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Poirier, C.SS.R., Father James, Baltimore, Maryland, to Bishop Peter Paul Lefevere, Detroit, Michigan, 1855 July 18

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Identifier: CDET III-2-i

Scope and Contents

Lefevere talks of having the Redemptorists return to Monroe, Michigan. Doubtless if their Superior sends them back, they will go with great pleasure. Lefevere has treated him like a Simonist for something for which he had the full consent of their Superior General in America, something about which he has said nothing more to Father Bernard T. Hafkenscheid, C.SS.R. or to any higher authority. Lefevere has allowed them to be called "holy raskels." If Poirier had made his report in Rome, he doubts if Lefevere would have a single Redemptorist Father in his diocese. He did not wish to make it, knowing the good the German Fathers could do in his diocese. He made an agreement in bad times to accept the title for 3 months leaving the rest to be collected by his successor. He warned the people of their obligation to pay his successor, but Lefevere knows how ignorant these Canadiens are. Lefevere has misinterpreted his order to have all destroyed except the books of the Church. He was unable to return and do this himself because of his work at the court. Mr. Warlop has acceded to his desire. Those who accuse him of not keeping books properly add calumny to a lie. He annuls the arrangement made with his successor and demands payment. He is ashamed to write this way. But if Lefevere calls them back he will go with pleasure into the Detroit diocese. But neither Lefevere nor Father Peter Kindekens have taken good measures to that end. They will return happily because they like Michigan. P.S. Excuse the bad writing, the heat is ninety degrees. On the same paper:

Dates

  • Creation: 1855 July 18

Language of Materials

English.

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