The Order of St. Monica

1895

How many people of the workaday world realize that there is in this prosaic country anything which smacks of medievalism as an order of "consecrated widowhood?"

Sisterhoods where virgins become the brides of the church are numerous in the Roman Catholic church and are not unknown among the Episcopalians, but the order of St. Monica is an order of widows. It is an Episcopal organization, and its head is Sister Caroline, the widow of the Rev. Ferdinand Ewer of New York.

It was formed in 1884, but its members were somewhat scattered and engaged in different pursuits until recently, when they have been invited to reunite at Springfield, Ill., and to take charge of an orphanage there. — Philadelphia Press.