Saint Pauls School - Memoirs Yearbook (Havre Boucher, Nova Scotia Canada)

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' MJACULATE concssirrow cowvsmi D ' q It's well over fifty years since Reverend Father Alexander Beaton, Pastor of Havre Boucher, brought to his parish' the Sisters of Chsritye To be exact the Sisters arrived on August 24th, 1891. I 4 r - . 1 The following e::.tre.ct, 'taken rromthe Annals of the Mission, deals with its openixugx ' r Never did Sisters receive warmer nor kinder civil lities than those offeredato our Sisters on their arrival at Havre Boucher. Carriages were waiting for them at the station, and 8 large number of' parishioners were there to greet them. They were escorted to the Convent where there was no lack of kirxd attentions. This part had been left to the ladies of the perish and they cer- tainly acquitted themselves well of it in every respect. Fromathe. Q showers there were slinens, blankets cutlery and utensils H- - if enough sto last for several years. Neither did their good will-go '- down with the sun of that day, but continued to express itself n A a dozen different ways, such as, supplying the Convent with milk, sending vegetables, and portions of their own family provisions. , ' Wrhe Reverend Father Beaton bestowed on the- Sisters every attention that a -kind :fs1.ther s heart could suggest. 'He said Mass every morning' in the Commute on week days when the congregaf tion came to assist. The greftest sympathy existed between him and his perishionersf, The spirit of piety he instilled into them sul' the care he took of their interests both spiritual and temporal ' made the work of the Sisters 'ferry easy. ' v ' - Twenty-eight Qfsars have passed since the opening of ' the Mission at Havre Boucher, there is ample proof of the good fruit produced by the labors of those years. Of the boys who have attended school durirg that fre:-ziod, some embraced the medical pro- fession and one has reached the sanctuary. Of the girls fifteen became Sisters of Chwity an? five became members of other'Re1ig:loua. Orders. The remainder are f-L1f.ling, with credit, useful positzlonsin the world. - . V Since the abrve extract was written practically an- other twerrty-eight years have passed. Itgs gratifying to be able to say that everything thersin quoted still holds true - there are still the kindly neighbours who will semi a jar of cream, a bag of potatoes or e. chicken or a :feast of pork. , In this highly comnerciali zed age when most .people think in terms of dollars cents, it is .nf