Cathedral High School - Spires Yearbook (New York, NY)

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St. Agnes Convent, Motherhouse of the Sisters of St. Dominic Qffafffefl Qffrmy Mzhnfhus clffcwfie On September 8, 1846, Madeline Thorpe, later foundress of the Dominican Sisters of Sparkill, was born in London. Her education was received in a seminary for young ladies conducted by the Anglican Nuns, where she was trained to be active in church affairs and in the care of the poor. Within a few years she felt the call to religion and sought admission among the Anglican Nuns. ln the spring of 1870 she left the community to enter the Catholic Church. Madeline Thorpe then traveled to America where she became acquainted with Father Rotchford, O.P., who aided her in continuing her work with the poor. Finally she received ecclesiastical sanction to found the Dominican Congregation of the Rosary, in which in 1876 Madeline Thorpe pronounced her Holy Vows under the name of Sister Mary Catherine Antoninus. At the time of her death in 1879 her congregation numbered twenty-two pro- fessed Sisters, three novices and six postulants. Sister Catherine Antoninus is a model for all girls who have the courage to enter religious life, not to live but to die, and not to hew the cross but to mount upon it and to give all they have. Sparkill, New York. Mother Mary Antoninus Thorpe, foundress of the Sisters of St. Dominic. SlSTERS OF ST. DOMlNlC Sister Mary Arthur, O.P. Sister Adelaide James, O.P. Sister Rose Anastasia, O. P. Sister Regina Rosaire, O.P. Sister Anne. Pierre. O.P. Sister Mary Rosaire, O.P. Sister Catherine Anthony, O.P. Sister Mary Nicholas, O.P. Sister Siena Marie, O.P. Sister Anne Roberta, O.P. Sister Mary Damien, O.P. Sister Margaret Elizabeth, O.P Sister Mary Dolorosa, O.P. Sister Mary Clare. O.P. Sister Margaret Therese, O.P. Sister Aquinas, O.P. Sister Jerome, O.P. Sister Cecilia, O.P. Sister Suzanne, O.P. Sister Emily Thomasine, O.P. A . 0 A o cm Q' Q Q A ia 6

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:fy swf U Q ' if X . t it Mg it 'I s. . 'f f . fs' -1 w'M - at-v 55. alt 5 r- .WU X, it , i A ,, Y ,F - gf , , Us Mg ,ymm,f.- f. ,Er The power of grace is wonderfully surpris- ing, indeterminable and indomitable. It has changed the course of history in a man's life- time: and a man's life in a split second. The glad acceptance of God's gift radically affected the lives of our Mother Foundresses, and through this, the pattern of Catholic educa- tion in America. Perhaps the most prominent of the belles of New York society in the l79O's was Elizabeth Ann Bayley, the daughter of the well-to-do Doctor Richard Bayley, Wedded in Trinity Epis- copal Church to William Seton, son of one of her father's friends, Elizabeth enjoyed a com- fortable home life. ln the early years of her marriage, Mrs. Seton became acutely aware of her religion under the spell of a new minister, Henry Hobart, a zealous Christian gentleman. lt was this realization of God on which she leaned when WilIiam's health and business both failed rapidly. Being advised to take an ocean voyage, William with Elizabeth and their eldest daughter, Anna, set out for Italy to visit his father's business associates, the Filicchi brothers. The journey, however, brought death to the ailing William. Elizabeth at first found the customs of this Catholic country strange indeed, but came to see them as fascinating and beautiful: The Filicchis urged her to pray and seek the truth. With these words in mind QRS OF C LQ A 4' ' ffYQ flfviricmig X 038 sx f Q ,ir ,4 0 7 R 4 O l K S WOOISCHWX f Mother Elizabeth Seton I A605 7'4'- T 'J f ' 1 Y .JMJQ 1 W4-Nfl ' she returned to New York and-Catholicsm. From that time a new path opened for Eliza- beth and her children. Left penniless with no means of support, Elizabeth was directed to open a school for girls in Baltimore. ln time, a permanent location was found in Emmitsburg and in ISO9 Elizabeth Seton and a few women who had already joined her, established a com- munity there. The Sisters decided to adopt the rule of St. Vincent de Paul and Mother Seton became the foundress of the Sisters of Charity in America. It was here at Emmitsburg that Elizabeth was to spend the duration of her life, increasing in love, devotion and faith in God's protective nearness.

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SISTERS OF ST. URSULA OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN Sister Mary Tarcisius, U.T.S.V Sister Mary Celestine, U.T.S.V. Sister Mary Virginia, U.T.S.V. Sister Mary Daniel, U.T.S.V. Sister Mary James, U.T.S.V. Sister Mary George, U.T.S.V. Sister Mary Andrew, U.T.S.V. Sister Mary Dorothy, U.T.S.V. 491' Mother Anne Xainctonge, touncircss ot thc Sisters ot St, Ursula ot the Blessed Virgin. To serve everyone, to console, to counsel, and to pray constantly for the salvation and perfection of souls. This is the motto of the Ursules in the words of their Foundress, the Venerable Anne de Xainctonge. Born in Dijon, France, and showing at an early age an intense love for souls, Anne resolved to share her educational advantages with the poor through the aposolate of teaching. ln spite of opposi- tion from her friends and especially from her father, she finally founded the first non-clois- tered order of nuns who dedicated themselves to spreading the reign of Christ. Founded in l606, the order known as the Religious of Saint mmffrrffffff, I f 4 imiiff Q r f, 1 ..,... 'f, lllrdtl .A .. IIQAU ya, x -' 3 it , 2 S f 9 YQ: :ily '27 E. i E 5 1 Si. . I , 2 at img f W S E ut' itil A 5 QI. . . gf Et I XS - . f - 1 ot Mother Anne ,Xainctonge de oo LA 5 'yt tends her principles ot an active 'uh TRE 'ni' 7 religious life before a committee 'fm,,,,,,,,.iw l ot noted theologians. They sup- ported her in her claims. Convent ot St. Ursula, Motherhouse of Sisters ot St. Ursula, Kingston, New York. Qffafffm Mine azmtmge Ursula of the Blessed Virgin spread rapidly through France, Switzerland and Germany. Driven from France by the edict of l9Ol, some of their members came to America and began their work in Our Lady of Lourdes School and the Notre Dame Convent School in New York. ln l905 they established the Convent of Saint Ursula in Kingston, New York. lt is to this Marygrove that girls come to learn the spirit of Saint Ursula as taught by Mother Anne, the spirit of an all consuming love of the Master that leads souls to spend themselves in spread- ing His reign.