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Scope and Contents His trip from New Orleans to France was good. He left New York July 5 on the Arctic and arrived at Liverpool on the 15th. On the 16th he went to Dublin and spent 10 days in Ireland. Father Philip Dowley, C.M. did all he could to get some good priests. In a visit to the Ursulines at Waterford Odin asked for two teachers for the new house at San Antonio. The Chapter has decided to grant them. He also found 2 young postulants for New Orleans; they are two sisters, 19 and 21, with good...

Scope and Contents Odin returned from Washington yesterday. He was pleased to see the Capital of the United States. Georgetown College is remarkable for size, location, and cleanliness. Father Thomas Mulledy accompanied Odin everywhere. Odin met Father August Jeanjean just arriving from New York. A priest from Lyons accompanied Jeanjean; he is destined to open a Seminary in Louisiana. Everybody had expected to salute Jeanjean as Bishop of the Indians, but they have been disappointed, Jeanjean ...

Scope and Contents Timon's letter was received. He sees with joy that Timon has finally begun to declare the word of God at St. Louis. Odin urges Timon to banish entirely the spirit of fear which disquiets him. St. Mary's Seminary seems to be on a good footing. Father Labadie has succeeded Timon as prefect of health. On Timon's return to the seminary he will live in his cell and consecrate all his time to sharpen his arms against the enemies of the Lord; he has not been given any function to fill. ...

Scope and Contents Mr. Alton could not undertake the building of their church. Mr. Johnson's house will occupy him until September and then he is to put a bridge over Cape Cruz. The Anabaptists, thanks to Mr. Green's instructions, have taken new courage and propose to build a meeting house. Timon is to try to make a contract with Valerio. Their chapel is absolutely too small. Mr. Gouvrier? from Louisiana has decided to settle at the Cape; he leaves today for Ste. Genevieve to buy the lots from Mrs. La...

Scope and Contents Mr. Morauville gave Odin the different things Timon sent. Father Victor Paillasson left Tuesday morning. He will return to New Madrid to gather up his effects and will soon go back to St Louis to begin his novitiate at florissant. Odin believes Miller and Hall's land does not border there. Mr. Morton would like to buy it but not having the means he wishes Timon could help him buy it. Mr. Johnson has offered the land he bought from Evan Daugherty. He says it contains 82 acres. There are...

Scope and Contents Odin could have gone to the Barrens next but because of Easter he thinks he should put it off to Trinity. Mr. Jones will be satisfied with 450 piastres paid down for the lot. There is a frontage of 116 feet on Main Street and 180 on the other street. The wharf boat is coming along rapidly. It will be placed near their house. Mr. Ellis is opposed to its being put above the Bayou. Mr. Gordon? has come back and is preparing to build a warehouse, tavern, etc. Mr. Mattingly would like the...

Scope and Contents Messrs. Ellis and Cannon ask $5,000 for their steam mill. Mr. Mattingley offered them $4,000. They think they do not want to sell and that their aim is to scare them out. Mr. Leon stopped at the Cape and announced that the Spanish grants were confirmed. Timon would perhaps do well to ask to buy the Old Cape. It is entirely covered by woods and it would be easy to transfer it to the College if they ever build. Mr. Valerio has contracted for Dr. Gouvrier's house. Timon should give him ...

Scope and Contents Maxy? Block has a 10 acre lot joining Mr. Ellis' cornfield. He will sell it for $100 down and $100 in one year. There is no cheaper bargain. Block says it is a handsome and rich piece of land, within 20 yards from a big spring. The well at last is finished; it contains 5 or 6 feet of excellent water. Odin has had to borrow $30 to pay the man who dug it. 2,000 bricks were required to wall it up; Mr. Juden charged $12 for them. The hauling of the bricks and rocks cost $12 more; the total...

Scope and Contents At Rome Odin made the acquaintance of the Baroness de Milange, a French lady exiled on account of her attachment to the royal family. She has a land claim to get confirmed in Arkansan territory. She asks Odin to beg Timon to see who could be entrusted with that business. Mr. Kane of Kaskaskias might do it. The letter of attorney is sent to Timon to delegate whom he chooses. The Baroness is in poor circumstances on account of the revolution. She has always been at the head of all good ...

