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Scope and Contents He has just learned that Archbishop John Mary Odin, C.M. of New Orleans had come to Bessière's home in Rome and asks him to act as his intermediary with Odin. A young English lady, Harriete Colombe Lacombe was baptized two or three years ago in the crypt of St. Colombe, then left for New Orleans to rejoin her husband who had asked for her. Arriving there, she found he had left without leaving any money for her to rejoin him or even any information of his new residence. She wishes to return...

Scope and Contents Brummer asks for a dispensation for the marriage of Susan F. Meyers, a Catholic, to Pearson Schakley, a non-Catholic. He does not know if there have been any changes made in the regulations since he left for the South. Father C.F. Hone received the cope Purcell sent. Hone was to go to Cincinnati for the Holy Oils but since he didn't Brummer will have to go. He would like to have the Church dedicated on Holy Trinity Sunday. Ten persons in the congregation are very sick and if they do not get...

Scope and Contents Purcell's letter of May 27 was received with much pleasure, but the news contained in it of Brummer's uncle's death stunned him. He had heard nothing about it from home. One of the priests who came in the pilgrimage was asked to notify him of the death, but failed to do so. He hopes his Mother will not take the loss too severely. The Pilgrims arrived a week ago last Monday. The next day they were received by the Pope, visited the basilica of St. Peters, and the next day the remaining 6...

Scope and Contents Brummer says that Father Damien Kleuber tells him that Purcell is not going to ordain him and send him as pastor to Miltonsburg and Wills Creek this fall as he promised. Brummer hopes this is not true because everything is prepared for a new pastor. He says if Purcell cannot send Klueber to please send someone. The trouble at Wills Creek has subsided and he sees that his teachers and his own lack of kindness and humility caused if all. The people have engaged a teacher and finishing the...

Scope and Contents Brummer just arrived in Beaver, being held up because of so much typhoid fever in the missions and the teacher, Mr. Klueber, is sick. Brummer along with Father John M. Jacquet will gladly meet Father Damien Klueber for monthly conferences if the weather permits. He hopes Purcell will send Klueber immediately because he does not know how long he can hold out. Brummer married a Catholic and a Protestant and is to marry one of Archer's boys to a non-Catholic next week. :: II-4-o A.L.S. 1pg....

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The people of St. Francis Church have presented him with $54 without Brummer having done any good there in the short time he was with them. He asks Purcell to give St. Francis a pastor at the very first chance. Brummer is much better than he was yesterday and hopes to be soon restored. He has not taken leave of hardly any of the priests and hopes they will not be offended. The least thing fatigues him. ` P.S. He will write when he arrives in New Orleans. :: II-5-a A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo.

Scope and Contents He writes in behalf of Casper Garst a former seminarian for Purcell and now a scholastic of the Jesuit order. On account of his ill health Garst has been given permission to come home. The Jesuits fear he will not be able to stand the duties intended for him and would obtain dispensation from his vows if some bishop will receive him as a secular. This Bishop of Covington will accept him but he prefers to come to Purcell. He asks for Purcell's decision. Martin Draifs who has been a teacher...

Scope and Contents Brummer just returned from Logan and Schmelzers, Ohio where Father C.F. Hone invited him to hear the Confessions of the Germans and he begs Purcell to make him pastor of either Sacred Heart or Schmelzers so that he could attend the surrounding missions, after Purcell names a pastor for Lancaster. The congregation at Lancaster is very good and are contributing greatly towards the new church and the conversion of the old one into a school house. He hopes to have First Communion around the last...

Scope and Contents Brummer read Purcell's appeal for contributions for the Seminary from the pulpit and he sends Purcell $183.09, the amount contributed. He wonders if the new pastor will be there for the next Sunday. They are preparing for the dedication of June 5th, and asks why it has not appeared in the Telegraph. Because it has not appeared therein they have had to telegraph Erie and Notre Dame. He asks if Father Edward Purcell will fulfill the congregation's desires by preaching the dedication sermon. He...

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In coming to Lancaster from his mission of Good Hope he finds that the people of Lancaster were without services yesterday. If Purcell says so, he will attend to Lancaster. Purcell should write him at Bremen. ` P.S. A gentleman by the name of Henry Sheran wishes to study under him. Brummer will accept him if Purcell will receive him. :: II-5-c A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Brummer would prefer another priest than Father Klueber for the missions because his brother who is a teacher lives in Duckcreek and being very careless and in debt feels that his brother can aid him. Brummer does not think the congregation would approve of Father Klueber . Brummer suggests to Purcell that if Klueber is sent, to give him the whole mission. Brummer has improved the appearance of the Church greatly but further improvements must wait because of the crop failure and lack of...

Scope and Contents Brummer has a letter from S. Burkard that Purcell sent to him. The writer, his brother, and his deceased parents never paid on the building of St. Joseph's Church, school, or anything else, nor helped in any way. Therefor the people would not allow them to bury their parents there. In Miltonsburg, the father and brothers paid a little and for this they claimed the right to be buried there. Brummer rode 20 miles from Duckcreek and from Miltonsburg once to give the mother the last sacraments....

Scope and Contents Brummer has decided to write out his difficulties so that he can be more clear and Purcell can more easily answer. He is sorry that he has caused Purcell any difficulty the day previous. He has told his complaints to no one but his confessor. As to his requiring special food and special service, he insists that he never had any notion of requiring meat on Friday. He did have a special permission regarding the use of lard and bacon during Lent but did not long use it. As to drinking he has...

