An Address to the Sisters of St. Peter's Home, Brompton

The address argues that recent formations of organized women’s ministry show the Church’s adaptability, but urges cautious oversight. It warns against elevating communal religious life above faithful household devotion, deprecates labels that imply superior sanctity, and criticizes tendencies toward artificial relations and morbid sentimentalism within enclosed sisterhoods. The speaker insists that contemplative seclusion must not displace active charity, proposing work among the needy as the chief corrective to unhealthy devotional excess. Practical, commonplace counsels for maintaining sound piety and prudent guidance of women’s communities are offered and published to assist founders and supervisors.