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Foster, Mary Josephine, New Orleans, Louisiana, to James Alphonsus McMaster, New York, New York, 1873 March 4

 Item
Identifier: CMMA I-1-o

Scope and Contents

She asks that he send her the Journal of Nov. 16 since she didn't receive hers of that date and it contained a Sermon by Father ThomasBurke on Faith. She heard Father Burke while he was in New Orleans and she is at loss to express her appreciation of him, and since then she has read all his sermons and hopes to put them all together. Times are hard in Louisiana and her family is not excepted. Her heart is full of gratitude for McMaster's instrumentality in bringing her to embrace the truths of the Catholic Church for through them she has been able to bear many things which seemed impossible without faith. She asks him to send her his photograph so that her children might see the one that they are praying for. She has suffered from a cold all winter and few think that she will recover, but she prays that she might be spared to her little ones for their sake. She extends her sympathies on the death of his young son. Father John B. Duffy is well but does not preach or hear confessions, so she goes to Father Geissen. There are five priests at their Mission House in Chatawa. :: I-1-o A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

Dates

  • Creation: 1873 March 4

Language of Materials

English.

Repository Details

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