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PAGE 6 GEORGIA BULLETIN THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1964
PHILADELPHIA SISTERS
Mother McAuley’s Order
Serves The New World
Love is a divine charter in
which the beloved writes out a
plan of self-annihiliation that
it may serve and elevate others.
Love is eternal and creative
when it springs and rests in God,
Such was the spirit of love that
encompassed and inflamed Ca
therine McAuley, Foundress of
the Sisters of Mercy,
At an early age, Catherine
learned from her saintly father
to look upon creatures from
God's point of view. To her,
each was a distinct, unequalled
facsimile of the Creator, worthy
of His Sacraments and His Love,
and destined, as God’s Child,
to share in the undefinable spen-
dor of eternity. Because of this
deep-rooted, selfless attitude
Catherine, almost uncon
sciously, sowed within herself
the divine seeds of mercy.
The capricious social life of
Dublin in which she lived, af
fected her only, in that it em
phasized for her the transi-
toriness of life. Its empty vani
ties stimulated her love of God’s
poor and prompted her genro-
sity to unlimited bounds.
AT THE outset.of her-career
Catherine desired, as a lay
social worker, to devote her
wealth and talents to God in a
three - fold plan: religious
education for children and
young girls; temporary homes
for business girls andwomenof
good character; spiritual and
temporal care of the sick and
the dying.
Never did it occur to her to
found a religious community.
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Her humility was too profound
for such aspirations. Yet, wit
hal, it was a venturesome and
alluring type of humility. For
without realization or intent
Catherine attracted others to
her lowly yet illustrious works,
and this by the spiritual
buoyancy and job that sprang
from her dedication.
The overflow of this spirit
inspired her spiritual director,
Dr. Murray, to the realization
that Catherine was a chosen
soul destined to do great things
for God. Hence he guided Ca
therine and two of her com
panions to the Presentation No
vitiate on September 8, 1830,
This was the nucleus of the Sis
ters of Mercy.
With the profession of this
little band on December 12,
1831, a new congregation pier
ced the soil in God’s Vineyard
of Religious Orders. Then, but
a solitary bud in virgin soil,
the Sisters of Mercy had a pe
culiar grandeur in its isolation.
It issued as a unique blossom
with a specific work, hereto
fore untried, to perform for
God. The seed planted in child
hood had bloomed at a time when
Ireland was most in need. Po
verty and neglect were ram
pant; hospitals were neglected
and barred to the poor. In love
Catherine McAuley reached out
to sustain and to offer service.
Animated by the boundless
mercy and sympathy of Christ,
she looked outward in her mi
nistry, Like Him she sought
to give of herself that all men
might become members of His
Kingdom.
BEFORE twelve years elap
sed Catherine McAuley was to
reap the harvest of this seed of
love ten times over in each of
the new foundations she esta
blished in her own lifetime.
For, each Convent of Mercy
is an independent unit, main
taining and supporting itself
in much the same manner as
the monasteries of medieval
times. That is why we speak
of the Sisters of Mercy of Con
necticut, of California or of
Philadelphia. Each is a dis
tinct branch of the tree of
Mercy, stemming from the one
revered Foundress, Mother Ca
therine McAuley, but posses
sing its own Mother General
and Council. In 1929, certain
convents of Mercy found it ex
pedient to amalgamate. Yet the
same spirit of Mercy permeates
all in their spiritual, mental
and moral ministry. For, to all,
Mother McAuley is the model
and guide.
The humility and charity
which characterized Mother
McAuley’s life were transmit
ted to American shores by Mo
ther Frances Xavier Warde in
1943, Mother Frances, a pio
neer at heart, having been as
sociated with Mother McAuley
from 1827, learned this spirit
from the very outset and from
its source.
BY 1857 the Sisters of Mercy
extended from the Atlantic to
the Pacific. Before her death
in 1884 Mother Frances Warde
was instrumental in founding
thirty-two convents in the New
World. It was she who com
missioned Mother Patricia
Waldron in 1961 to set out with
a group from Manchester, New
Hampshire to organize the first
Convent of Mercy in Philadel
phia.
On November 21, 1884 the
Motherhouse was established
at Merlon, a suburb two miles
west of city limits. Here the
majestic group of stone build
ings - convent, auditorium, aca
demies for boys and girls stand
today conforming in Mercy
spirit and ideals to the first
House of Mercy, Baggot Street,
Dublin.
WHAT ARE these works of
Mercy that God has seen such
need of them in this present
century? Sisters of Mercy are
the living embodiment of the
spiritual and corporal works
of Mercy. To mention but a
few, they instruct the ignorant,
harbor the harborless, visit
the sick and Imprisoned, and
bring solace into home where
it is most needed.
From the six months’ pos-
tulancy through the two years
of novitiate training these prin
ciples are stressed and the
means to fulfill them are taught
and instilled.
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MOTHER Catherine McAuley will live in her daughters as
long as Christ's words: "As long as you do It to one of these
My least brethren, you do it unto Mw,” This is the heritage-
this the goal of a Sister of Mercy: to serve lovingly.
