Introduction



the Father of waters, and westward to where the
white light rests on the hills. And wherever
their walk has been, and wherever their standard
has been set, there have been found the pearls of
their scattering - the pupils, namely, whom they
taught, and whose virtues like pearls of great
price, they wear to the memory of their Sister-
teachers.
  We need the Loretto Sisters; we need them to
maintain in their teaching and to create in their
pupils, that type of character which binds reli-
gious faith and beauty to sane and intelligent
living. We need the hardy virtues, so to bloom
and brighten, in our modern days, with all the
brightness and freshness that the grasses and
the flowers of their native Kentucky gave to the
world of one hundred years ago.
  The worst " Modernism " of the time is that of
the "Modern" woman. Other modernists deny
or dispute certain doctrinal or dogmatic truths;
they would take from Revelation its divine
origin, and from the Sacred Scriptures their in-
spiration; but the " Modern " woman goes much
farther. She would revolutionize society; she
would emancipate herself from all law - even
the law of sex. She would leave wifehood,
motherhood and home behind her to be free and
to be a full fledged citizen of an impossible state;
to be a leader in a dehumanized community.
  It is to combat these, that we need Catholic



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