Scope and Contents Odin has just arrived and learning that a boat is to leave tomorrow for New Orleans he hastens to send news. He left San Antonio the Monday after Christmas and barely escaped the arrows of the Comanches and on the third day he almost fell into the hands of a band of robbers. Along the way he visited a great number of Catholic families. What difficulties to overcome in this country! As he was writing this, Michael? Menard brought Blanc's letters of last October and November. Odin was far from...

Scope and Contents Their crossing from New Orleans to Galveston was prompt and favorable. They arrived last Tuesday evening. Affairs in Texas seem to have taken a sorry turn. Judge James Webb left for Mexico to negotiate with the government but had to return without being admitted. This insult is deeply resented by the Texans. They talk of war and invasions but Odin hopes they would not have the courage or means to step outside their own territory. At last they have a small beginning of a church, 50 by 20...

Scope and Contents Odin has written a great many letters to Timon and to Bishop Joseph Rosati and received only a few lines that Father Jean-Baptiste Tornatore, C.M. wrote in May. He continues to occupy himself for the good of their Congregation Vincentians and religion in Missouri. Their confreres of Poland have promised2 or 3 priest, he will obtain a very good one from Piedmont and 2 novices; probably a few from Spain and France. The great mixture in their seminary is apt to dissatisfy the minds...

Scope and Contents Six days after leaving New Orleans they sighted Texas and made the difficult passage of Cavallo. Sunday night they cast anchor opposite Lynnville. Their numerous companions were mostly Catholics, the Protestants also treated them very kindly. At Lynnville Odin met a merchant from Missouri whom he had known a long time and an Irish Cathollic who has been living there for several months. They say there are several Cathollic families at Victoria and a small Mexican establishment 18 miles from...

Scope and Contents In his last letter to their Superior, Father John Baptist Tornatore C.M., Odin promised to write to Timon. He had to visit their seminary at Amiens and college at Mont Didier at the request of their Superior General. The seminary of Amiens was built by the Vincentians some time before the French Revolution. It is superior to any of the kind in France. It accommodates 300 students. It surpasses everything even at Lyons. Odin spoke a great deal to the Bishop of Amiens, the priests, and...

Scope and Contents Yesterday Odin received Timon's letter of August 23 and regrets that his letter did not reach New York before Timon's departure. He will tell Father John Power to forward them to Timon. Bishop Joseph Rosati came here last Sunday week. He has gone to visit Father Francis Cellini, C. M. at St. Michael. Cellini is sick. Their new church St. Mary's, Barrens will be consecrated on October 29 and that of St. Genevieve on the following Sunday. Odin has hurried the workmen and Rosati told him ...

Scope and Contents Odin wrote Blanc from Linnville on July 14; from there he went to Victoria a little town of 55 to 60 homes; half of the inhabitants are Catholic. John Joseph Linn offered them hospitality. At Victoria he found a little wooden church 20 by 40 but since the revolution it has been converted into a courtroom, an auction hall and a stable. Mass was celebrated at Linn's. The poor Catholics seemed indifferent and Odin thought it necessary to leave Father Eudald Estany, C.M. to try to bring them...

Scope and Contents It has been impossible for him to resign himself to accept the office which His Holiness has conferred on him. He has sent back the bulls; Father John Timon, C.M. approves of this step. He regrets that his sending back the bulls will prolong the widowhood of Detroit but hopes that this will be compensated for by the choice of a subject more capable of governing the diocese. If Blanc has occasion to write to Rome he is to beg the Holy Father not to think of him any longer. Odin will leave the...

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Odin is here to say goodbye to Father Peter Vergani, C.M.. Bishop Joseph Rosati, C.M. wrote to have him come down. The bishop's letter tells the good news that Father Leon De Neckere, C.M. has been named his coadjutor. He is called to Rome for the imposition of hands. The bishop's return will not be until around Pentecost. He urges completion of the bakery. Timon is to ask Michael Butcher to come as soon as he can. :: IV-3-i A.L.S. French 2pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents On April 19 he received from Rome the Apostolic letters transferring him to New Orleans. Notwithstanding his great reluctance, persons whom he has consulted make acceptance an imperative duty. Thus, though so unfit, so incapable and so far advanced in years, he must go to occupy a see the responsibility of which has always terrified him. It is very painful for him to separate from the priests and religious communities of Texas. It is very painful to leave Texas where he has spent upwards of...

