A SOLEMN CEREMONY-St. Francis Convent-1895

HENNESSY, JOHANNES, HEER, ROLTES, HARTIGAN, BOEDING, KUEMPER, WEINHOLD, GINTER, HEIRING, FRITZ, THEIR, SCHMAL, HERMERMEYER, BAUM

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Date: 3/31/2020 at 20:47:14

Cascade Pioneer, published in Cascade, Iowa on Friday, June 28th, 1895

A SOLEMN CEREMONY
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Eight Young Ladies With the
Habit at St. Francis Convent
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On Tuesday morning, June 18, at St. Francis Convent, eight young ladies were invested with the habit of the Third Order of St. Francis by his grace, Archbishop Hennessy. The archbishop delivered a beautiful sermon in which he warmly commended the sisters for their piety, unselfishness, and zeal, and for their firm and cheerful adherence to their vows of poverty, chasity and obedience. He explained to the novices the great importance in their future duties, especially as teacher for the young.
Little girls’, inmates of the orphaned, clad in white and bearing baskets of flowers preceded the novices to the chapel, and remained with them during the ceremony, which was very interesting and impressive.

After the ceremony of investiture, solemn high mass was solemnized. The officers were Rev. C. Johannes, celebrant; Rev. G. Heer, deacon; Rev. J. Roltes, sub-deacon; and Rev. J. Hartigan, master of ceremonies. The other clergymen present were Rev’s. A. Boeding, J. Kuemper and Weinhold. The choir assisted at the mass was composed of the orphans, who on this happy occasion sang their first mass.
Those invested were:
Miss Mary Ginter, of Cascade, in religion, Sister Mary Marcellina
Miss Josephine Heiring, of Dyersville, in religion, Sister Mary Lioba
Miss Mary Fritz, of Dyersville, in religion, Sister Mary Leonardo.
Miss Lizzie Thier, of Dyersville, in religion, Sister Mary Antonette
Miss Margaret Schmal, of Sherrill’s Mound, in religion, Sister Mary Jacob.
Miss Anna Hermermeyer, of Palmyra, Mo., in religion, Sister Mary Bernadette
Miss Mary Hermermeyer of Palmyra, Mo., in religion, Sister Mary Fernanda
Miss Gertrude Baum, Of Roselle, Ia., in religion, Sister Mary Concordia