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She has tried to answer his letter, but they are going into retreat this evening, less then an hour from now, and she must ask him to wait until Nov. 24 for a letter. If he feels inspired to write her he should do so, but if he does not, then she will write as soon as she can. :: I-2-m A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents She complains of lack of time, yet she has been saying only her Office and prayers. She has been waited upon by the sisters, whose kindness she is learning to appreciate still more. She has been thinking of McMaster and of his goodness to her, and is looking forward to the Day of the Resurrection. One of the Redemptorist fathers, answering an invitation to their Profession, paid her a compliment which she treasures. She hopes he had a pleasant time at Sharon. P.S. She will copy out the...

Scope and Contents She has been thinking about her greeting "Pater mine", and of how much it signifies. She is sending him the copy of the Profession Song which she promised. She hopes he is keeping well. Mother Prioress thanks him for the onions, but he should not send anymore. Sister Teresa would like some pictures like the one of Saint Raphael that is enclosed. They are called "lace pictures". She would like hers back, because she has had it blessed, but she wants him to keep one of these he gets and...

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She has only a few minutes, but the can imagine whole papers filled with love. Dobbin came to see her, and the two of them and Sister Teresa talked of old times. Pho John A. McMaster expects to see them, again either today or tomorrow. He is a good boy, but they must pray for him. The novices gave a dinner for the nuns on their feast day, and she is the Reverend Mother's nurse. She thanks McMaster for the dates and figs. :: I-2-g A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents She tells him that Mother has sent him some fingercakes by express, which may help the effects of the North-east winds. If they are hard he should put them in his tin cake box for a few days. She asks him to write to Sister Teresa soon; even a few words are better than nothing, but he is sure to find a good many things to say once he begins to write. And he will be rewarded by the thought of her happiness. She bids him keep well and assures him that in a little while they shall all be...

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She thanks him for the candy, figs, and dates. Mass will be Friday at 7 a.m., so if he does not feel too tired they can go to Holy Communion together. She shall offer hers for him. Tomorrow they begin their three weeks preparatory. She shall write no more, because they will meet soon. :: I-2-f A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents She thanks him for the box of lemons he sent and reports the other nuns as saying that he is always thinking of them. She remembers her mother, and how much they all owe her. She urges McMaster to write his Act of Consecration to the Blessed Virgin and sign it the day of the Annunciation, March 25. She hopes McMaster will like the book on the Divine Office and give it a favorable notice, for the pen is a powerful weapon, and in his hands has a blessed mission. The whole convent writes...

Scope and Contents She sends McMaster greetings for his 66th birthday, and thinks how beautiful the birthdays will be beyond in Heaven. She will receive Holy Communion for him. Mother will send him his gift. Sister Gertrude made him a pair or scapulars for his birthday which he can give away, but Sister Teresa is making a brown pair which he will like. She thanks him for the sardines and wine. She is sending him some notes about the monastery of which the late M. Baptist was Prioress. :: I-2-f A.L.S. 2pp....

Scope and Contents She thinks he ought to be present when Archbishop Michael Augustine Corrigan, of New York receives the Pallium, and she does not want him to miss it on her account. She shall probably have a good many more birthdays. The soap and psalm-books he sent have arrived. The Reverend Mother has many extra cares and anxieties, so Gertrude lets McMaster know of their arrival. She hopes to see him soon. Sister Teresa sends him the encloses picture of the Venerable Anne of Jesus— a very old picture...

Scope and Contents She says he will receive many great graces tomorrow, many prayers will be offered fro him, and she is sure God will reward him by making him a great saint. Mother wants to know if he knows about the Lourdes pilgrimage in May. If not, she will send him an account of it. The nuns will write petitions to be placed inside the grotto. Sister Teresa thought he should make the pilgrimage, but Mother thought not, but she still thinks it would be lovely, even though the journey were hard for...

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Sister Teresa wishes McMaster a happy Easter, and hopes that he may receive many graces from the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary. She thanks him for his kindness to them. :: I-2-f A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Sister Teresa writes to tell McMaster how happy she was to receive his letter. She should have loved to receive one on her birthday but she understands why he did not write, and knows he does not forget his Carmelites, as these gifts to them prove. They had a beautiful conference given them by Father Ryan, S. J. P.S. Mother Louise, Under whose care she is, asks to be remembered to him, and is glad his tonic did him so much good. :: I-2-f A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Sister Teresa encloses the scapulars for the man to whom it was from sed, and apologizes for being late in making it. Enclosure present. They are busy preparing for the prioress's feast now, but after that Sister Teresa says she will make scapulars. She hopes McMaster's visit to Carmel did him good. Father Th Majerius received the last sacraments. She is glad McMaster had a chain blessed by him, and asks his prayers for Father Majerus. She asks McMaster to give her regards to Pho. P.S....

