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Moriarty, D.J., Muskegon, Michigan, to Bishop Peter Paul Lefevere, Detroit, Michigan, 1866 April 23

 Item
Identifier: CDET III-2-k

Scope and Contents

A meeting of Catholics, with German, French, and Irish representatives, was held in the church yesterday. As chairman of the meeting, Moriarty writes Lefevere for a priest, promising to discharge all the duties required of them as Catholics. Weekly, Catholics die without the last sacraments, and many children are unbaptized. With summer approaching, there is danger of sunstroke, fever, and perhaps, cholera. The following resolutions were passed: two collectors to be appointed from each portion of the congregation to raise funds to repair the church and pay off the indebtedness so that the title may without delay be vested in the bishop; that the chairman write the bishop for a priest, and to continue to meet Sundays in the church until the bishop comes to some decision. Signatures: Norbert Coté and Alexis Coutu for the French, Peter Thele for the Germans, and Patrick Murphy and John Garvey for the Irish. :: III-2-k A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

Dates

  • Creation: 1866 April 23

Language of Materials

English.

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