Luers, John H., Bishop of Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, Indiana, to Archbishop John Baptist Purcell, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1862 April 28

Luers sends a note and a letter to Purcell by Mr. Monning. The note is to be given to the Pope by Purcell on his trip to Rome. He asks Purcell to try to get Rome to permit low Masses to be said at funerals and on double festivals because of the impossibility of getting a choir together on week days to sing a High Mass. He feels that if a Low Mass could be said the Rubrics of the Ritual could be easily carried out. The Faculties were issued in 1852 for 10 years and Luers feels it necessary to ask for their renewal. He asks if they are obliged to apply the Masses on the abrogated festivals to the people, and says that Bishop John Newman obtained a dispensation from that obligation for 10 years in 1852. Luers wishes Purcell a pleasant trip. :: II-5-b A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.