The Little Sisters of the Poor

New Zealand Tablet, 24 December 1908, Page 39

The Little Sisters of the Poor

t-J.«TlloTia; are at -Preseort" in the United States somo v 630 nnnn terS °f Poor- They minister to the needs of oyer ypOQ poor and aged men and women. . In all, 49 homes are in charge of these devoted servants "of "the aged? and homeless poor^ <No words^ (says: a writer in tlie,Rosary) can do justice to the value of the work-^-oftentimos intolerably repugnant,.if viewed in the light of mere philanthropy , —whicli^ these servants of the Master have performed in \: this half-century of their American existence. Their liv.^s pjire veiled from the world—hidden iu Christ, to Whom .-alone they look for their reward. Those have come r in contact with tneXittle Sitsers; and .their heroic work -will enter full-heartedly with themr into the joy of the semi- - centennial. 1 *\