Connelly, Pierce I.?, Gracemere, Louisiana, to Bishop Anthony Blanc, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1841 February 25

It is more than a year since Blanc last spent a few days among them. What satisfaction it would have been for Blanc to have been there while Madame Elizabeth Galitzin, R.S.C.J. made her visit, an admirable holy woman. The Ladies of the Sacred Heart in Blanc's diocese no doubt have reason to bless God for her coming. Have the bulls naming the Bishop of Natchez been sent from Rome? The kind assistance sent them from their pious brethren abroad will indeed be welcome. Connelly is rejoiced that William St. John Elliot takes an interest in the affairs of the Church and would be happy if Major Henry Chotard could be induced to do so. If natural virtues could make a man a saint he is one who would stand very high in heaven. May God reward him for all his kindnesses for Connelly and his family. Has Blanc looked into the book which they owe to the zeal of the Bishop of Cincinnati? Not the least blessed sign in the country is the building of a public church in Philadelphia where the rich are not to be fenced off by pews but come in contact with God's poor. Cornelia Connelly would join in asking Blanc's blessing; she is at her classes. In a month she expects to be again confined. How can Connelly repay God for what He has given him in her and his little children. He hopes one day to see his sister-in-law a novice in the Sacred Heart. :: V-4-l A.L.S. 4pp. 4to.