By his answer Rosati implicitly gave Timon permission to hear the confessions and to remove all difficulties for the future. He gives Timon full power to appoint any priest to hear them, not only for Bethlehem but also for all the convents of the Sisters of Loretto in the diocese. Rosati is now left with Father Joseph Lutz alone; FatherPeter Paul Lefevere went back to his mission last Tuesday. Father Matthew Condamine will leave tomorrow for Sangamo Sangamon, Illinois?; they have some 80 miles for a priest for some sick. The steeple is finished; the bells will be blessed in two weeks. They are now covering the asylum. But the opposition from their separated brethren grows stronger every day. Rosati has received complaints from the Association of the Propagation of the Faith in Lyons because of Father John Odin's collections, they intimate they will subtract from what Rosati will be allocated as much as Odin collects in France. On the address side of the letter: Favor of Owen Timon. :: IV-3-j A.L.S. English and French 2pp. 4to.