Today is the first anniversary of the burning of the church which had cost him 10 years of anxiety and labor. Had he been permitted to use his own judgment, instead of being passive to the agent of a selfish and ignorant clique, there would be a better church today. As Lefevere has expressed doubt on the subject Kindekens writes how this could have been accomplished. $8000 was available and a responsible builder agreed to build for that amount. Lay-management has prevented a new church either up town or down town, and it has broken up their Catholic schools. Also it has divided and subdivided Catholics. Lefevere has accused Kindekens of being the only one opposed to a downtown site; visiting priests said so too. Mr. Phelan's church or schoolhouse is 6 ft. above the mud. The Phelan or ultra party say Lefevere did not keep his promises. On Sept. 5, 1864 Phelan wrote Kindekens that Adrian Catholics would build a schoolhouse first; the opposite is true, they want a church first. :: III-2-k A.L.S. 4pp. 4to.