Scope and Contents Brummer is sorry to see that Purcell was pained by what he said about a work of the Sacred Heart. He did not intend to lecture the Archbishop. He occasionally finds children wandering in the streets during school hours who are Irish or Catholic and he thought they should be in school. But there would be difficulty getting them into school. He denies that he had any base motive in making his suggestion to the Archbishop. As to the charges he made against Father S., he made them in the...

Scope and Contents He arrived in time to assist at Mass celebrated by Father L.C.M. Chambodut. The sermon was preached by Father McGee. He went to hear Father Joseph Anstaett explaining Catechism to his children in the German church. The Bishop John M. Odin and his two priests are very kind to Brummer; Odin advised Brummer to remain with him until after Easter. The he will give him some place in the country. His health is improving but he does not think he will ever be able to take care of a large congregation...

Scope and Contents They concluded their retreat last Saturday and classes resume tomorrow. There will be 30 students this year. Although they may be forced to leave by the government before the year has clapsed, it is believed by many that a change for the better will soon take place. The government has taken possession of a number of religious houses and the monks have been forced to find a home where they could. The Jesuits have been driven out of Gesu, the Roman College and San Andrea on the Quirinal. The...

Scope and Contents Strange things are happening here. The foreign residents, all Catholics, are divided into two camps. On Sunday the 13th there was a collision which would have become bloody had not the law intervened. And what was the attitude of Father Jean Arthur Poyet in this affair? The plan of this clash was drawn up in the presbytery. Poyet mingled all day long with the hostile groups. The next day the judge excused Poyet on the pretext of contradictory evidence. Poyet will never regain the confidence...

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Father Ve. Modeste Mina wants Brun to help him during the few days Brun will spend with him. Brun asks for faculties. :: VI-2-b A.L.S. French 1p. 12 mo.

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The bearer, Jules Dornier, will give Odin $40 from the Christmas collection for the seminary and $41.05 for the victims of the burning of Charleston. Brun learnt with pain of the bad treatment of which Father Stephen Rousselon was the victim; Odin's heart must feel the offense and the scandal. The parish which Odin has conferred upon him gives him the consolation that he expects of it. :: VI-2-f A.L.S. French 1p. 12mo.

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Brun is happy to learn that Odin will be with them on Low Sunday. If Odin will make known the day of his arrival he will be infinitely obliged. :: VI-2-f A.L.S. French 1p. 12mo.

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The desire of these young men to answer Odin's call has grown stronger from day to day. Once again he recommends their request. He asks Odin to ask Our Lord to increase the peace which his visit produced in a particular seminarian, until then, too frivolous. ` A.L.S. French 2pp. :: VI-2-f A.L.S. French 3pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Their young seminarians who wished to give themselves to Odin will leave tomorrow morning, stopping several hours at Chartres to place themselves under the protection of the Blessed Virgin, and will be with Odin at about 7 in the evening. The farewell and sacrifice cost him, but their excellent tendencies console him and all that he knows of Odin makes him feel that they are far from being last. H. Oury has some talent and enough theological instruction. He is truly pious and has great...

Scope and Contents Confidential. One of his seminarians Jules Bonhommet? has expressed the strongest desire to follow Odin. He has spent only one year here and he has only had his philosophy. His qualities are most ordinary. But he wishes to offer this sacrifice, and Bruneau wonders if it is not God who has inspired him with this thought. The least are sometimes called first by the Lord, and experience has encouraged him to send this letter. Added Dec. 5: Another Francis Mary?came this morning to express his...

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Bruneau believes there is nothing to prevent Odin's granting the request of the two seminarians whose letters he sent. They are not yet very advanced; being in their preparatory theology course. Bishop Charles John Fillion gives them to Odin with regret. Bruneau consents to their departure. :: VI-2-f A.L.S. French 2pp. 12mo.

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In compliance with the order given by Father Francis Xavier Leray of Jackson, Mississippi, they are enclosing the bill of lading of a cask of white wine on the Nuremberg, Captain Schneid der, which leaves 18th or 20th. On the address side: Given to Mr. Cavaroc. :: VI-1-m A.L.S. French 3pp. 4to.

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He writes on behalf of the mother of his former classmate, John Dumas . She was very upset when she heard that her son was separated from his fellows and sent to a different seminary. Brunel asks Odin to consider sending Dumas back to St. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore? . He could handle the philosophy, and would probably do better in English as there are two English courses there and none at St. Charles Grand Coteau :: VI-2-n A.L.S. French 2pp. 4to.

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After consulting his director and getting his parents' consent, Brunel asks Odin to receive him among his missionaries. He comes from a laboring family and so his parents can do nothing for him. His wardrobe is in a bad state and he owes the treasurer of the Seminary 100 francs. P.S. His address is in care of Mr. Brun. :: VI-2-m A.L.S. French 3pp. 12mo.

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A receipted bill for 99.15 for food and room at the Hotel de France. :: VI-1-i Bill S. 2pp. 32mo.

Scope and Contents Brunet left Father N. Francais' house after a stay of three and a half months in spite of him. Francais told Brunet that he did not have the means to feed a teacher, that if the Bishop wanted a school at Avoyelles he should provide for his support, that he wished to return to Europe, that the school would bring no profit and that Brunet would have very few pupils. After a month of inactivity Brunet began a school in Father Jean Martin's old kitchen; the first two months he had four pupils,...

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Father N. Francais received a letter today from Father Stephen Rousselon in which he said he had again made a request to Cambrai for Brunet's dimissorial letters. The Archbishop of Cambrai has replied that the proper authorities of the place where the subject is should make the request. Brunet leaves everything in Blanc's hands. :: V-4-m A.L.S. French 2pp. 4to.