* , * ■ to the RELIGIOUS ARCHDIOCESE OF t LIFE BOSTON " . . . When the Fathers of the Church sing the praises of this mystical Body of Christ, with its ministries, its variety of ranks, its offices, its conditions, its order, its duties, they are thinking not only of those who have received sacred orders, but of all those, too, who follow- ing the evangelical counsels pass their lives either actively among men or in the silence of the cloister, or who aim at combining the active and contemplative life according to their Institute . . . ” —PIUS XII, Encyclical Letter, Mystici Corporis, 29 June, 1943 (official English text) HIS HOLINESS POPE PIUS XII eSiSS ' ^ MOST REVEREND RICHARD J. CUSHING, D.D Archbishop of Boston JV Hoofittm to the JRdtgimts ICtfi f J OD, in His inscrutable counsels, has entrusted to the sons and daughters of men the sublime task of spreading His Kingdom ^ S upon earth. Into the hands of frail and fallible beings, God has placed "the unsearchable riches of Christ" that they may be dis- tributed among souls. Men and women are God’s chosen agents in the important, unique, and unending work of securing to mankind the life of grace which is destined eventually to flower into the life of heaven. Saints have been filled with awe, humbled beyond measure, enraptured at the thought that God has put Himself to the "disadvantage” of depend- ing upon His creatures for the transmission of His treasures of wisdom and goodness. "As the Father hath sent Me, I also send you." (John 20/21.) "You have not chosen Me but I have chosen you and have appointed that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should remain." (John 15/16.) Consistent with His Will concerning the application of the graces of the Redemption, God never ceases to invite, with infinite condescension and affection, young men and young women from all classes and condi- tions of life to choose Him as their portion and to dedicate themselves to the apostolate of preaching, educating and praying in His Name and for the advancement of His glory. At certain periods in the history of His Church, the call to serve God in religion has been widely accepted. At other times, there has been an almost frightening lack of response to the Master’s "Come, follow Me." The current age appears to belong in the latter category. God’s grace is not wanting and the essentials of a religious vocation remain the same: "The absence of impediments and the firm resolution with the help of God to serve Him in the religious life." Still the cry is for more and more candidates for the priestly state, the Brotherhoods and Sisterhoods. War, materialism and indifference to religion have evidently dulled the nobler instincts of youth and stifled the silent but clear call of God. The influence of this unholy three — war, materialism and indifference to religion — places a grave obligation upon the bishops and priests of today to labor ceaselessly and tirelessly to increase the ranks of those consecrated to God. More, the absence of response to God’s invitation presents A CHALLENGE to the bishops and priests to solve the problem of vocations and to remedy an acute situation. This booklet has been composed to furnish spiritual guides with specific knowledge concerning the manner of life and objectives of the various religious communities