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

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1861

pg 431            From all this it follows that, however firmly the 
             Congregation may be convinced of the injustice that is done it, it 
             cannot appeal to Rome to protect and safeguard its rights, nor to 
             any other authority, without causing a fearful scandal in the 
             Church.  Domine adjutor meus et liberator meus.
                  This was the last trait to show in a clear light the spirit 
             of persecution of which the Congregation was the object in 
             Chicago.
                  The college had a number of old accounts to collect and debts 
             amounting to $3000 to pay, the Sisters had on hand a sum total of 
             $5000 to pay to various book-sellers and dealers in Church good, 
             one half of which [books and goods] they still had in their store, 
             of which they could now make no use.  This store had been opened 
             at the request of the Bishop for the convenience of the clergy and 
             of the people--and now it is peremptorily closed, as were the
             classes, to the great loss of the good Sisters.  God alone knows 
             how great is their embarrassment just now.