An Urgent Case.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 49, 25 July 1885, Page 3

An Urgent Case.

Two members of the Community of St. Joseph.', Sinters Ignatius' and l&ga, arrived . itt , Palmei ston on Wednesday from the?p'arei|b hpiise'tin Kensington, §pg|h Auj[&aKaXand*.Jhe object of Hbheir visit is to seek help from charitable petipleVhere. under really" pressing vcircunV 1 stances. They are furnished, :with ere-, fdentiids^roin. their Bistibp, tjieTE& "fcj& ' ; pr gey oold*, and ;Jm^^*he^lMthinfi^ Vity^oitEatl^ fin the^Ai^'hdiocesßr^lf '*the ; l case^\yer£ an ordinary one, this is alf^e^^buld jd^ejn jt necesßary^lto>say3*Wjfeel)*^f ; ■6f; ;,|keJ3istqrsy oßntivas « fr^&ti ' ■jyrith* the circumstances,.' U«3eV^!wnibK^ in ■ .thisranstaiice^iP^M^n^felor? ;£^ f /MR| ss&*s, B Ps^ 9ft Stated. ? m;6f6^fmW^ - giiiSaiice or our readers! ; paratiy^ly ; ,Bp^aiking ' yttie^ nqmb^idtiiiEbfehoife Cha?iHabl&'«ifi o:; sjls#iQny>^^^ establishments have' mainly to, depend : SMM&bTf.the^case-t^ of flicSe \ihsUtuiions Ihroagh which, it is^itoiß'sibn^d^feti^.f ; the Church to assuage poverty, to illelseir7 the ftigljjfeeblß^ iTaJleirf ■; l^i^ltlis. |t cauibe Jnp3Rs tnaersto^il" liowthe multiplicatiorTdf charitable iri-^ stitutipris m Adelaide has, of necessity -far exceeded the nieans available tor theiri^ppbrt?llnd!on t&JsM§ ©W^pK^ the burden of ri^|gi&| jfajf aW&is •Their good Bishop and his priests^iSve^ rendered them all the Js^^^.p^itUe; j ;ve^oift:,6S^ jsp^^li^^thjs (Ja^f^) Jiiarii short' &'f absolute rejjuififltiWnts}' .iuidj* theft iln^J^'i^e.^RlJt.'j^lß ahd * embarrassment. There has been a, cbnifttant'Ceffiort': fo^«voi«i'satt{at:«liincleiiira ; bli' i&irik of things^Mt wTf^tliß'^reittestfec^' ononry consistent with efficiency, and •%npat^^itsti& W^^frnel?^ -Tiew,- : it- fes^f&efF fdu^S'' l uMavo J idat)Ter How such teials>veigh .P^the, sniint ' taSTtlie^ stiri^ig.t^ of c^f^cefeed .'yve k^^l'A^^'t^thß^hj^gin&iion VOf^otfr "r^'d^rjß^.^iit : with tiie hope' that they will: help, ta^exi-.t tricate/the/Nuns;Q£StOJ,ose'oh.fcon^^^^ "di|S6iiities;-': >„•.-, >;.•:,* is : i-i='i' ; !\^j?yte¥Ofo- } i{A; few ;.wordffiAb : dutf-<the -eomtn'utiiiy and their works will be read witli interest by all who can appreciate large^aHtl" unreqiiited. service*' m the cause -of religion and charity. Besides the^motlTdir; hoyse.there are about thirty. one branches' ipjjraKious'parts Of the colony, 1 and'^ate' gether there are about 140 Sisters. Their , good: works are manifold, but outsidfe'.tlfe - : capital they are .chiefly, though-hot- -ex— ; clusively, occupied in.*teachinjg^ andj bu.t.^ for the" atef vice- 'they render in' t\vi latter vocation, it would be difficult, if not im ; . • possible, " '"to "maintain Imany -50atholic :> ! schools m the, Diocese. r ßut it, is- m Adelaide that the magn|tude and«varietj'- . of thfeir . labors are jnpst, con3picu|>us^and edifying. ia JFran^lm-street a H|>hse of foovidflnce 'ageif? and distressed ; m :Queen-street, a sßefiige ; i at Burnsidei two miles from Adelaide, -an '•: Orphanage, which also jre.ceives neglected :- •children. Besides managing these; insti-tutionsj'.-tivr-, :^W»S; .jfc^ach . the> iprtor": in< - ; iVarioiis parts of tlie city and suburbs, the.yvTißit.jthe-. gaols^ -: and hospitals, >iako the sick m private : houses; jfor the piur--pose of giving instruction and administering spiritual consolation. :It may- be that.they .perform , other good; wprk;Sj but,--if 'any remilin untold^ at^^least »we, liaye . : mentioned suifici'ent v ttu- secure j for our, visitors' , ithie . mpathies - r of ■■"; Catholics • here ; and Nvh^re.;gji?nuihe rsynipathy ;is • enlisted m a pressing' case such as theirs is Ihe kindly f eelina^ill, • surely .become,, practical and hopeful. ■ i m^y,be*ure->bhat x Hop "will aw'ait.'with'no sliglit concern the result, of the. graciously ' accorded Sisters . Ignatius and .Josephine. ; And, * indeed, ;it ;13 to His Lordship, as it is to the. Catholic community generally m the' suffagan diocese; a matter of no small importance that, the, mission j-ahould bet successful. In several instances* Catholics here have generously .responded ■to appeals from ; abroad, Which,.- however-! meritorious, : could not have been "urged on ; grounds ; more pressing than exist m this case, the , necessities of which are Australian, and, asmay.he said, are at ouroAvii^door; and. ; any of these institutions persons of every ; class and . r . creed, 1 : are ree'eiyed- and : , atV ' tehded.jb." " .. . „j-; i/^t'v-'-V-?^ '