few. Society
considers them as lepers, as ulcers
on the body polite; but the Catho-
lie Church, all-embracing mother
that she is, knows no distinction
Of condition or of crime when
there is question of saving her. fall
Ell children. AS the Saviour con-
soled the thief on the cross, as He
extended an absolving hand over
the first Magdalene, so do the Sis
ters of the Good Shepherd reach
out yearningly in order to rescue,
to reform, to save, bodily and spir-
itually, the weaker members of
their sex. Only those who are IA
miliar with the extent Of crime in
our larger cities can realize what it
means to the civic betterment of
the community to save those who
have been SO great a cause Of civic
depravity. Here there is no distinc-
ton OF race or, creed or condition :
all the unfortunates who can, even
at great sacrifice, be accommo-
dated and who desire a reform in
their lives are eagerly. welcomed
by the noble Sisters of the Good
Shepherd. These devoted nuns
give more than mere welcome and
material assistance they reach at
the heart and soul Of the inmates,
and endeavor to awaken some
latent impulse that will reform the
life and conduct Of these unfortu-
mates.
This work, therefore, should APP
peal to all in the widest and broad
est sense, to all classes Of citizens,
because it is a work the success of
which means not only personal re-
form for the fallen but better
ment Of civic conditions in our
own community.
Contributions will be solicited in
st. Paul and it's immediate envir-
Ons. Outside Of this persons who
may wish to contribute may send
their donations to The Catholic
Bulletin, which will each week ac-
knowledge whatever sums may be
received, and will turn them over
to the treasurer Of the campaign.