The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-08-06


from Europe will undertake social
and religious welfare work in the Do
cese of Duluth. They will have their
headquarters in Corpus Christi House,
that city, but will serve in the various
missions which already have been es-
tablished or which soon, are to be
founded under the direction Of Right
Rev. John I. McNicholas, o. P, Bish-
op of Duluth.
Corpus Christi House here was
opened last year and since then has
been the center from which the Ter
tiaries have carried on a mission of
spiritual and temporal assistance to
many hundreds Of Catholics in this
city and various smaller communities.
Reverend Mother Mary Ellerker Q.
S. D., is in charge of Corpus Christi
House. 1t was she who went to Ire
land and England to obtain recruits
for the institution.
At Corpus Christi House working
girls who have no permanent homes
in Duluth find congenial place of
abode and center for their interests,
amusement and religious instruction.
The House is also the home of the
sisters who are in training or at work
in the missions in Duluth and the sew
eral outlying communities.
The Sisters are now giving valuable
help at three missions outside of the
city. One of these is Markville, 60
miles from Duluth. In spite of the
distance, the Sisters go there every
Sunday to instruct children and 9th
ers in catechism and to recite the Ros
ary AT Two Harbors, 80 miles from
Duluth, there is a church and a resi-
dent priest, but no school. Two Sis
ters go to this place every Friday to
conduct classes in catechism-eight
in all. Morgan Park is a mission OF
the same class as Two Harbors.
In Duluth there are hundreds oil
children who do not attend parochial
schools. The Sisters have established
five centers where these children are
taught catechism and prepared to re
ceive the sacraments.
This purely religious effort is moi
the whole of the good work that these
Sisters are doing They devote them
selves also to working girls and en-
gage in other welfare activities. In
their social work the Sisters cooperate
with the various welfare agencies
such as the Associated Charities, the
Humane Society and the Juvenile
Courts.
In some respects the Sisters are
unlike those with whom Catholics il
| this country are most familiar. The!
are not religious; they are not bount
| by VOWS of religion. Their aim is t
muster and train a body of workers
who shall be always at the call of thu
Bishop of diocese. They have. prac
| tically the liberty of other Catholi
women to come and go in the per
| Torrance of their work, subject to tn,
direction of the Bishop.
The beginnings of the Sisters worl
in Duluth were made by three mem
bers of the Order from England
where they were organized some year
ago. Their first House was establish
ed in Leicester, but other commun
ties have since been founded in var
Gus parts of the English-speakin
world In Port of Spain, Trinidad
the Sisters have an especially floul
ishing mission among the natives.
/, Bishop McNicholas has warmly con
; mended the Sisters in his diocese an
has urged Catholic young women
join them in their crusade for tn
saving of souls. ~
''In a small diocese such as Dulut
we have need for 300 such women
! Bishop McNicholas said. "We ma
have in the United States 10000 ST
ters consecrated to the work of ed
cation and charity. Our resource
and the demands on our time hav
not permitted us to organize commul
tiles, with or without vows, for we
fare work. The time seems at han
coIeraine: On Sunday, August
: the Right Reverend Bishop will a
minister the sacrament of confrmatiC
; in Coleraine. On that day there Wi
be also solemn First Commune
y Father Cream has secured the servic,
?. of two sisters from Corpus Chris
L House, Duluth. They went to Cole
d aine on Friday, July %. They a.
r helping to prepare the children Fl
l. Holy Communion and for confirmatio
and will remain with the children t
they have made their First Solen
l. Communion and received confirmatio
e Then, and not until then, will thu
d return to Corpus Christi House, D
8. luth.
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