within the confines of the diocese in order that those who hear the call of God may be best directed in the steps to be taken to fulfill a vocation. It is also a stirring appeal to modern youth, written in a language they can understand, to become God’s coadjutors and to follow in the foosteps of Christ, footsteps of courage, sacrifice, generosity and love. May it serve to send forth more and worthy laborers into the harvest of the Master. ARCHBISHOP /6f\b0ST0IQ f Aim f St Ann, whose chief aim is HE Congregation of ^^andthe (*=) the sanctification of Vaudteuil, Quebe . J f “ti * <±*jrJ2 ££‘ r ““ - is—" tobte is mainly amongth E q -^---s-sssssr^--' 1 srsrsc. - :s -* 01 - j nhvsical fitness; and a cei and physic candidate is Community. . Sisters of S t. Ann, each ^ca ^ • rr t-he Novitiate of the ■Reverend Pastor, On entering the datio n from her R ificate c f good health from a reputable phy £end certificates. information ^ Quebec, chusetts. POSTULANT NOVICE A 9 PROFESSED feto Of % of % ^icolet, duebec, (Canaba ( the B. v. took birth on £7 H E Community ^ E the cJ sgs^o»i- •c‘S s^'isss^^s^ssst S7SS.»45f «r®=ir ■ . »»,Ce S&s the requited sublets l 1 y d -Since we cannot as y ou SwSmltome.’ The project was Hernedi- ing: "Let us entrust ou p aspiring to ou® work.” hers in the parish, pmus young ^ ^ th m to There were four te the hour of :God_ 1 e school an d the religious life, waiting m the lltne ' \ d ne w con- =£J- % p ”™“ “* The —"ct'SSLs, i-7«“T?’ 3»—i sat %asSfr** i~“j s».ts&r. reP If you lack ins ruction o i by rnanua^ abo^as^^y^^ the works and ^ .Ration and gives the «^ to * ior General, which is also a very high Revere nd Mothe^ P let Queb ec, For further ref . 'T de y Assomption de la S. V., Mother House of SS. he Canada. POSTULANT NOVICE A li ®,e jgister* of % ****** for JltAto* inl!l ^ C " V ‘ ( thp Blessed Sacrament for HE Congregation of the s ‘^ er an Amer ican missionary com- Indians and Colored Peop £r M Katharine Drexe munity founded by Reveren °Our he Lorf n inXe and l ° ”** °‘ Im S^templ^of Our Lord, ^ ^ * the service •■A complete consecration of them 1 - * d Sacrame nt, so that ^Grammar schools, high s *^ ls ’ ^o^LT)! ^cial service centers Candidates for admission should be bet ^ ^ good he alth, and d have a true supernatura mo iv > orma tion may be secur ria’W .0 »»““*' £ M“J »< <* vi “" n> ' ® ¥ ? *** «*»*“ ^ i of Mount Carmel ( ThE D iscalced Btanch^th^® its litigated ^orm> l had its birth m ^ Catm elite hfe m ^ Plim itive Rule. C-' After twenty y observance o Saint Albert T «« ... *h, «... - xSl ** » M -“ 2S5 « <**~ °< lo Jj e a in 1561 *“ a b f > j bt „ est«bMl>«- Carmel was fou Q f Nuns had b ^ or ld and has given sixteen more Mon throughout the aie thirty- The Teresian At the Unite d States, saints and martyrs t Carmelite Mu ^ ufe c { the three Monasteries conte mplative and apos ^ Nazar eth, a intercession for the - te d ^ choit; the salvation o sou • ^ Divine ofice i ^ Qever eaten Strict enclosure is obse ento ffl£ ntal prayer- ^ ber l4 th - •* r.:'owiS‘ - * »< « **■ except m cas manual labor an d live until Easter. > e obligations, a strong ^^standing and A fitness to assume the* '* e d above, and a sound subjec ts, are information will g > Monastery further about the t e - Sacrament, D ' C ’ “ bury ’ Boston 19 , of Discalced Carm Mass. POSTULANT NOVICE < 15 