Rosati has just received a letter from Father Victor Paillasson who has been very ill since his return and who seems dissatisfied with what seems claimed by the Sisters of Loretto, that is, that the property of the Convent and land be ceded to them for the reason that they could not interest themselves in an establishment which did not belong to them. Rosati is grieved by these obstacles to God's work. Paillasson wishes to have the title in the Bishop's name because these properties will go back not only to the Sisters but also to the Church and because the laws of this state do not recognize a corporation of Sisters. If the Sisters of Loretto could have a legal existence and own property in their own name as in Kentucky Rosati would not hesitate an instant to demand that in all the foundations the property be owned by the Community. So Rosati will follow the example of Bishop Benedict Joseph Flaget who before the right? was obtained in Kentucky, had the title of all the Convents of his Diocese in his name. The Sisters change houses, some could quit their calling; the titles would have to be renewed often. Are there not examples at the Barrens? Is there not a married woman who was formerly a superior and have not priests been overtaken by death before making a will although they had Church property? There is a striking example among the Sisters of Charity of Emmitsburg; they own only their Motherhouse but they never refuse to take an establishment which does not belong to them. Their houses multiply and they prosper. :: IV-3-i A.L.S. French 4pp. 4to.