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From Convent to Conflict; Or, A Nun's Account of the Invasion of Belgium

Chapter 3: Letter of Introduction
By Sister Marie Antoine
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A Belgian nun recounts daily life at a girls' convent and boarding school and then chronicles the disruption caused by the German invasion, describing military engagements near their community, damage to the convent and school, the arrival and return of troops, the flight of refugees, time in Antwerp and England, and efforts to organize relief, reconstruction, and emigration. The narrative combines vivid domestic scenes of cloistered routine, education, and work with wartime observations of battle, civilian suffering, and the exile experience, interspersed with letters and practical details about refugee aid and plans for rebuilding or establishing new foundations abroad.

Letter of Introduction

La Supérieure du Couvent des Filles de Marie a Willebroeck, Province d’Anvers, en Belgique déclare par la présente que ses soeurs Marie Antoine et Marie Cecile sont envoyées aux Extats Unis, a fin d’examiner s’il y aurait noyen d’y établir une colonie de Filles de Marie; elle donne a Soeur M. Antoine le Pouvoir d’agir en son nom afin de prendre les mesures nécessaires a cet effet.

Soeur M. Berchmans.
Willebroeck, 29 September, 1914.

Apprové:

D. J. Card. Mercier, Arch. de Malines

TRANSLATION.

The Superior of the Convent of the Daughters of Mary, Willebroeck, Province of Antwerp, Belgium, state by this present (letter) that the Sisters Mary Antonia and Mary Cecilia are sent to the United States in order to examine if there are means of establishing a colony (mission) of the Daughters of Mary there; she gives to Sister M. Antonia the power to act in her name as to taking the measures necessary to this effect.

Sister M. Berchmans.
Willebroeck, 29 September, 1914.

Approved:

D. J. Card. Mercier, Arch. de Malines.