Mackey, Father John M., Marion, Ohio, to Archbishop John Baptist Purcell, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1869 August 5

He asks Purcell to do the Catholics of Marion County a great favor by being in Caledonia, Ohio to confer Confirmation and dedicate the new church on Oct. 10; in La Rue to give Confirmation and dedicate the new church on Oct. 11; in Marion to give Confirmation and lecture on Oct. 12. He gives directions and train schedules for getting to Marion. He has made every effort to impress upon the children the importance of Confirmation. He knows that Purcell will make every allowance, since so many are lost to the Church when they do not receive admission to its sacraments. P.S. An influential member of the congregation is a member of a secret order calling themselves, Independent Order of Good Templars. The object of the society is the cause of temperance. Their weekly meetings are preceded and ended by a prayer. :: II-5-d