WTTH THE advent of Pro
fession each slater is ready
and eager to embrace the fourth
vow characteristic of all Mercy
Sisters; namely, the care of the
poor, sick and Ignorant.
On Profession Day in a vi
brant voice, while the Sacred
Host is held above her head,
each Sister reads aloud her
Act of Profession.
TO GOD with all the fervor
of her soul the sister makes a
complete oblation of her life.
Submerged in Hla beauty and
majesty, in awe, and yet in
reverent union with her Spouse,
the sister of Msrcy prays that
henceforth all her actions may
be performed "in Him, through
Him and with Him." Her life
must deal with material things,
but she desires them only In
sofar as they will unify and
supematurallze her.
In full realization of the ob
ligations of her vows, she will
keep a single mind; to see God
in all things. In her life of ser
vice, surrounded by the chaos
of material distractions her
heart and vision will cling to
God, Never will she permit
the vision of the Sacred Host
which encircled her as a hal
lowed wreath, In the aura of
sanctity to grow obscure. This
is her beacon, her guiding star,
her sure pathway to Paradise.
AT HER Profession the Sis
ter of Mercy also receives a
silver ring of betrothal on which
la inscribed a motto of her own
choosing, potent words, that in
the silent hours of contempla
tion and inward liatening will
fill her heart with the glorious
joy of her dedication.
In fulfillment of her espou
sals a Sister of Mercy of Phila
delphia may be sent to teach
in one of the thirty-seven
schools in the diocese of Phila
delphia, or she may be assigned
to one of the eight diocesan
high school*, to one of the five
academies of the Slaters of
Mercy or even to one of the
more distant missions in Vir
ginia, North Carolina, Geor
gia, Florida, Oregon or India.
A SISTER of Mercy from
Philadelphia may be specially
trained to teach in one of its
two schools for Retarded Chil
dren In the Philadelphia area.
Or she may be sent to a Tech
nical School, the only Catholic
institution of its type in the
P h i ladelphia Arch
diocese, which provides train-
inf for Catholic boys and girls
desirous of acquiring a trade.
Baking, carpentry, dressmak
ing and beauty culture are the
present curriculum offered.
Another singular feature In
the field of education is
Gwynedd-Mercy College, on the
outskirts of Philadelphia. As
picturesque as it is practical,
it offers a college training
course for girls In nursing me
dical technician, medical se
cretary, as well as the liberal
arets.
THOSE entrusted with the
care of the sick may be sent
to one of the four hospitals
in the states of Pennsylvania
and New Jersey or to a tuber
cular hospital and newly open
ed general hospital injamahed-
pur, India.
For Sisters not called to
teaching, specialized training,
nursing or missionary labors,
there unfolds the second of Mo
ther McAuley’s original plan of
Mercy, the maintaining of a
Business Home for Working
Girls and Women of Good
Character. Centrally located in
Philadelphia, St. Regis Busi
ness House provides atmos
phere for the sixty-one girls
who make their residence there.
THE “BEAUTY ever ancient,
ever new" of which St. Augus
tine wrote, aptly applies to the
Order of Mercy, For the Sis
ters of Mercy founded by Mo
ther McAuley have adopted
some of their distinctive spirit
from the ancient Order of Mercy
founded under St. PeterNolasco
in the thirteenth centuy for the
ransom of captive Christian
slaves. As a badge forhis valor
King James of Aragon presented
St. Peter Nolasco with his coat
of arms. This today serves as
the Mercy Shield, the emblem
of the Order. Mother McAuley,
inspired both by the King’s noble
gesture and by St. Peter No-
lasco’s glorious deeds for God,
so closely allied with her own
work in its spirit of unbounded
love, adopted the shield and the
title.
The shield, with its five red
bars on a background of gold,
sumbolizes the five letters of
Mercy. These are placed be
neath the Celtic cross, a re
plica of sacrifice. Their sym-
boliam of Mercy and sacrifice
are to each Slater of Mercy what
the flag is to every loyal patriot.
They mark out dedication and
devotion to God under the pa
tronage of Our Lady of Mercy.
THE SISTERS of Mercy, re
cipients of this shield and of
Mother Catherine McAuley’s
bequeathal of humility and cha
rity are doubly blessed. For
God has smiled on the saintly
foundress as can be evidenced
in the 25,000 Sisters of Mercy
throught the world. This smile
serves to replenish the daugh
ters of Mercy in their daily en
deavors to serve Him lovingly.
Mercy is love.
Prayer
Apostles
Honored
Twenty-seven Promoters of
the Apostleship of Prayer at
the Sacred Heart Local Center
are eligible to receive Diplo
mas, as a reward for their
work in securing new members,
and distributing League Leaf
lets, Sunday, June 21, 3 p.m.
at the Sacred Heart Church.
The hour long program will
Include opening Prayers by the
Local Director, Rev. C. A.
Chauve S.M. and the Promot
ers.
The program includes a solo,
“Sacred Heart of Jesus," Mr.
Robert Krick; Sermon, “Apos
tleship of Prayer", Rev. James
Murray S.M.; An Act of Con
secration by the Promoters;
Presentation of Diplomas by
Father Chauve; Benediction, of
the Blessed Sacrament.
