Sister Theresa has heard that Mother Mary Joseph Walker gave Lefevere all the letters written by her from Choconut; he should have good reason then to be angry. She admits that she has done wrong and begs for forgiveness. She wonders why God did not restrain her impetuous disposition during all the time she was asking his assistance. She has done penance ever since. She is trying to derive good from her faults, as St. Augustin says. The only motive she had in trying to get the Community of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary out of Michigan was its welfare. She was aware that the rules were not completed. Because of the length of time they always remained in Monroe, she thought they would do better elsewhere. That it was for the sake of the Redemptorists is perfectly disgusting to her. For years she has been trying to have their rules attended to. The poverty of Monroe she liked, and is happy to see Bishop John Nepomucene Neumann a lover of religious poverty. Never would she leave Michigan for temporal advantages. P.S. Another cause for wanting the Sisters to come after her was her too strong love for them all. Her last letters were written in a better spirit than her former ones. Were they able to correspond again never would she say a word to trouble their peace. At times she now laughs at her own errors. :: III-2-j A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.