ffionwnt of % (frettacb i C\ r\ ODELED r ^sp, s <*£ 2 ' r n ime^tsAggs* — -*■ ■“r»r*~-»” of „ fc ,„ ce— . jftgrtc The thtee-point ptoggh 1 chota l recitation gift,, anlJ in the s£=- -- <■“ “• ,o - *“-■« i./ Coadjutor of the retreatants. child . humility and per ' society is a kingdom^ tothc The novitiate of a g Ridden the ca , •, The postulancy ho^dandinthrspenodof^eh ^ ^ Cenacle novitiate ideals and requite® ^ mont h s; two year . her dtn ess to be extends over a per voca tion and e gives oppor- proper confirm her in five -year period o M»* ks of retreat Se Cenacle. entianC e tequirementsmayte^btama Specific infotmahoti teg Aj^ Provincial, Conve J a ^ 1 0 the * ^tuferet, Brighton 35. COADJUTOR PROFESSED CHOIR NOVICE < 17 >tsters of ffipritU “«"« ^"' S "Grey Nuns” was /^ThB Community of the Sisters ^ ^ Montreal, Canada. ',t,:rs *“»« »■ * ,.w» .< *« « r:< ” J “ Canada, to Alaska, the United States. . , states was in 1855, a Cambridge, Lawrence and Brunswick, N. ]• , States Province of the or er. These provincial House in Cambridge, Mass. The ry are operated from in Cambridge. N”” **>'“*“ “ N „„ <«,*.. .<.=•'> H ‘“ “ d * “ The simple garb of a Grey headdress. . t he Community are: The :rig -r* StW 33 £* inclination, moral Community. P* e . d by rr sss f J — •“ *; K*i. «•»*. ,o, h th rs— »** “ i,i ”“ r,„„, Of « r.- ■» “ P „ Tbt mi*» .< »>”“ PROFESSED NOVICE POSTULANT < 19 ©, c jfete* at Op*# of &*** , ■ ,812 by the Most ^Tounded & r£ ’-Xr t; !«“•*»<““> "*“““'”• a , P„1 patron of tht C»o- rgzxs* - r Candidates P lesen \ th j"ffcpeLation. Besides menta ^£ nce . ag e of thirty, they apply ^Jjjesire for their own spin* 1 At the Motherhouse of N“ ate “’ t 4 ; S ‘^ et p(MWlants, six-month probationers. 3. Novices, two-year trainees. ^ ^ simp i e TO ws renew- LHofyS^fc.of.MM • ea>ckj Address — Mother General, in POSTULANT NOVICE PROFESSED 4 21 ro,e £W«* rf ***** ” f i parent in essence and rT m Sisters of Charity of New W the zeal of France — sx tr- -t" Elizabeth Ann Bay ey ^ in 18 09, the American qw£ their religious origin York Commu y T n 1859 our Founders, then am ^ ew Jersey. lished a separate motherhou maint ain a college, schools, hos- »* th ' „ Etefc «- •' s ““ co " v '"' JBSWS* H rr— csss » ss.'****^ M *” ,cb “"" POSTULANT PROFESSED be ftaul r7„E «a of , n incurables; homes for m an , P and g . the sic tending to schools; the care of a s mbu i an ces; m fact, soldiers hos £‘ ings 0 f humanity. . college, 14 high schools, alleviate the suf k n " g provin ce maintains one [°“ { g nurs ing, 17 orphan- The Eastern hospitals> 2 1 schools ot nu ^ .8^ asylums , *srssf ** N - s«. X Fk *££ZE3i and phys- !■»? « ffi *s:S;i ?>.” “ k, " g b " ‘ pp lege? Emmitsburg, Maryland. NOVICE POSTULANT •*! 25 ®he £ista* of * fa»l, JW&* *“*" f c,. yincent de P auF Cl he Institute of the Jf when ‘three O' 5*. «««»sss : «* i; -lStJB*- > at the invitation of Bish^p^ branch of the rh J it first Superior, Community is th Em mitsburg m 1 Seton and brought Mother Elizabeth Seto” a pupil Foundress' spirit a. 1*- - In' time M the Mother House is *Un New Brunswick, an . Canada . various parts of the Institute has spread^ h the United States. charity are carried o Y , ^he aged, resi- The various works f ^ foundUng asylum, a ho® lndian reserV ation teach M.the govetnm ^ ^ schools which ^hj ^ tion schools duel .