Halkett, Emily M(ary) G(abrielle): London, (England) to Monsignor (Robert Seton: Jersey City Heights, New Jersey), 1893 May 5

She received (Seton)'s letter of December and the annual. She wishes (Seton) could have been in Rome for the Jubilee. She was there and one felt proud to be a Catholic. She returned to London for Easter to settle her temporal affairs for she is going back to Rome to be a Benedictine there. The Pope wants foreign convents and religious centers in Rome because the Italian government is suppressing the Italian ones. There is only one Benedictine convent in Rome, the Nuns of St. Cecilia, and they are being suppressed. (Seton) must go to Rome when he comes over in 1896. She is delighted to hear that St. Benedict is the patron of the Seton family. Her director will be Monsignor (James A.) Campbell; he is a personal friend. This foundation is to a great extent his work. The present time is most painful; her family is all against her, being Protestants.