Vigorous Growth, 1853-1858
Letters of Mary Theresa of Jesus Gerhardinger Volume 1 Sowing the Seed, 1822-1840 Volume 2 Nurturing the Seedling, 1841-1848 Volume 3 Jolted and Joggled, 1849-1852 Volume 4 Vigorous Growth, 1853-1858 Volume 5 Living Branches, 1859-1867 Volume 6 Mission to North America, 1847-1859 Volume 7 Mission to North America, 1860-1879 Volume 8 Mission to Prussia: Brede Volume 9 Mission to Prussia: Breslau Volume 10 Mission to Upper Austria Volume 11 Mission to Baden Mission to Gorizia Volume 12 Mission to Hungary Volume 13 Mission to Austria Mission to England Volume 14 Mission to Tyrol Volume 15 Abundant Fruit, 1868-1879 Letters of Mary Theresa of Jesus Gerhardinger Foundress of the School Sisters of Notre Dame Volume 4 Vigorous Growth, 1853-1858 Translated, Edited, and Annotated by Mary Ann Kuttner, SSND School Sisters of Notre Dame Printing Department Elm Grove, Wisconsin 2009 Copyright © 2009 by School Sisters of Notre Dame Via della Stazione Aurelia 95 00165 Rome, Italy All rights reserved. Cover Design by Mary Caroline Jakubowski, SSND “All the works of God proceed slowly and in pain; but then, their roots are the sturdier and their flowering the lovelier.” Mary Theresa of Jesus Gerhardinger No. 2277 Contents Preface to Volume 4 ix Introduction xi Chapter 1 January—April 1853 1 Chapter 2 May—October 1853 41 Chapter 3 November—December 1853 69 Chapter 4 January—May 1854 95 Chapter 5 June—December 1854 117 Chapter 6 1855 141 Chapter 7 1856 165 Chapter 8 1857 193 Chapter 9 1858 215 List of Documents 245 Index 249 ix Preface to Volume 4 Volume 4 of Letters of Mary Theresa of Jesus Ger- hardinger includes documents from the years 1853 through 1858, a time of vigorous growth for the congregation.
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