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Van Gennip, Father John, Monroe, Michigan, to Bishop Peter Paul Lefevere, Detroit, Michigan, 1857 September 24

 Item
Identifier: CDET III-2-i

Scope and Contents

Van Gennip writes Lefevere about religious community life among the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart , making certain observations and suggestions: 1. Good order should be observed and maintained and certain means used to that end. Religious should submit to a qualified Director; also a Confessor besides the ordinary Confessors. 2. To preserve order, one Director is all that is needed whomever he appoints in writing. 3. If the Sisters have cause to complain to Lefevere regarding Van Gennip's direction, Van Gennip would like the Bishop to write him the correction or punishment and not send it by another who has no connection in the matter. In that way, Lefevere will know both sides which is necessary for a just judgment. He asks Lefevere to sign this letter as approval or better still to write one to the same effect. :: III-2-i A.L.S. 3pp. 8vo.

Dates

  • Creation: 1857 September 24

Language of Materials

English.

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