Mount St Joseph Academy - Sheaf Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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-iq Le Puy En Velay, France 1950 - 743 '7 The Sislers wilh lhe Blessed Sacramenl flee from lhe Revolu- fionisls The Sislers lmprisoned 57 .di 'W 'wg mar Q 7114 Swim of Saad fofwpfn inaaance . ,fm . 1 1 ll ., GiTliLuiT me oeieve :nur :ne small band ol nuns organized inlo 1 Qomrnunily by lhe Righl Rev. Henri oe lvlaupas, Bishop ol Le Puy, and Rev. John Paul lvledaille, a Jesuil rnissionary, lnree nundred years ago, should have erpanoeo Irllo lne iiowerlul Cornmunily ol 'ne Si 'ers Ll in rl? Joiffiin, now scallered lhroughoul me wo: il, ilhi-me Sislers have wilnulood lla, .ind bmvecl hardships whifjllwooiiihavel1ii.ii'eiiIJ1mrly. The grealesl exarnire ai 'riig-fr vaor VL Qurreo during :ne lrencn lsevfurwn when lhese Daugliler, .ldv e--rin renmirii-d gfead lasl in lheir lailn evs-ri 'nwugn lm-y weir- lorced lronw lnefr ovriveiifi., im, riimied, and even exepuled. lrlowever, ir: l807, .filler lhis reign ol lerior, Mwhor Sl. John lon'- bonne reslored lhe erocr an '1 in l8l2 lhe lvlolher llouse we e'ufaliii.rfp,l fn l.yorin. From lnal lime .JL 'ne Qonirnunily lloui- ished rapidly, ano soon lhe order branehed oul unlil il included lhe rnissionaiy lield ol America. Conlinulng lo oo good work here as lhey had in France, lhe field ol lheir labors widened and embraced lhe careuol orphans and lhc aged, lhe leaching ol elernenlary schools, high schools, and col- leges, lvlay God granl lnern trio grace lo conlinue lor many years lheir labors lor young and old. Al lhe earrieg iequegl ol Righl Rev. Joseph Ro,ali, lirsl Bishop ol Sl, Louis, a band ol six rnissionary Sisleri, lell Lyons in l836 lo rnalce lheir honfig in America, and lhere spread lhe lrulhs ol lhe Calholic re- ligion. They were Soon sellled in lheir lirsl convenl, a log cabin, al Carondelel, Mis- souri, and branching oul, lhey eslablished a lvlolher l-louse in Sl. Louis. Qn May 4, IS47, lvlolher Sl. John Fournier was senl wilh lhree Sislers lo lalce Charge ol Sl. Johnls Crphan Asylum, in Philadelphia, lhen localed in a building known as lhc Golhic Mansion, on Cheslnul Slreel near Three Sisfers approaching lhe guillioline