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

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1846

pg 97                               2.  General Retreats

                  The first necessity as well as the first duty to fulfil on 
             the arrival of F. Superior was to put everybody in turn on retreat 
             as soon as possible.  The Brothers began first, three days after 
             the arrival of the colony; then the Sisters, whose retreat ended 
             on September 8th.  Three of them made their profession, and one of 
             the late arrivals, St. Mary of the Cenacle, who was then only 
             second assistant, but who was to become superioress a few months 
             later. Finally came the retreat of the priests.
                  The more trouble there had been this year, the more each one 
             seemed to take to heart the making of this retreat well, and at 
             the same time, it seemed to be a pleasure to them.  Thus far, 
             greater recollection or more good will had not been seen.  All the 
             regulations and usages of the Mother House, as far as practicable, 
             were proclaimed and received with the most entire submission.  The 
             obediences were assigned in the Minor Chapter and were accepted by 
             all without exception with humility and submission.  The 
             accusations were made this year, as always, with frankness and 
             candor truly edifying, so as to give the best of hopes for the 
             coming year.