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as the eye can reach, the waters of the beautiful 

 Lake Michigan. 



The course of instruction is the same as that 

 given in the best female schools in the country. 

 Ten Sisters are constantly engaged in this Academy. 

 The foundation was begun with five Sisters: there 

 are now sixteen members in the community, and 

 seven applicants who will be received very shortly. 

 Scarce has two years elapsed from the time this 

 little colony was sent out by the Bishop of Pittsburg, 

 until it had reached the maturity of many old 

 foundations. Upwards of two hundred pupils attend 

 the schools of the Sisters of Mercy in Chicago. 



On the 1 1 th of November the Theological 

 Conferences were established by Bishop Quarter, 

 first in America. These Conferences are held twice 

 a year, at Chicago, Alton, and Galena. All the 

 clergymen in the Diocese assemble at them, and 

 are questioned on certain tracts of Theology desig- 

 nated by the Master of the Conference. Questions 

 appertaining to the holy calling and ministerial 

 duties of the Clergymen — regarding the Rubrics of 

 the Roman Missal and the Statutes of the Diocese — 

 are discussed at these Conferences. The advantages 

 derived from them are, that they keep the doctrines 

 of the Church, and the proofs, fresh in the minds of 

 the teachers of the people: so that at any moment 

 they may be prepared to give a reason for the 

 truth of their teachings. The establishment of 

 these "Conferences" showed alike his energy and 

 judgment in providing for the welfare of the Church. 