“The jdwhSe*«® ® ™ f “ l ^“pTesented in ^Vho'nstitutc^oO Canada in the Arc he dioceS es of Amt: ig ’ Archdioceses of and Vancouver, and states it has Hot* 4 * Ogdensburg, and Victoria In the and - n the dioceses of a ^ ermuda . Boston and New Yo > lt a i s0 has a Hou « Q f Rom e on its Camden, Tr enton, an ived the Final ^1944) its personnel is as In 1913 *e Inst tute (December, ^ The re are ^T^-Isisters, l2 8V. Novices, 60, ^ St. Patrick's Convent, UM 26 }"«- POSTULANT NOVICE PROFESSED < 27 SUe* »' % ^ ?nf!MCU *** anb rj Hls Community was founded ^ Metz (^^otk she was Th e g eneralaimof theInst^et^^ aWat . on of souls through t J of its members. Its spead arm of charity . Christian education of youth and oth ^ ^ ^ ^ To 1 1S The Provincial Hons , “/and a Normal School are locate attached a Junrorate. The Gifiald ’ P ' Q ' • r the Novitiate the applicant ^//^ble seventeen’ CroTer ssnss- r- - - tism and Confirmatron, as must be produced. . . j 0 p 0 wed by the pastor, must r . mon ths. It is , The Postulantship lasts \* ^ r is admitted to take annually ^ 2 nft®3!5 2 '£*** S,b«SS”oi b, All «A«"“ “ J "“e 8 v‘Molh« Ste. Maiie-Astene, P»,m *-**“*"* ^hretienne, 262 loi h POSTULANT NOVICE M 29 Condon of % rf /Ttf 1817 Father Louis Lafos^e founded *^ a J y g Fl ance. His r) ReUgi ° US I T1 ^vide for the Christian educatrono joun^ Religious of Christian ^Education m of young Sit^:*s'STa= bers and the education of youth, ^ F ^ Known, God Better ove , academies and colleges, ey The Sisters teach in P^^ the ’ pastors request it, they mstruct conduct catechism classe > ^ d sc hools and sodalities, converts and take charge of 1 ^ ^ ^ an d verl a ring engraved with me alone.” b bet ween the ages of sixteen will, a frank drspo lt ls who do not desire > of the teaching Sisters, are empt y office work. Milton Massachusetts. For ur Tte »«.* „ j nre , io ,, «,c A«a, y. PROFESSED POSTULANT NOVICE < 31 (Ehc (§reu of % Cioss /7 N 1845, the Grey Nuns of Montreal four ^ A leadership of Mother Ottawa, Canada. This Cy indent branch of the Co g g kn0 wn as the Grey branch iw numbers since f889. Nuns of the Cross, wrth Pont.fr PP to £nter one of the fol- A Grey Nun of the Cross may be caU P ^ schools; taUing care lowing activities: visiting the poor and of the sick, the mfirm, the age ^A'Grey Nun of the Cross may also engage « ^ ^ e J Basuto- the future. one mus t be at least fifteen yea capable of becoming a useful education. imi.,, * »" a m “‘ “ U, o„n in «>»., «*“ “ The Congregation has wo Novitiate has already g 1 '^' a Basutoland for the colored g _ the wh ite Sisters among professed Nuns who labor along ^ American girls. ° A Postulate is now ope rn i e dress and blue ^Postulants wear cap and veil, with a grey Belt Novices and protesse dress and black belt. Reverend Mother General, *”1 g 4 C .< *. » *" ^ ’ Motherhouse of the or y Ontario, Canada. PROFESSED NOVICE < 33 me Bowmitan of ^ ~ Catharhu' of ^' unuta .1 „ direction of Father (?STER ANGELA SANSBURY un . « ^ Springfie ld go- ■) ) Th omas Wilson, O.P, Congregation of ^m ■ J «*• . «• « »• S ”“ B “ tharine of Sienna •w *«• Ap ”' 7i , „„,a , te «* »< “ i. The first Community rec ^ Legislatu re of Ken - s “i:„ , .. ^ The principal y § outh. H ° WeV ^^y Thfcongreg-- '< -» “*“ k * » ««*“»' vV*. l»f “• pS“n *« d «*'■**■ . . who M **> Go! ^ , j ies 0 f good character an go wishes them to Young ladies ot g Vocation and that Mother PROFESSED POSTULANT NOVICE < 35 taW* “ l ** ~ ®rto of JSt irmms ,. ,:, ter s traces its beginning to rr® c.