Excerpt from Life of Mary Ward: Foundress of the Institute of the B. V. M.; Compiled From Various Sources The publication Of this short life OF mary ward is singularly opportune. Quite recently, by a decree Of the Sacred Congregation Of Religious, Our Holy Father Pope Pius X has permitted the nuns Of the Institute Of the Blessed Virgin Mary, who are to be found in all parts Of the world, once again to acclaim Mary Ward as their Foundress, which they have not been permitted to do for the past hundred and sixty years. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.