The undersigned priest of Detroit Diocese was granted on July 25 a two months' extension of his holiday. On June 11 he was ordained a priest for this diocese, on July 18 he was permitted to leave the seminary at Louvain to begin his journey to America in October and to become a missionary priest in Detroit. To date he has had no reply from his bishop and so can take no other assignment?. Whether the war is responsible for the non-arrival of his call he cannot judge. The present was has made his mother seek to have him ask for an extension of his leave to December; it ended on October 6. His brother is a soldier and his mother, 65 years old and a widow, cannot be without help at such a time. He cannot deny Borgess' call as all his studies have been paid for at Louvain by the Diocese of Detroit. His brother has thus far been protected, he is on the march to Paris. As soon as peace is in prospect Elvert will start out. The rector of Louvain knows his situation. Elvert is only upset that he has had no word and asks the bishop to send word. Being there he has entered the ranks of provisional priests of the place, also at the wish of the rector of Louvain. Bishop Probst Wiemann himself is ready to be accountable for him in the junior clergy. :: III-2-l A.L.S. German 3pp. 4to.