—«> o. «■' r) *' \« h Of fou«W * M ““ k " ‘Coi’ioOfJ *' |«",d£”'S sr^?^.«s^ 0 r - “ tem i8,i .b«i o< »« s >*“ -ri s »" " m, “ i " “ £^;«> • 7'-^°-^ “ - p,es “' “ became necessary to the Community „ The purpose oftte ^ ^ ^ chaIlty . Th S«te» ■ de shelter “ J ““ g ’ rr » ; « z »- tw M01k „ . — Inquiries should be cur Alvernia, Reading, a - POSTULANT NOVICE PROFESSED A 37 ®he I^Uciatx •istcrs. HE .eligious .1 the ^ w ,te GoJ , «r«, m.”U* .„ h The P»”"» *£',“ *'•»« ■>< P""‘»' te r=- inS §irlS ’ f fifteen to thirty years of age are and Candidates from fifteen t ^ Baptism , Conhrm Novitiate. They are ^ ndatlon by the pastor, * d credentials. health certificates, a tec scholast ic dtplomas a fessed S cribed by the ConsUturton , t£ two year - ^ P h ■n« »“«"»' •' * ds Y . ( out Lady of the Angels, 1355 England ™°T" 1 M.*e*ou« °* Connecticut, is tn Province. POSTULANT NOVICE < 39 jfetets of % W* «W» of Jtjmcis of AUcjonu i/i The general object o glory of God an Poverty, Chastity *^£S5^$fc2« ^SSSfflS. . , . members by the observa ^ ^ Francls and the ^ wotking gltl an d -fssirsSA - «— '» ,w s “ ,h .« » » >»:„s rss ss s' .n rsrfe- rssr- « — ” J Fss«%crr: good physical and "Emitted, wear a bll , ck ."^mhs in the Posta- S Postulants, after g pos t u lants spend d During this and a ^T Pl e e they rec fve fhe &ol V H f " ^n t ie lnstitute and attend lancy before ^ f the manner of living m time they ba« *“£ of the Community. bto wn babi t, a white ■"r SS js,-£ S3 ? f C£«sv. rss « £*^SS » — muslin veil instea Nov itiate is complet , vows are „ sets-sb ;s ■*' ■ “ Ppetutrvowl thoS e P distinction is made can serve God by do^g [o further the those who nurse or^eaC n aU ate working tog task assigned. t e «emb e r g h Reverend Mothet POSTULANT NOVICE PROFESSED 4 41 £he ^tsters nf ^ uut ?? rmxcis (f 3FoHnbatiou) j ^ for the Sisters of Saint PRIL 9, 1855, is an im P °rtant dat ^ ^ ^ zealouS SO uls n -nsSwS ** *“ •“ ,o a Congregation that no Gu tf G f Mexico. good health, have * fit ^ for orphans or the ag , a namely, for nurstng, teaching^ ^ futtherm ore, that mg in Religion, or doing ad ted to Community life, disposition and tempera months to one year, The training includes a Novitiate of two full after Profession, Simple perpetual vows are ^ ^ Motherho use, Convent of Our Lady^f Angels, "oien^-'i^^^' ° - > Pennsylvania. PROFESSED POSTULANT NOVICE < 43 Inwc'tecau Jiltsstonaries of Jfcti he aim of the Institute °f the ^ Fields . The U fe of its ( ~ , is the Apostolate m Foreig ^ , iv wit h the inestimable ^ members is both active and conte Their wo rk em- favor of daily Adoration of th hUdten of all ages and condition , bodies every mission need: educa^g^^ ^ of North America an teaching, nursing, catechizing. o lfare lines. a i. v.