IN THE COUNTY OF WATERLOO
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SECTION II,
CHAPTER I.-CHURCH SOCIETIES ETC.
The spiritual side of the congregation has
always been looked after with care. Various societies helped to keep
the religious fervor alive.
The oldest Sodality of which there is a record
is that of the Holy Rosary and the Scapular of Mt. Carmel.
This was organized when the Jesuits arrived here in 1847.
Probably it was in existence long before, and only reorganized.
It contains the names of members according to townships, but no
Officers, To it belonged men and women, young and old.
Unfortunately the list was never completed. The following
are now active and zealous societies:
1. The Childhood of Jesus with 150 members.
2. The Sodality of the Blessed Virgin for
young ladies, with 130 members.
3. The Christian Mothers, established Dec.
8, 1901, with 123 members.
4. The C. M. B. A.
5. The St. Boniface Sick Benefit Society
of Berlin.
6. The Scapular of Mt. Carmel, with
nearly the whole parish.
7. The League of the Sacred Heart, with
practically the whole parish as members.