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Show IU OltllLKOI MAS. A IKlLel lt Tllfc M5TLKIIUOD Ol Till HOLY BIAKDESrrBLlalIEl IN HBOOKI IN I The New aorkStui says V very small house U 9 Sumpterbtrett Ilrooklyit It is built ef stone and lias t o atorleir, but is no hlghi r than an ordinary one story f4rueiure In this IHtle building, Mnce last Nn en.lrr, nine women hare been praying, faMing and doing good works Thet belong to a Cat ht Ik sisterhood calksi the mis of the I'reiious Illood Tlilrtt years ago thh order ws foundetl in Canada where thin are communities In thedloctMsof -t Hyatintli, Mnn treal, Toronto, Ottovta and Three Hivir" The membership Is aliout The nuns in the little home In Brooklyn an tin lint of their ordt r to come to the United States. In the west hate been established eon intsof n bieterliood of the same name, but tuee have nocounectiou with the Caualian ordir The fouiiderofthe Mste.hoo'I atxomist ninl the little Innd of ioneers to thU cvuutrj She is known as Mother Aurelk lu t few weeks thi nuns j leave the little stone house for one more room and Utter suited fir tlnm The new building K next to theiTfS.iitiiua.teis. It was erected meiallt forthe nuua and will l iuonnhstho MonaMery of ikthlc-hem ikthlc-hem of the Precious ilkwd It fa a three btor anl tsvement wooeeu Ftmctuie Tue basement couUtius tlie refectory, kitihen and laundry, the lirtt floor of tlie thajie two IRrlors and a room for retnate, tlie re-cond Ikor the communlt room and novitiate, a room for Uie moth er Hirioret, aud two Inlirnisties, tnu tnethlnl floor the cells when the nuns will slei ji. Tlierean tlx teen colli, eath is about 5x10 feet, The lack ofirorr fotilties pre-vmta pre-vmta the nuns from strtclh fdiow 111 the rules of their onier In their lrecnt content, but whin they more 1 1 to the new building the trill be In a jiositrou lo full cumi ly witlt thtra iVria.tual adoration n' thn Msrinuuti lj 11. .... - ...-u.u. h, ,11D ,VJS,l featunof the ebterh sod In .d ditHintoU.lsthei.uns will conduct retreats for t omen who delre to spend a few hours in prayir and meditation btutendjtureis one ot the rules of the order and in the new convent visitors will bo seen ouly lhroui.li a latlk-e vork Lrating oTffnue 1 the tale of articles of devotion -Mil li m liluudm . . in.tn. It and wa-xen Images of the bavior, whkh tiny will nuuufactun, the I nuns will sui port their Institution The dress of the nuns Is striklngly hanti-ome Oter a while habit is wo-ia a IrlghtredscaiHiIarandpeud ant. On the pendant, -which hauvs at tic rl(,ht side Is, worked in w hite, repriei.At!ons o' the lntrumeuts of tho Pitf-Ion On the loft side hangs a large black roear and the medal of tlie order A deep white giiimpeand coif, wjtti Ijng bac veil, comjleto tbo costume. Just where the veil meets the center of the roll is a email red crow In btptember, 1, John JtcGar-ry, JtcGar-ry, a wealth contractor and his wife visited Canada. Among other I luces the called at the mother houco of trie Precious Uleod nuns at St. Hyacinth hlle in tliechaiel of this r,tltutinu Jlr. ilcGarrr's. wife fainted the was restored to ccm clou'nees b one of tbe nuns. As a return forthe nun's attention to hlswIfeMr McOarry, being informoj that the sisterhood had no cun vent in the United States, olTered to provideahouofora foundation if the uuds would come to this coun tr. Brooklyn was selected as tho Slace to make a beginning, and Ir IcGarr crrantid wlJi Bishop, Lougltlln for the introduction of rite ' ujns Into the diocese Oa Joveai-berthenuLSarrlvcdinUrL Joveai-berthenuLSarrlvcdinUrL Jyu. 1 |