Charles, Father, Ambierle, France, to Bishop Anthony Blanc?, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1836 January 3

He received the letter sent with Bishop John Mary Odin with great joy at this mark of Blanc's remembrance and affection. Charged with so large a mission Blanc no doubt has many cares but also many consolations. Here the ideas of independence have seized all heads so that it is almost impossible in France to conduct a parish. There is nothing but games, dancing, and debauchery. Blanc would not know Ambierle parish. The only bourgeois family left in the parish is the youngest of the des Chaux. The mother, on the death of Madame de Ligniere, went to Live at Roanne where she died almost two years ago. She endowed his school of the Clerks of St. Viator with 600 francs so his two schools are quite safe and he can pass by the aid of the "commune". Mr. Ollier, notary and Bouquet Lageneve, who run the parish seek above all to "de Catholize" it. That is how it has been since 1830; the Archbishops and bishops seek to uphold the rights of the Church which nevertheless escape them. The university monopoly is the great plague of the Church in France. Young des Chaux has just brought the news that his wife of three years, a young lady of St. Germain L'Espinasse, is dead. Odin will tell Blanc how happy they are to receive the bishops from overseas. :: V-5-e A.L.S. French 3pp. 4to.