Norwich bulletin., 1922-02-02
NORWICH 4. O. n. SUPPORTING
FUND FOR NUNS MONUME


The two local divisions of the Ancient
Order Of Hibernians and the auxiliaries
are making plans to answer the call that
has gone forth to the HibernfanS Oh
America to raise funds for the monument
to the Nuns of the Battlefield" The
local branches of the order are arrang-
ing an entertainment to be held in Elks'
hall, the proceeds of which will be added
to the memorial fund.
Rev. John Cavanaugh, G. S. c., in an
article in The National Hibernian, says
in regard to the drive:
The money requirde is comparatively
small amount. 1t is estimated that a
| levy of so cents per capita on the Hiber-
mans and the members of the Ladies'
| auxiliary would suffice
Let us not wait for the levy. Let ev-
| cry man and woman of the two societies
4 rush forward to this noble opportunity to
| honor the dead Nuns of the Battlefield"
| 1t is a privilege for our societies to be
| allowed to do this work. Don't think
| about the so cents that is contemplated
| as an assessment on the members but
send as large a gift as you can to cover
| the obligations of those who may not
| hear or who may not respond. 1 am a
monk with the vew of poverty, but l will
| persuade nay religious superiers. out of
| their scant purse, to send 500.
The sisters who left the quiet and holy
calf of their converts to minister to
wounded OF dying soldiers in hospitals
and on battlefields saved the honor of the
Catholic church during the Civil war. We
have all been beasting since of that great
service and shouting that it proves the
| patriotism and devotion of Catholics
| Now is the time to show by action some
real appreciation of the work of the
| nuns.
| The sisters of the battlefelds brok,
| down bgotry among our non-Catholit
| neghbors more than any ether infuenc,
that ever worked in America. They alst
made thousands of converts. Now is tn,
| time to dramatic OUR gratitude by 1iftins
| up the monument in Washington.
The sisters-nurses of the Civil wa
were in literal truth mothers mad sister
and guardian angels to our Catholic mel
| and boys in most distressing conditions
| They suffered innumerable hardships ant
embarrassments under circumstances of
ten most painful to their delicate an,
holy character. Will the public acknow
ledgment Of our debt to them fail TO
want of few dollars? The country i
watching us. 1t was not without Difficult
ty congress was induced to allow US
site for the monument in Washington
III Congress Is now watching whether Hi
bernian men and women must tell con
! gress to take back their site because W
have not the money or the heart to rails
| a monument to the Nuns of the Battle
| fleld''
I believe that as soon as America
| Catholics learn of the need they will rus
| their offerings to a cause to which it
| a privilege for any Catholic man o
woman to contribute Since we of Iris
&. blood or derivation have publicly under
taken this work. and since practically a
| of the nuns who are to be honored in tn
| monument were women of Irish name
and ancestry. and many of them of Iris
birth, let the members of the A o. T
, and the Ladies auxiliary claim the plac
8 of honor in the noble rivalry to perpet
, uate their memory.
1t will make no difference to the hol
women whose consecrated ashes lie her
and there in shaded and serene CONVEX
graveyards. Neither the praise ne
blame of hen, neither honor nor forge
t fuIness can disturb their everlastin
le ecstacy with God. 1t is We who nee
IS this monument We need it for IL
e honor of the church. We need 1t to pro,
that our exaltation of the nursing sist,
n, in war time is more than idle braggin
2 We need it to keep alive the lights of r
F membrance on the high altar of Amer
TX can patriotism.