Extract from a letter from their Sisters in Plaquemine, 1882 May 28

"All teaching now-a-days is imbued with the spirit of the world; it is found among those seemingly pious and mortified. Such is the spirit that prevails in our academies, colleges and seminaries. It is why he had in view to establish an institution wherein the children may be properly raised." The same day after the Asperges: "Yesterday, Father Harnais stood at the altar and shouted at two different times "Stop your fans". Sisters and children were terrified. Some people came to the convent after Mass to ask what Harnais' conduct meant." June 2, 1882. "Yesterday Harnais refused to hear the children's confessions. He sent his boy to tell Sister Mary of Saint Lucine, M.S C., who was waiting with the children, to return on Saturday. The colored children were told the same. On Saturday several said they would no longer go to Harnais. Extracts :: VI-3-d A.L.S., Extracts French English 8pp. 12mo.