Chronicles of Notre Dame du Lac
Edward Sorin, CSC -- Translated by John M. Toohey, CSC, 1895

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1844

pg 75        absence of its first superioress during fifteen months, and still 
             more during F. Sorin's voyage in Europe.
                  The general retreat of the Sisters in the month of September 
             1846 was remarkable for all the instructions that were published, 
             and which more clearly defined the spirit of the Society than 
             could have been done before.  Three Sisters, one of whom was Mary 
             of the Cenacle, were admitted to profession.
                  From the beginning of 1844 the Sisters of Holy Cross, after 
             the example of the Brothers and with the same objects, saw 
             themselves as it were compelled to receive some little orphan 
             girls.  The first year they had three or four, in the following 
             year six, in 1846 eight, and in 1848 the same number.  Either 
             because they were younger of for the lack of discipline amongst 
             them, these little children did not in general give as much 
             satisfaction as the boys at the Lake.  However, there appears to 
             me to be no doubt but that this branch of charity might be 
             developed advantageously even as much as the former.
                  In 1844 the Sisters made a foundation at Pokagan amongst the 
             savages of the Pottawatomy tribe, who numbered one hundred and 
             ninety.  Two Sisters were sent there with a priest, and they