Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 July 1910 — VOWS OF SISTERHOOD. [ARTICLE]

VOWS OF SISTERHOOD.

Young Women Join Holy Order of St. Frances at Lafayette. Lafayette. Ind.. June 29.—St. Elizabeth’s hospital, the mother home of the Sisterhood of St. Frances, was the scene to-day oi a large gathering-of priests and sisters from many parts of the United States, the occasion being the annual ceremony of the taking of the veil by young women entering the holy order. The Rt. Rev. Herman J. Alerding, bishop of the Ft. Wayne diocese of the Roman Catholic church, presided, and was assisted in the exercise by a large number of priests frorn different parts of the state, Fifteen young women were invested with the habit and fifteen novices made their first vow. Some of the young women came from Germany, and others from different parts of the United States. Among them were Miss Eva Sheetz, of Fowler, who was made Sister Genovefa, and Miss Frances Geimann, of New Albany, who was made Sister Clementina. Bishop Alerding delivered a sermon to the young women and the sisters’ choir furnished the music.