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and under the rule she then established to suit the<br />

exigencies <strong>of</strong> the time, eac11 Convent <strong>of</strong> Uercy was en <strong>in</strong>dependent<br />

Hou~:;e, elect<strong>in</strong>g its own Sup o:: and tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g<br />

its O\tn novices.<br />

With the expansion <strong>of</strong> the Order the need<br />

for centralisation <strong>in</strong> government has made its f<br />

felt<br />

especially <strong>in</strong> consideration <strong>of</strong> the noviti e tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g,<br />

as a step toward:3 Pemedy<strong>in</strong>g this Viant, the C;)nvents<br />

i,iercy<br />

<strong>in</strong> FieH <strong>Zealand</strong> have ·been oup ther w~th<strong>in</strong> each<br />

diocese under one Supe<br />

oress and vri th a common novitiate.<br />

Had i.iother Ec.Auley th r p.r:actical con:r,on sense lived<br />

to see the rwrld- .. ide ezpcmsion <strong>of</strong> the Order, she w;::~ulc1<br />

have b3en one <strong>of</strong> the first to eli cern the advisability<br />

secur<strong>in</strong>g tl1e unific iDn <strong>of</strong> the Ol"'der; which u.ni<br />

cation<br />

is the aPdent hope, if rw~ also 'tL·;. fel"'Vent ,·r·ayer, <strong>of</strong> the<br />

vast majority <strong>of</strong><br />

r 20,L1.62 Siste.::s scattered throughout<br />

the v10rJ.d.<br />

THE LIPP.

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