Allgayer acknowledges Lefevere's letter of the 16th in which Lefevere decrees that no divine service should be hereafter held in the churches of Byron and Salem. Allgayer asks about the disposition of the vestments in these two stations. Father Joseph Kindekens baptizes children of Allgayer's territory of Salem without permission. These folks are obstinate leaders of the rebellion and well known to Kindekens. They did not first come to see Allgayer because they have not made their Easter duty and so cannot act as sponsors. Kindekens refused just a week before, such folks from Father Henry Never's Mission for two reasons: they did not belong to Kindekens' mission, and they had not made their Easter duty. The consequence of such cases is that people consider Church rules as the private, prejudices and unjust laws of an individual priest, conceive an aversion against their pastor, and are justified and encouraged in their opposition. Kindekens is accused of transgressions of the rule of burying impractical Catholics who die without the sacraments without consulting the bishop. Allgayer refers to Lefevere's letter of Feb. 21, 1862, appointing him pastor of St. Mary's, Alpine, Byran, Dore, and Salem, adding to this document privately that all German-speaking Catholics in the whole region also belong to his mission, except those of Father Marco's Mission and his successors. There is no mention in this document of any jurisdiction of St. Andrew's pastor over St. Mary's and its mission. Kindekens seems to believe he has full jurisdiction over all Grand Rapids. Allgayer asks for boundary lines. Allgayer refers to his letter to Kindekens but no answer has as yet been received. Allgayer's school children go to the Irish school St. Andrew's and his own school is endangered by such a practice. Otherwise his parish is doing well. :: III-2-j A.L.S. 12pp. 12mo.