Durier, Father Anthony Mount St. Mary's Seminary, Cincinnati, Ohio, to Archbishop Anthony Blanc, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1856 November 4

Durier was much surprised that Blanc wanted him to be ordained so soon. He tried to decline but accepted the will of God. His ordination took place last Tuesday. Last Friday he offered Mass for the first time. It was in the convent of the Sisters of St. Vincent de Paul. It was the anniversary of his starting from France. The next day, All Saints Day, he performed as Deacon at St. John's and Sunday he sang High Mass in the Cathedral. The building of their seminary is going on; it will be a splendid house. On the feast of the anniversary of his consecration, Archbishop Purcell drank to Blanc's health; he extolled the diocese of New Orleans and its prelate. Auguste Barthelemy Langlois is very pleased with saying his breviary. Francois Follot is digging away in the study of English; he is waiting for his exeat. :: VI-1-k A.L.S. 3pp. 4to.