Fearing that she showed too great anxiety of obtaining the desired permission while speaking to Lefevere, Sister thinks it necessary to explain herself. She wanted to make clear that in submitting everything to her superior, Father Edward Joos, she was only following Lefevere's advice; she was only doing what Joos told her and would have preferred that Joos should have done so himself. The offer made is advantageous for the order, which they wish to accept, but not against their Superiors. Bishop John Nepomucene Neumann is too holy a man to approve anything contrary to their obligations, and approves the purpose of their institutions, the education of the middle class. His intention is not to transfer the order from Monroe to his diocese, but only to have members to work for the poor in his portion after the division, now contemplated, of his diocese. Having the postulants of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary now in Philadelphia make their novitiate near by will save money. She knows Neumann's view from a conversation with him at St. Joseph's Academy, Susquehanna Co., Pa. ; an establishment at Reading is contemplated. The constant sickness in their community is not imaginative. :: III-2-i A.L.S. 3pp. 8vo.