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Brownson, Henry F., Detroit, Michigan, to Father Daniel E. Hudson, C.S.C, Notre Dame, Indiana, 1889 June 18

 Item — Box: CHUD 13
Identifier: CHUD X-3-j

Scope and Contents

Brownson sends some information about the Catholic Congress 1889 . Father Augustine F. Hewit would not advise making it a Paulist movement. William J. Onahan was there in March and Brownson told him what he thought. Names of those written to for views are given. A meeting was arranged between Archbishop John Ireland, Onahan, Henry J. Spaunhorst and Brownson for May 13 in Chicago. At Chicago they decided to hold the Congress next November and to call a meeting of a committee of arrangements to meet in Detroit June 5 to settle the preliminaries. The committee was composed of about 30 laymen and four bishops. Names of those present and those sending letters of regret are given. Gibbons will take charge of all arrangements in Baltimore. They decided to hold the meeting November 11 and 12 in Baltimore and appointed a committee to attend to details. The object of the Congress is to produce harmony of thought and action, and to stimulate thought. :: X-3-j A.L.S. 4pp. 4to.

Dates

  • Creation: 1889 June 18

Language of Materials

English.

Repository Details

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