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He hoped to leave for New Orleans this morning but an important matter can only be concluded tomorrow. Therefore, he must defer his trip and will arrive only on Sunday morning or Monday evening. Rousselon's letter of the 10th encouraged him. Archbishop Francis Patrick Kenrick of Baltimore has also replied, and he must resign himself. He will have need of Rousselon's good advice and generous cooperation. :: VI-2-d A.L.S. French 2pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents He arrived there on Saturday. Some of the habitants had come to meet him so that he would have no difficulty in finding the small village. Father Charles M. Menard awaited him near Thibodaux and traveled with him as far as Brashear. His unsightly cheek makes him suffer but he tried to preach twice yesterday and twice today. People have been charitable enough not to laugh at his singular grimaces. It is better since last evening and he is going to try to pursue his route. He will leave...

Scope and Contents He arrived from Labadieville September 29. He confirmed 65 in the Church of St. Francis at Houma, 47 on September 30 in the chapel of St. Anne on the Bayou Terrebonne, and 141 on October 2 in the Church of St. Philomena at Labadieville. He found Rousselon's letter and Major J. Edmonston's who asks for nothing less than the sums necessary to enroll a company needed to complete his battalion. Father James Ignatius Mullen Mullon, Father J.D. Flanagan and others who know him should have made him...

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Contract for the establishment of a novitiate of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Bourg at New Orleans; signed by Odin, Sister St. Claude Louise Monnet, C.J.S.; _____ Perrier; Sister St. Placide, C.J.S.; Sister of the Heart of Mary, C.J.S.; and Sister Marie Félicité, C.J.S.. A copy of the contract is folded with this. :: VI-2-g D.S. and copy French 8pp. 4to.

Scope and Contents It was impossible to visit Abbeville last Sunday. His cheek was so inflamed and the boils so numerous that the doctor ordered him to suspend his pastoral visit. Sunday he went to Grand Coteau where he has been received with great goodness. Since his arrival he has experienced a considerable improvement. If nothing happens before Sunday he will administer Confirmation. The following Tuesday and Thursday he will visit the two chapels served by the priests. Sunday, September 15 he will be at...

Scope and Contents He thanks Rousselon for his interest in his health. He is almost cured; a day or two should suffice to make all the pimples disappear. He was happy to see Father Gabriel Chalon who leaves without him. If he experiences the slightest relapse he promises to return to New Orleans. P. Rotchford wrote that the house occupied by the Sisters of the Good Shepherd was badly damaged and that it might be advantageous to keep the insurance money and sell the house. He asks Rousselon to decide and gives...

Scope and Contents Yesterday Father Charles Brun brought him, at Royville, Rousselon's letter of the 25th and this morning the post brought the others. Among the dispatches from Rome was a circular addressed to each bishop of the province. He sends them to forward to the bishops. He also sends a letter from Colonel Henry B. Kelly with a commission for Father Egidius Smulders which Rousselon should forward. He asks Rousselon to give Brun a letter of introduction to Bishop John McGill of Richmond. August 22 he...

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Odin received $11 from Father Claude AnthonyTholomier for a High Mass requested by Mrs. Paquier. $2 were paid to Father J. Coste and $2 to Tholomier which he refused. Expenses for the organist etc. were $8.50. :: VI-2-h A.D. French 1p. 32mo.

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A list of 7 names, apparently in Odin's hand. :: VI-2-h A.N. 1p. 32mo.

Scope and Contents Purcell's letter of March 26 and the draft for $4344.43 have been received. Odin is sending the whole amount to Bishop Claude Mary Dubuis of Galveston, for he is in great need. The convent at Brownsville was destroyed last year by a hurricane; he is trying to rebuild. Father Cornelius Francis Smarius, S.J. and Father Florentin J. Boudreaux, S.J. have given a mission in the church of the Immaculate Conception. The Redemptorists closed a mission in Baton Rouge on Sunday; Odin confirmed 268....

Scope and Contents A copy. Odin received Killborn's communication dated July 30 with the copies of the proclamation of the president Abraham Lincoln for a national thanksgiving. After mature reflection he must respectfully decline to invite the priests to read it from the pulpit. It is contrary to the custom of the Church. As the proclamation has been made known through the public prints, the churches will be open to the public and divine services performed in them on the day appointed, namely August 6. ::...