The Greater Love

apturous delight early June saw us exchange Camp Dodge for Camp Mills, Long Island! We were now on the sho

was not at all satisfying. Commission in the Red Cross, I discovered, did not authorize front line service;

ed from the War Department classifying all Red Cross Chaplains as mere civil

me towns and positions fully expecting service overseas. Receipt of this heart-breaking news induced many to gi

ed from one of God's noblest of men, Bishop Hayes. Appointed by the Holy Father to the special direction and care of a

riate and parish of St. Stephen's co-ordinated in their own charming manner w

ns had been successfully passed and commission r

reat good in the East that Father Foley's Aid Society was doing in the West, generously supplied the necessary Mass and Sacramental equipment. Then, too, the farewell Musical by the Paulist vocalists of Base 11, given at Garden City; and for which Mrs. Charles Taft kind

rred which the "Parish Monthly," of St

blessing on their journey across the Atlantic. Ten 'Cornet' Sisters of Charity are in charge of this Unit, which is almost wh

Charity, many overseas Nurses attached to other units and a goodly quota of our parishioners was present. All received Holy Communion. At the conclusion of t

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ur Eucharistic hearts, we are met for a two-fold purpose-to bless the starry bann

ere, as it were, on the shore of the far-flung billows of the Atlantic, you are gathered from the length and breadth of our beloved country. With all the sacred courage of an Agnes of Italy, an Ursula of England,

more fully than it already is?' Its red is consecrated by the blood of countless heroes; its white is stainless and unsullied as the Truth and Justice for which it has forever stood; its blu

and Concord; it tells of suffering at Valley Forge, and of Victory at Yorktown. It was waved in triumph on the hills of Gettysburg; and the blue of Grant and the g

y, side by side with the banners of England, martyred Belgium, gallant Italy, and unconquerable France, it waves defiance to the foe. It kisses the poppies of Flanders and to the lilies of France it whispers 'Lafayet

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ne, De Sales, M. David, Angela, Agatha, Florence. Lef

n, all the sad sweet smiles, all the 'God be with you until we meet again,' of your loved ones back home. Through the gates of memory you have left ajar, I seem to see your old home town-the streets guarded by sentinels of maple, oak, and elm; the cottage of whit

and there seems to come to me now, floating down t

the child

r sad tear

turns bac

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academies and hospitals from which you came, there are those who would love to be with you on this mighty errand of National Service. The Providence of God has chosen you, however, for the work, and not them. As of

heart, and skillful hand, I am sending you over there as My own representative. I know you will not fail Me, and that even unto death you will b

ever when free

ed home and wild

and peace, may the

at has made and pre

must, since our

motto, 'In God

ngled Banner in

the free and ho

only Sisters accompanying the American Expeditionary Forces, it may be here permitted to

f Charity Hospital, New Orleans. Sister De Sales Loftus and Sister David Ingram were from the City Hospital, Mobile, Ala. Sister Lucia Dolan, St. Mary's Hospital, Evansville, Ind. Sister Mariana Flynn, St. Joseph H

July 4. There they were equipped by the Red Cross with uniforms for overs

latter, in charge of Dr. Dana, reported at Fort McHenry, and when they were ready the Sisters and

een struggling with the waves in a row boat for twenty-four hours, were picked up. They belonged to the O. A. Jennings, oil tank, which had been torpedoed. They were given treatment by the unit, wh

it threaded its perilous way in safety, and on August 18 reached Gibraltar, where a stop of three days w

, and Italian officers went aboard to greet the Americans in the name of the Italian Government. The Sisters and nurses were taken to the Victoria Hotel, w

the firing line. It was located in the Rossi Industrial

owest loss of any of the American units. The 332d regiment of Ohio boys was in the section. The Ambulance Corp, composed chiefly of college men, did excellent work. The Sisters found the Italians very grateful, and their admiration for the Americans was great. There were many gas cases

aviation force was superior to that of the enemy, no injury was done,

for medical cases exclusively. Besides Italian and American so

e recognize that the ending of the war was largely due to America, it was a common occurrence for Am

ppiness of assisting at the Mass of the Holy Father and receiving Holy Communion from him. Later they were received in private audience by the Pope. The S

hey were joined by several American officers and nurses

h a retreating force. They were in the war since its beginning. This is not only true of the Italian Sisters, but also of the French and Belgian, and presumably of those in the enemy count

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ave always felt he favored me, for, on July 30, the message from the War Department c

inion, that the "Seventh" was about to sail! He also generously equipped me

iate! How worthy to be associated with the Bishop who so kindly, so

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