*a, ta. 0 , lhe P « sto •” r«" *"*■ d “‘ h “ S,s “ S“:,: s a*. - - - — - the Church and souls. to wo rk as auxiliaries here Pious persons, from 30 to 40 * members . Girls of teen age c* ^ the Missions ~ frnish then schooling at 4 who aspire to -Mnrth Street, Providence. Fruit Hill Avenue, The United States Novitiate is at Providence, Rhode Island. PROFESSED NOVICE 4 45 JmntacuUttc x HE Institute of the ^ssionaty F ranasc^ S ^ ty Ignadus Hayes =7 Minnesota, U S., m on the Janiculum Hill, Ro ^ The Mother House » )oca Ametica „ Province : at the Immaculate Conceptron Come ^ ^ established m*eA ^ ^ ^ Convents of the Co g | ( l l hia , Newark, and Ro ckford. of New York, Boston, PhtW P Btwklyn Prttsbu gh - Australia( Dioceses of ^“^enexpanding foundations m Egy P Added to these are the eve fits members - d heland ' end of the Institute is the Object is The primary Evangelical Counsels. k academies, by »* i -« «< — .* ““ o« tT»; * *- to labor for the orp hanages, irrespectiv • iting _ bringing catechetical centers sisters’ work is pan well as instructing ^ to thirty years of ag ^ men tal, phys- Aspitants from must furn ish evidenc i school eduCa . Novitiate. A a PP for the Religious 1 e - al training is an ical, and spintua essential, as pro ont i n ued after tion, although desirable, » ^ ^ No viceshi P and , integral part 0 ths after which they Holy Profession. p os t u l a nts is six mon , Novitiate lasts The term of H abit of St. J^^tted to Tem- are clothed mf co y e . on Qf wh ich the Sisters^a ^ two years, at P the Vows a • t Missionary porary Vows. J addtesse d to Mass. Further ^ Ro ad, Chestnut Hill Franciscan Sisters, 46 y NOVICE < 47 PROFESSED Jraurisrau foot ® la ” ^'"' 5 T CLARE, «ho ... l.Ji. «»»»”«* k " “‘ mp , , „j Uve morfing » «* “ sse s TS sL- ,«. — > «* missionaries, and for th * vestme nts, church linens, etc. consists in making altar brea m o{ life must come from a good Those desiring to embrace this to } health, goo d W1 U and Catholic family, have a f ro m sixteen to jjg- a cheerful disposition. Candida is som etimes made, if there five years, but if a little oUer an e P d> but if they have mean is no other impediment. No dow* M ^ Novitiat e expenses. The they are asked to bring enoug fi Y tion Parents' Marriage, an Sec.. *“ B ‘K:“ ,he p “"' “ a Doctor's certificate, also a letter Confessor. The Poor Clares have no lay Sisters. ^ q{ the Thir d Order The Extern Sisters, while vit al part of the Community Regular of St. Francis, form “ ‘ ® al affa irs of the monastery and work Their main duties concern the extern ° f meKy ' ■ located at 920 Centre Street, Jamaica Plain 30, Mass. The monastery is located at j 48 ]» PROFESSED POSTULANT NOVICE < 49 0 { St. Ijoscph Ifrtmciscau * • n Sisters of St. Joseph was C y ^ t s w ere received into the Buffalo Motherhouse and Reverend Bishop the -"^"ity, the Novitiate. Since the of spiritual and “J^Vn and individual m ^ mberS ’ f vote d themselves to the e u “ ^ Conne cticut, Sisters rmmedrately d ^ aged . The S.sters New jersey, t0theCa Natland Massachusetts, M.chrgan, New Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. Congiegat ion would appeal to Beeause ^ ta ^^^STschool» which various classe . s f or rendering serv It «»£°« lh , »». — b « the ages of fiftee certificate of Bap docto r’s certif- .V Co»»»>y- d Mother Ge««>l »»* PROFESSED NOVICE < 51 POSTULANT grates of % ® oob 'bb o« (b* o-* *zsg£2i : cj jssssssk- ate committed to them care by the seen in action. ln their homes of charrty Chri ^ t J psychological testing and psychiatric therapy are used. Sm ^ ^ of a junior-senior h.g S2£2TS?ai S»t saved, and they seek n the heart K “ Peekskill, N. V. POSTULANT NOVICE < 53 JSocWu «f % m ^ railed into existence cr«*^°i?rS SSliirJS » s^r