Immaculate Conception, M.S.C., Sister Mary of the, New Orleans, Louisiana, to Bishop Francis Xavier Leray, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1882 June 5

Archbishop Perché's health is such that Sister turns to Leray. Since Leray's visit to Plaquemine, their Sisters Marianites of Holy Cross have suffered greatly from Father Mathurin Harnais . Few Sundays pass without him upbraiding them before everyone. The enclosure will give Leray a proof of this. Last week Harnais prevented a woman from placing her child with their Sisters; Harnais said it would be better to put her with a secular person. This person was to have only boys but Harnais does all he can to get girls, in order to hurt the Sisters. Harnais is annoyed because the Sisters no longer go to Confession to him but he refused three times to hear their confessions. But that is not the only thing which has taken away their confidence. Harnais is the cause that a large humber no longer wish to go to church. A.L.S. French Enclosure