[7] M. Aladel was made Director of the Community in 1846.
[8] The rings were three on each finger; the largest next to the hand, then the medium size, then the smallest; and each ring was covered with precious stones of proportional size; the largest stones emitted the most brilliant rays, the smallest the least brilliant.
[9] We must remember that Sister Catherine's childhood was passed in the country, where she could admire the beauty of that luminous tint which precedes the sun, and colors the horizon at break of day with its increasing radiance.
[10] The author of this design is M. Letaille, editor of religious imagery.
[11] Quai des Orfevres, number 54. They are of different sizes, and the invocation is inscribed in several languages.
[12] "Life of Mgr. de Quélen," by the Baron Henrion.
[13] Look at the star, invoke Mary.
[14] In vain, Hyacinthe (de Quélen) is the tempest unchained; under the auspices of the Star of the Sea, thou wilt triumph over its fury.
[15] The Immaculate Conception had not then been defined. (Note by translator.)
[16] Conc. Trid. sess. V. Decret. de peccato originali.