. Pages from a hundred years of Dominican history : the story of the Congregation of Saint Catherine of Sienna / by Anna C. Minogue . t and petitioned that themanuscript Rule, drawn up by the Rev. Thomas Wil-son and approved by His Holiness, Pius VII, shouldbe revised and added to by the Holy See so as tomeet the changes and vicissitudes of time and life of any community does not always runsmoothly. There must be an interchange of lightand shade. The sisters complied v/ith the bishopswishes and accepted the rule. On the morning ofApril 3, 1895, Monsignor Sabarretti, Secretary ofthe A
. Pages from a hundred years of Dominican history : the story of the Congregation of Saint Catherine of Sienna / by Anna C. Minogue . t and petitioned that themanuscript Rule, drawn up by the Rev. Thomas Wil-son and approved by His Holiness, Pius VII, shouldbe revised and added to by the Holy See so as tomeet the changes and vicissitudes of time and life of any community does not always runsmoothly. There must be an interchange of lightand shade. The sisters complied v/ith the bishopswishes and accepted the rule. On the morning ofApril 3, 1895, Monsignor Sabarretti, Secretary ofthe Apostolic Delegation at Washington, read beforethe assembled sisters, the letter and decree issuedby Archbishop Satolli, the Apostolic Delegate. At the close of Mother Vincent Ferrers secondterm of office, July 25, 1897, Sister BernardineBushue was elected prioress. Like her predeces-sor, Mother Bernardine had been a successfulteacher, and had aided in the establishment of theeastern missions. She at once set about beautifyingthe chapel, convent and grounds. The beautiful stat-ue of the Sacred Heart with outstretched arms at the. < Improvements and Other Events 181 front entrance to Saint Catharine, is a monument toher devotion and zeal. But into this vigorous life which the society wasexperiencing, with its far-reaching possibilities ofadvancement, crept days fraught with heavy sorrowas one by one those valiant women who had spentthemselves for it, in high places or in humble, athome or on the missions, were summoned from theirpost with the living for the low green roof whichall, at last, must seek. Some were called in the midstof their labors, others when the work had fallen fromtheir age-enfeebled hands; but early or late, the com-ing of the bridegroom found them waiting withtrimmed lamps burning. One of those whose death was deeply deploredwas Sister Dolores Mattingly who died June 19,1889,after a brief illness. A few days before, she hadmade an offering of her life to Go
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