The Customs and Minor Regulations of the Sisters of Mercy in the Motherhouse, Manchester, N. H. And Its Branch Houses #271474

The common exercises are those marked on the Horarium, in cluding Benediction, five Paters and Aves at three O'clock on Friday, and the Chapter Of Faults. The Rule commands that the Sisters do not absent themselves from these without leave Of the Superior, ex cept in a case Of pressing urgency; when prevented from asking per mission, the cause Of absence must be made known to her immedi ately after. The Sisters wear their large Sleeves and train Of habit down at all the exercises in choir.