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The Mission Helpers of the Sacred Heart, 1890 - ca. 1920

Documents from the Crisis of 1906

Title: Mission Helpers, Mother Demetrias to Cardinal Gibbons, September 6, 1906

Description: Mother Demetrias on September 6, 1906 writes to Cardinal Gibbons arguing that the Mission Helpers are suffering under Mother Joseph and asking him to call an election to install a new Mother Superior.

Contributor: The Mission Helpers of the Sacred Heart

Date: September 6, 1906

Title: Mission Helpers, Three Young Sisters to Fr. Tarro, October 30, 1906

Description: An October 30, 1906 letter by three young nuns at the New York convent to the Mission Helpers' Spiritual Director, Father Peter Tarro, in support of Mother Joseph in the lead up to the November 5 election.

Contributor: The Mission Helpers of the Sacred Heart

Date: October 30, 1906

 

Title: Mission Helpers, Mother Demetrias to Mother Benedict, November 12, 1906

Description: On November 12, 1906, Mother Demetrias wrote this letter to Mother Benedict, who was governing the Mission Helpers in Guam, informing her of the events that had recently transpired.

Contributor: The Mission Helpers of the Sacred Heart

Date: November 12, 1906

 

Title: Mission Helpers, Fr. George M. Searle's letter regarding Mrs. Hartwell, September 28, 1908

Description: On September 28, 1908, nearly two years after Mother Demtrias's election, Fr. Searle wrote this letter in defense of Anna Hartwell (formerly Mother Joseph).

Contributor: The Mission Helpers of the Sacred Heart

Date: September 28, 1908

Title: Mission Helpers, Sister Desales's Report on the 1906 Crisis, 1950s (Part A)

Description: Sister DeSales's 1950s account of the 1906 crisis, Part A.

Contributor: The Mission Helpers of the Sacred Heart

Date: 1950s

Title: Mission Helpers, Sister Desales's Report on the 1906 Crisis, 1950s (Part B)

Description: Sister DeSales's 1950s account of the 1906 crisis, Part B.

Contributor: The Mission Helpers of the Sacred Heart

Date: 1950s