The public is invited to this
ceremony, especially members
who receive League Leaflets,
monthly. Promoters affiliated
with the Sacred Heart Local
Center are from the following
Parishes, Christ the King, Our
Lady of Lourdes, St. Paul of
The Cross and Sacred Heart.
D’YOUVILLE
MISS Charlotte Laney and Mr. Richard McLaurin were married
at a Nuptial Mass at Sacred Heart Church, Griffin, on June 14.
Carrollton Class Held
Two Sisters of Mercy from
Blessed Sacrament Convent In
Savannah are conducting a re
ligious vacation school for the
Academy Teachers
Win Study Grants
Four members of the D’You-
ville Academy faculty have won
grants for summer study. Sis
ter Mary Raphael, G.N.S.H.,
principal, will attend an NDEA
Foreign Language Institute in
Spanish at Our Lady of the Lake
College in San Antonio, Texas.
Her grant, given by the U.S. De
partment of Health, Education,
and Welfare, will Include stud
ies in methodology of language
teaching and advanced study of
the culture and civilization of
Spain. Also Included in the In
stitute will be a trip to Mexico.
Sister already holds an M.A. In
Spanish from Western Reserve
University.
Sister Joanna of the Cross,
G.N.S.H., will continue graduate
studies in French literature at
Laval University in Quebec,
Canada, under a scholarship
given by the university, the old
est French-speaking universi
ty’ in the western hemisphere.
She will also attend a one-week
Journalism Institute at Du-
quesne University in Pittsburgh
on a Newspaper Fund Fellow
ship given by the Wall Street
Journal. She is the holder of a
diplome de langue et lettres
francalses from the Universi
ty of Aix-Marsellle.
SISTER MARY of Grace, G.N.
S. H. will continue graduate
study In mathematics at Notre
Dame University on a fellow
ship given by the National
Science Foundation. She has al
ready pursued graduate studies
in mathematics at Villanova
University.
Sister Elizabeth Mary, S.N.S.
H. holder of a grant from St.
Louis University, will partici
pate in an advanced studies in
stitute on Communism and
Problems of American Demo
cracy.
current two weeks at the
Church of Our Lady in Car
rollton.
Sister Mary Ita, R.S.M., is
preparing those about to make
their First Holy Communion.
Miss Patty VanSant of Villa
Rica is teaching the pre-school
youngsters. The sessions are
from Monday through Friday
9:30 a.m, to 12 Noon, followed
by Mass, and will be brought
to a conclusion by the reception
of First Holy Communion by a
group of young catechumens on
Sunday, June 21st.
During their stay in Carroll
ton the Sisters are residing at
the home of Mrs. Paul Williams,
JEHOVAH'S WITNESS
Court Refuses Rule On Blood
WASHINGTON frIC) — The
U.S. Supreme Court haa re
fused to rule on a challenge
to hospital's action In admi
nistering s blood transfusion
to s patient over her religious
objections.
The high court did not com
ment on its refusal (June 15)
to consider the esse, brought
by Mrs. Jessie E. Jones against
Georgetown University Hospital
here.
MRS. JONES, 25, was ad
mitted to the hospital last Sept.
17 suffering from internal
bleeding. Doctors concluded
that an immediate blood trans
fusion was necessary to save
her life.
Induct Officers
Tne Holy Name Society of the
Sacred Heart Church inducted
new officers Sunday: Robert
Montag, president; William
Reiker and W, J, Cole, vice
presidents, and Joseph Ayers,
secretary - treasurer, Mr.
Montag succeeds John Morris
Installation was conducted by
the society’s spiritual director,
the Rev, George J. Msiluta,
However, Mrs. Jones and her
husband refused the trans
fusions to be contrary to the
injunction to "abstain from
blood" in the 15th chapter of
the Acts of the Apostles.
Knights Elect
Officer Slate
The Immaculate Heart of
Mary Council No. 4420, Knlghta
of Columbus, elected the fol
lowing slate of officers for the
year 1964-65, at their busi
ness meeting on June 2, 1964:
Rev. Walter J. Donovan, Chap
lain; Edmund E. Schattle, Grand
Knight; George T. Ashworth,
Deputy Grand Knight; William
B. King, Chancellor; John A.
Thomson, Warden; John Lout,
(appointed) Financial Secre
tary; V. A. Vuchetich, Treas
urer; Charles H. Gardner, Re
corder; Eugene W. Mitchell,
Advocate; John C. Gavel, Jr.,
Inside Guard; John L. Schmid,
Outside Guard; Mario Moscar-
delli, Trustee (3 year term).
The newly elected officers of
the Council will take office ef
fective July 1, 1964.
WHEN persuasion failed, at
torneys for the Catholic hos
pital sought a court order to
authorize a transfusion. The
order was granted by Judge
J, Skelly Wright of the U.S.
Court of Appeals and was later
confirmed by the full court.
Mrs. Jones argued in her ap
peal to the Supreme Court that
her religious liberty rights un
der the First Amendment were
violated. She called the action
of the hospital and Judge Wright
“an arbitrary and insupport
able invawion of her right to
make a private decision,"
CARY SANDERS
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