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 Although Bishop Edward Fitzgerald had approved Convent Maria Stein, he desired that the community be affiliated with a more stable authorization outside the diocese  Father Weibel was sent to Rome to secure necessary documents of affiliation and in 1893.  While remaining under the Ordinary of the Diocese of Little Rock, the community in Jonesboro, became officially affiliated with the Olivetan Benedictine Congregation and changed to the custom of wearing the white habit.
 

Holy Angels Convent, 1898
 

     Because the railroads bypassed Pocahontas, and also, because many of the Sisters contacted typhoid fever from the drinking water, the community officially moved from Pocahontas to Jonesboro.  The transfer was made on July 4, 1898, when the farmers could use their wagons to haul the Sisters’ belongings.   The new convent in Jonesboro was completed and named Holy Angels Convent in gratitude for a safe crossing of the Atlantic by one of the groups of Sisters and postulants.