Henry, M., Lancaster, England, to James Alphonsus McMaster, New York, New York, 1873 December 1
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He thanks McMaster for the undaunted spirit with which McMaster is battling the godless school system. He praises Father McNamara for the scathing rebuke dealt the Catholic priests who defended that system. He observes that there are some priests who aggrandize rather than promote the spiritual interests of the Church. In his tour through Ireland the past summer he noticed an Irish farmer who had a son a priest in the United States. The priest sent his father money to build a new house, and he believes that all the priest's parish children are in state schools. The old-fashioned Catholics of Ireland worshipped God before humble altars but their descendants have to have fine music to assist at Mass. The Catholic Hierarchy of England with the Venerable Archbishop of Westminister in no uncertain terms oppose secular education. The Liverpool Catholics placed 5 of the 15 candidates at the head of the poll in the last school board election. If McMaster thinks that these ideas have a place in the Journal, he asks McMaster to revise them as they were written in a hurry. :: I-1-o A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.
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- Creation: 1873 December 1
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English.
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