Helmpraecht, C.SS.R., Father Joseph, Baltimore, Maryland, to Archbishop John Mary Odin, C.M., New Orleans, Louisiana, 1866 February 11

Owing to his absence from home he could not answer before this Odin's favor of January 7. He is happy to comply with Odin's request. Father Alexander Cvitkovicz. C.SS.R . can hear the confession of the nuns of the Good Shepherd. According to contract the Redemptorists must provide for the spiritual wants of Catholics in the 4th District. This will cause them to build another, English church, imposing the duties of a parish priest and dividing still more their little Communities. Helmpraecht asks Odin to dispense them from building another church and serve in a way more according to their rule. :: VI-2-k A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.