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All the nuns asked after his health and are glad that he is better. She was unable to write him because she was in retreat. She made a novena for him to Saint Raphael. She urges him to bear his suffering with perseverance and assures him of her prayers. :: I-2-g A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Sister Teresa was commissioned by the Mother to write McMaster when Sister Gertrude, who had intended to write, found she had no time. Sister Gertrude is happy with her new charge Eulalia Tuckerman, and Sister Teresa has just been released from Noviceship after a whole year's overtime. She is very happy now, and able to be in choir constantly. She sends regards to McMaster and Phonie. :: I-2-g A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Sister Teresa thanks McMaster for writing her himself, even though he is ill. Father Pantanella, S.J., prayed for him; one sister even offered Holy Communion for him. They at Carmel will make a devotion for him, and the Mother suggests McMaster have a Mass said for himself, and Sister Teresa suggests he say about 25 Pater Nosters. She is sending him a leaflet which explains the purpose of the devotion. Sister Raphael has made a box of scapulars for him. Sister Teresa sends love, and...

Scope and Contents It is two months now since McMaster's last visit to Carmel, but they will appreciate his next visit all the more. Sister Teresa feels for him in his sufferings, but she is glad God is proving his love for McMaster by giving him the cross of illness to bear. She inquires after her brother and asks McMaster to give him her love. Sister Gertrude keeps well, but the Mother has been confined to the infirmary since the feast of St. John with a bad knee. She asks McMaster to take care of...

Scope and Contents It would have been a joy to see McMaster but to her it is an even greater joy that Jesus is proving his love for McMaster as he is. The Mother intends to begin a novena for him to Our Lady of Perpetual Help on Thursday. Sister Teresa is sending nine little pictures which have been blessed by the Pope and touched to the miraculous picture in the Redemptorist Church in Rome. Mrs. Keiley wrote a kind letter. Regards. P.S. She wishes he could read Father Faber's "Bethlehem". :: I-2-g A.L.S....

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Time passes slowly when one is sick in bed and unable to do anything but suffer. But God keeps McMaster suffering in order to multiply graces upon him, for many souls dear to God are praying and offering Communions for him. McMaster must place his hope in God alone. :: I-2-g A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.

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She urges McMaster to love and trust God, for then He will make him a great saint. McMaster should say short prayers and aspirations continually. She is sorry for all trouble she has ever caused him and thanks him for his love for her. P.S. The Mother has asked her to write Father Pantanella, S.J. to ask him to say Mass for McMaster. There was one said for him at Carmel the other day and one will be said Christmas morning. :: I-2-g A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Sister Teresa writes to wish McMaster many blessings for his feast day. She is sorry that he has been so ill since his last visit. Sister Gertrude let her read his letter and they were both very pleased. The olive oil has run out and if it is convenient for him they would like to have some more. The lemons were a relief to the nuns through the summer. :: I-2-e A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.

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Sister Teresa just finished reading McMaster's letter to the Mother and she thanks him for the Mass and Communion. The Father Confessor told her to ask McMaster to get a new missal. P.S. Mother Beatrice of the Holy Spirit writes: She wants to bear the expense of the missal. She would prefer Testament in a smaller size. Sister Gertrude has received the votes of the community for her profession but the date has not been set. :: I-2-e A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Sister Gertrude could never tell McMaster all that is in her heart. She realizes more and more that nothing can be done without Christ. She hopes this letter will find McMaster in better health, but reassures him that his suffering is all for the best. She wishes him a very happy Christmas, and promises to offer her Holy Communion on Christmas night for him. :: I-2-e A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.

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Sister Teresa asked to write to McMaster so that she could tell him of the sickness of their doctor. The Mother gave her his letter to read. She wants to assure him of the fervent prayers of the Sisters in his behalf. :: I-2-e A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Since McMaster is writing for another set of Breviaries, Sister Teresa has been instructed to tell him of the mistake made in theirs. She wants him to ask the publisher to make amends. She hopes his visit was a consolation. :: I-2-e A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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As Sister Teresa intended to write Jennie today she thought she would also send McMaster a letter. They had a nice time the three days of the triduum. On Sunday, they renew their vows for the second time since her profession. She hopes he is keeping well and wants Phonie Jack to have her love. :: I-2-e A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Sister Teresa asks McMaster's special remembrance in his prayers as they being an eight day retreat tonight. She has been reading "An Epistle of Jesus Christ to the Faithful Soul" by Fanspergius. She copies two sentences which she thinks he will enjoy. P.S. She wants him to send a copy of his paper in which the life of Sister Saint Pierre is noticed. :: I-2-e A.L.S. 5pp. 12mo.

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She is glad to hear that McMaster and Jennie will attend Mass together in their Chapel and receive Communion on Wednesday. She urges them to have breakfast at the Convent. She thanks him for the things he sent. :: I-2-e A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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She tells him that he is being prayed for constantly. It would make him happy to see Gertrude who seems perfectly at home in her new life as a Carmelite. Father D. Pantanella, S.J., asks him to speak in favor of his college in his paper. She, too, wishes he would, as Father Pantanella has been very kind to them all. She thanks him for his nice present. :: I-2-e A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Sister Teresa wishes McMaster a happy feast of the Blessed Lady. They chant the first Vespers of the feast this afternoon. Maurice Francis Egan told her McMaster was looking better since his last visit. The nuns consider McMaster the Father of the Community. Sister's Mary and Martha especially like to hear him talk. Sister Teresa says Gertrude has a beautiful disposition for the Community life. If he could have a peep at Jennie once in a while he could see how nicely she does. He can...