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Show SAD NEW YEAR AT ST. MARY'S. Death of One of the Sisters. 'VDtffore old year dkd the Sisters o fne Hofy Cross were in deep moprr.ing ever the death of one of their youngest Sisters. Lest Juno she went to St. Mary's. Notre Dame. Ind., to make her final vows to God, and returned i:i September. The following account is taken from the Salt Lake' Tribune: The funeral of Sister Mary Alice, whe ! died at St. Mary's academy Sunday night, took place. Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, the interment being in Mt. Calvary cemetery. The services were conducted by Fathei Kiely, V. C... assisted by a number of the reverend clergy from the episcopal residency and from All Hallows college. A requiem mass was sung for the deceased de-ceased in the community chapel at ! o'clock in the forenoon, the sister.-, iho boarders remaining at the academy during the holidays and a number of friends from the city tting present. A very touching and eppropriato sermon ser-mon was deliverej by the celebrant, Father Kiely, who found a theme for serious and profitable reflection in the singular coincidence of the seemingiy sad obsequies he was performing and the joyous festivities of New Year's ci-y. He pointed out the real significance signifi-cance of these two occasions in the fact thst both are beginnings; the one of a new life, the true life, everlasting life, on the part oC the young soul who had passed from this world into eternity; eter-nity; and the other, the beginning of only a brief period of that time whien ir, given us here beKv in order to ore-pare ore-pare for the life for which we -ire all distilled by our divine Lord, our Creator, Crea-tor, and the Master of life and death. Sister Alice was one of the younarcst members of the Sisters jif the Holy Cic.ss in Utah. She came to Salt Lake City about four years ago. find during her short rtay at the : cademy sho en-or.ired en-or.ired herself to all who came hi contact con-tact with her. by her sterling and lovable lova-ble dualities of heart and soul. Tt "vas only a few months since she had made her final vows to the order, and as the reverend father expressed it at her funeral, fu-neral, she went to God erdisted in the white robe of innocence which that supreme su-preme sacrifice is beMtved to eosifer upon the soul at the moment of religious re-ligious profession. The Knights of Columbus were represented rep-resented at the funeral by the following follow-ing members, who kindly act"d a:; pallhearers: Dr. M. A. Hughes! Messrs. 1. G. O'Donnell, F. E. McGurrin. T. J. Harvey, George G. Doyle and T. C. Laramie. The following beautiful and touching tribute from a CanadieiV. is paid to the ("oeeasod. who was horn at Conception Bay, Newfoundland: |
