Guinand, R.S.C.J., Madame Adine, St. Michael, Louisiana, to Archbishop Anthony Blanc, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1856 March 3

Father John M. Delcros, C.M. spent a day at Sacred Heart and heard the Confessions of their Irish; she thanks Blanc for sending him. Father Jean Francois Abbadie, S.J. plans to have a little mission around Easter at St. Michael. They will take advantage of it for their English and also, with Blanc's permission, a confessor extraordinary. In Blanc's last letter to Mother Amélie Jouve, R.S.C.J. he expressed the wish that the four aspirants take their vows on the same day. This is hardly possible; the shortage of supervisors and teachers obliges Mother to put them on retreat one after the other. As Mother Eugenie Freret R.S.C.J. has already begun her probation at Grand Coteau, their Mother thought she could make her vows on March 31 as could 2 Sisters who have 3 years of novitiate. The three other aspirants will be put back to May 30. At this time they hope that Blanc will visit St. Michael. If Blanc approves these arrangements, will he authorize Abbadie to examine the three first ones mentioned above. About 30 children are to make their First Communion in May. :: VI-1-j A.L.S. French 3pp. 4to.