To the Editor of the Picayune:
Please announce to the community the death of one of its oldest and most deserving members, Mother Regina Smith, who departed this life a little after 3 o'clock this morning, January 26. deceased was a native of Louisiana, and born at Grand Coteau on the 5th of October, 1806. Whilst yet in the bloom of youth, surrounded with ease and comfort, and with bright prospects of future happiness before her , she heard the whispers of a secret, yet clear voice, that said to her, " Leave all and follow me." Obedient to that interior call, at the age of seventeen she bid adieu to home, to parents, friends and all, to consecrate herself to the service of the poor, among the heroic daughters of St. Vincent de Paul, and for more than forty years she labored with ever-increasing zeal and charity in the arduous duties of her sublime vocation. In 1829 she came with the first Sisters of Charity to new Orleans, who took charge of the Poydras Asylum. From thence in 1834 she headed a little baud of devoted companions, who went to brave suffering, contagion and death, in all its forms, in the wards of the Charity Hospital. At her dismal post, the undaunted heroine of charity ever remained, except for and interval of five years. So long familiar with scenes of death, the angel of comfort and consolation to so many, in their last hour, she could not be unprepared for hers. Death to her was indeed like a gentle slumber, so calm, so sweet, that those beside her bed perceived it not. It was only on examination that it was discovered she had fallen into that sleep from which the soul awakes in eternity.Her funeral will take place from the chapel of the Charity Hospital, at 3 o'clock P.M., January 27.
Note: Her real name was Jane Columba Loretto Smith.
The Daily Picayune Volume XXVII NEW ORLEANS, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 27, 1864. NUMBER 2.
Please announce to the community the death of one of its oldest and most deserving members, Mother Regina Smith, who departed this life a little after 3 o'clock this morning, January 26. deceased was a native of Louisiana, and born at Grand Coteau on the 5th of October, 1806. Whilst yet in the bloom of youth, surrounded with ease and comfort, and with bright prospects of future happiness before her , she heard the whispers of a secret, yet clear voice, that said to her, " Leave all and follow me." Obedient to that interior call, at the age of seventeen she bid adieu to home, to parents, friends and all, to consecrate herself to the service of the poor, among the heroic daughters of St. Vincent de Paul, and for more than forty years she labored with ever-increasing zeal and charity in the arduous duties of her sublime vocation. In 1829 she came with the first Sisters of Charity to new Orleans, who took charge of the Poydras Asylum. From thence in 1834 she headed a little baud of devoted companions, who went to brave suffering, contagion and death, in all its forms, in the wards of the Charity Hospital. At her dismal post, the undaunted heroine of charity ever remained, except for and interval of five years. So long familiar with scenes of death, the angel of comfort and consolation to so many, in their last hour, she could not be unprepared for hers. Death to her was indeed like a gentle slumber, so calm, so sweet, that those beside her bed perceived it not. It was only on examination that it was discovered she had fallen into that sleep from which the soul awakes in eternity.Her funeral will take place from the chapel of the Charity Hospital, at 3 o'clock P.M., January 27.
Note: Her real name was Jane Columba Loretto Smith.
The Daily Picayune Volume XXVII NEW ORLEANS, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 27, 1864. NUMBER 2.
To the Editor of the Picayune:
Please announce to the community the death of one of its oldest and most deserving members, Mother Regina Smith, who departed this life a little after 3 o'clock this morning, January 26. deceased was a native of Louisiana, and born at Grand Coteau on the 5th of October, 1806. Whilst yet in the bloom of youth, surrounded with ease and comfort, and with bright prospects of future happiness before her , she heard the whispers of a secret, yet clear voice, that said to her, " Leave all and follow me." Obedient to that interior call, at the age of seventeen she bid adieu to home, to parents, friends and all, to consecrate herself to the service of the poor, among the heroic daughters of St. Vincent de Paul, and for more than forty years she labored with ever-increasing zeal and charity in the arduous duties of her sublime vocation. In 1829 she came with the first Sisters of Charity to new Orleans, who took charge of the Poydras Asylum. From thence in 1834 she headed a little baud of devoted companions, who went to brave suffering, contagion and death, in all its forms, in the wards of the Charity Hospital. At her dismal post, the undaunted heroine of charity ever remained, except for and interval of five years. So long familiar with scenes of death, the angel of comfort and consolation to so many, in their last hour, she could not be unprepared for hers. Death to her was indeed like a gentle slumber, so calm, so sweet, that those beside her bed perceived it not. It was only on examination that it was discovered she had fallen into that sleep from which the soul awakes in eternity.Her funeral will take place from the chapel of the Charity Hospital, at 3 o'clock P.M., January 27.
Note: Her real name was Jane Columba Loretto Smith.
The Daily Picayune Volume XXVII NEW ORLEANS, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 27, 1864. NUMBER 2.
Please announce to the community the death of one of its oldest and most deserving members, Mother Regina Smith, who departed this life a little after 3 o'clock this morning, January 26. deceased was a native of Louisiana, and born at Grand Coteau on the 5th of October, 1806. Whilst yet in the bloom of youth, surrounded with ease and comfort, and with bright prospects of future happiness before her , she heard the whispers of a secret, yet clear voice, that said to her, " Leave all and follow me." Obedient to that interior call, at the age of seventeen she bid adieu to home, to parents, friends and all, to consecrate herself to the service of the poor, among the heroic daughters of St. Vincent de Paul, and for more than forty years she labored with ever-increasing zeal and charity in the arduous duties of her sublime vocation. In 1829 she came with the first Sisters of Charity to new Orleans, who took charge of the Poydras Asylum. From thence in 1834 she headed a little baud of devoted companions, who went to brave suffering, contagion and death, in all its forms, in the wards of the Charity Hospital. At her dismal post, the undaunted heroine of charity ever remained, except for and interval of five years. So long familiar with scenes of death, the angel of comfort and consolation to so many, in their last hour, she could not be unprepared for hers. Death to her was indeed like a gentle slumber, so calm, so sweet, that those beside her bed perceived it not. It was only on examination that it was discovered she had fallen into that sleep from which the soul awakes in eternity.Her funeral will take place from the chapel of the Charity Hospital, at 3 o'clock P.M., January 27.
Note: Her real name was Jane Columba Loretto Smith.
The Daily Picayune Volume XXVII NEW ORLEANS, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 27, 1864. NUMBER 2.
