The undersigned families feel constrained to lay before Lefevere the following petition: For several years services have been held in English. The older persons do not understand this language. The greatest evil is that they cannot make their confessions in English and the priest cannot hear it in German. The parish consists now of forty families, increasing every day. They beg Lefevere to give their parish a priest who knows their mother tongue. 15 names are signed. :: III-2-k A.L.S. German 3pp. 4to.