Father Matthew Hart of New Haven has recommended Father W. Lambert of Philadelphia who left Philadelphia through disagreement with the Bishop of Philadelphia. Hart says that he has given satisfaction in McFarland's diocese. Elder would keep him if McFarland has more priests than he can use. Elder asks McFarland to find out if there is another cause for his leaving. They have need of priests but they must be reliable men, free from the danger of giving scandal. Also he asks if McFarland is willing that one of their priests solicit contributions for rebuilding the church at Jackson, Mississippi, the state capital, where church, school and presbytery were also destroyed in the war. Elder asks for the sake of auld lang syne at the Mountain. Another priest has had the walls of a church for three years but has no roof yet. When Elder saw it last year a little black boy was sitting in the window of the church fishing in a pool in the church. One of the priests could collect in the west and one in the east. They expect the Redemptorists to give a renewal of the mission there beginning April 29 and asks prayers for its success. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 2pp. 4to.