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ALTON, ILL., TUES1mrOO(\ided I Be-red usly nee, ard. ort-Anniversary of St. Anthony’s totfftry-d in ard-ram his itedi in rur-iree and »ent 3m-and ughBe CelebratedFounding of Order Also To Be Observed SaturdayThe seventy-fifth anniversary of the founding of the congregation of the Sisters of St. Francis of the Martyr St. George will be observed Saturday at the Mother House, St. Anthony’s Infirmary, in Alton. The diamond anniversary of founding of the community falls in the year In which the sister* are completing 20 years as head of an institution for nursing the sick and infirm in Alton.Bishop James A. Griffin of Springfield will come to Alton to officiate at Pontifical High Mas in the infirmary chapel which will open a program arranged in observance of the event. Pope Pius XII has sent his papal blessing to to the sisters and the document will be read during the bishop's Mass.Priests from all over the diocese will be in attendance. Bishop Griffin will be assisted at the altar by the Very Rev. J. J. Brune as assistant priest; the Rev. Father John Crosson. Alton, and the Rev. Father E. J. Douglas, Wood River, deacons of honor; The Rev. J. A. Enright, deacon of the mass; the Rev. Father P. J. Smyth, subdeacon; the Rev. Father M. O. Dris-coU, Springfield, master of ceremonies; the Rev. Father Paul Hebentsreit. assistant master of ted ceremonies; the Rev. Father James ter; A. Suddes and the Rev. Father * his j John Breiz. acolytes; the Rev ! tg- Father John Colavecchlo and the! ffj- Rev. Father J. C, O’Brien, thuri-fiars, and the Rev. F/Lee, Jersey-1 •fc. vHie, cross bearer, fht Origin of Sisterhoodist The community of St Francis of the Martyr St. George was originated in Germany by Holy Croas *ist ers from Strahsburg. France, who took a small mission at Thuine, Diocese of Ositahrueck, Germany, to do visiting nursing among the people of the village during an epidemic of typhoid in 1857,toBecause of traveling difficulties of the sisters In northern Germany |n getting to their Mother House in France for their annual religious exercises they founded ar. independent community J Nov. 25, IHfcli, said the -first fobr suns re* 1 made their vows to the rale of t j Third Order of St. Francis.The community grew- rapidly despite difficulties faced in the first [decade when the kulturkampr*[ was popular in Germany, and laterk! they established a mission in Holland to have a home for the young community in case the government would take over the Mother ^ House in Germany.During World War I the com-in mun,,y had 40 nursing slater* inmilitary hospitals in France giving aid to the wounded Two sisters ! lost their lives in the service of ^ I their country.y.! Soon after the war the commu-jnity established missions in Japan,' Sumatra and the United State*. In^ I J*P®n and Sumatra the sisters are j engaged in teaching and nursing, i but in the United States their du-j ties include only nursing.^ j Their advent into the Unitr^fContinued on Page 5, ( olumn *7
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Alton Evening Telegraph
Alton, Illinois, US
Tue, Nov 21, 1944
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