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This is his third letter of congratulation to the Bishop. The Administratior will tell Galberry of the relations between the American College at Louvain and Bishop Francis P. McFarland. McFarland had asked him to adopt a Belgian and a German for the diocese and he will do so when the occasion presents itself unless Galberry decides to the contrary. :: I-1-c A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo.

Scope and Contents Pulsers has just received a letter from Father Cornelius Moutard which gives him to understand that he need never return to America. Pulser feels he is not to blame for what occasioned his departure. If he has done anything to "irritate that man" it was his duty as parish priest to do so. He wanted to make money by using him and the fact that he freely visited two priests which encouraged him and made Pulsers fearful. At present, Pulsers is on a journey through Germany, visiting Munster,...

Scope and Contents Pulsers leaves by the steamer Van der Built. James Alphonsus? McMaster has been very kind. In case Miss Julia Clark cannot get a place in Jackson or elsewere she will perhaps have to return to Manchester, New Hampshire. In that case he asks Lefevere to let her have $30 on his account. If any letters arrive for him from Europe, Lefevere is to open and read them. If one contains a check for $500 it is to be returned immediately as he presumes it could not be collected without his signature. If...

Scope and Contents Pulsers intends to stay in Rome until June, 1861. The Holy Father and his government have been indignantly treated. Pulsers blames the French Emperor, thinks the Italian question has already become a European question which will terminate with a change in France. Italian young men are half crazy with notions of unity, freedom, etc. Due to Father John Van Gennip 's inability to collect but little of what was due Pulsers, he is sending a $100 draft which will more than pay his debts. In the...

Scope and Contents Pulsers received Lefevere's letter just as he was setting out for Rome. He has made use of the exeat and so belongs to the diocese of Bois-le-duc. However, this will not prevent him from going back to America. He sends a draft of $200. Father John Van Gennip will receive money enough if he takes the right course. He tells nobody that he intends to stay there as he may return very easily. He proposes to stay some time in Rome. If Van Gennip cannot collect the money, Pulsers will send the...

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Writing to Father Van Erp, Pulsers encloses this note to remind Lefevere of his frequent but unanswered letters to him. He asks that certain church vessels and a valise of letters, etc., be kept by Lefevere until Pulsers writes for them and Father Van Erp has the key, and, also, to pay his little store bills for him. What interests him most is a letter from Lefevere. He encloses this letter with one he is writing to Father Francis Van Erp :: III-2-i A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Pulsers has been informed that Lefevere has written to him but he has not received a letter. If the war does not commence in Italy, Pulsers intends to go to Rome very soon. He is glad Father John Van Gennip is in Dexter, Michigan . Pulsers has written for his exeat and in the circumstances thinks it best to stay there. If it should be advisable to go to America he can return at any time. The sisters of Rahendaal are anxious to establish themselves in America and desirous of having among...

Scope and Contents The Cardinal Alexander Barnabo Prefect informed him early in October that Father Hugh Quigley had sent a complaint to the Holy See about affairs at Grand Rapids, Michigan. The Cardinal referred Quigley to Purcell. Purcell suggests that Quigley's portrait be sent to Rome so they may know where to place him. He is told that Quigley has gone to Canada. Bishop John Quinlan is to be consecrated in New Orleans on November 27. Purcell thought this deference due to Archbishop Anthony Blanc. ` P.S....

Scope and Contents Purcell inquires if any questions for the Provincial Synod have occurred to Lefevere. Presuming that Father Peter Hennaert will accompany Lefevere, Purcell suggests Hennaert as one of the Synod's secretaries; the other is Father Sylvester H. Rosecrans. Lefevere is asked to invite to the Council his heads of Religious Orders. He inquires for news of Bishop Louis de Goesbriand of Burlington who he is told has been struck with hemiplegy. Father Peter J. Lavialle has again returned his Bulls to...

Scope and Contents Purcell answers Lefevere's letter of March 16, and thanks him for permitting Father Peter Hennaert to act as secretary for the Provincial Council. He has long since learned to appreciate all his worth. He is sending next Monday a copy of the Questiones. Father Hugh Quigley wrote from a farm near Springfield, Illinois another most impertinent letter, telling Purcell the Cardinal had just written to him again and has commanded Purcell to judge his case. Purcell's letter to Quigley has silenced...

Scope and Contents The accompanying letter no enclosure is another instance of the manner in which some of Lefevere's people drag him into their quarrels. Would it not be well to select one or two Irish priests and send them to Jackson Michigan, to examine the charges against Father Cornelius Moutard and when found groundless to convince the people they are wrong? Purcell does not answer them at all. Several of the bishops will meet in Cincinnati February 2 and Lefevere is asked to come. It is the silver...

Scope and Contents Lefevere's check for 1,000 francs will be duly honored. Purcell borrowed the money to pay for the passage of three German ecclesiastics to the country. It seems to him that faculties had been given until revocation but he will look at the documents and do as Lefevere suggests. Bishop John Baptist Malou of Bruges is still battling with his diocese. What a terrible picture the Paris "Monde" draws of the Freemasons and anti-Catholics in Belgium. As Lefevere must have prayed for his own...

Scope and Contents Purcell sends a letter no enclosure from Rome. A letter from Rome of November 14 intimated that the vacancy of the See of Baltimore may be prolonged owing to the difficulty of corresponding with the southern bishops. Bishop Martin John Spalding's name is most frequently spoken of in connection with the quasi-primatial See. Bishop John McCloskey was to have been home for yesterday's festival, and Bishop John Bernard Fitzpatrick to follow in two months, if able. When Lefevere has his questions...

Scope and Contents Lefevre's letter of the 19th inst. is the cause of consternation to Bishop Sylvester Horton Rosecrans and Purcell. They know of no paragraph or word that could cause fear or uneasiness to Lefevere by any reference to politics, unless it was the closing suggestion in the Letter of Convocation concerning prayer and exhortation for peace which the Holy Father strongly recommends. It was Rosecrans who sent the Letter at his request. The mild and saintly Archbishop of New Orleans John Mary Odin,...

Scope and Contents Purcell tells Lefevere to make a good act of contrition before he says Mass Easter Day for saying that General William Starke Rosecrans "pretends to be a dutiful son of the Church." Purcell assures Lefevere there is no pretending. Did Lefevere know the reasons of Rosecrans' order in Missouri he would have judged him more justly and charitably. Purcell was never overly fond of assisting or presiding at Councils, and although Major General William T. Sherman solemnly protests against the...

Scope and Contents The accompanying faculties, no enclosure dated August 29, were not forwarded until September 7. Cardinal Alexander Barnabo says past faculties can no longer be used. Purcell has written Barnabo that they must have permission for their hard working people to eat meat on Saturdays, of which there is nothing said in the faculties. As for the clause that the priest or bishop who has the privilege of binating, may use it only "before sun-rise" and after midday, that is simply of no use in this...

Scope and Contents The accompanying document no enclosure came without the promised Syllabus. Cardinal Alexander Barnabo says permission to eat meat runs to 1868. Purcell notes such a furor among his Germans for marrying in the first degree of affinity in collateral line. He has exhausted 7 of the 10 faculties allowed him. These Germans come out of their hiding places in time of missions. Barnabo sends him a copy of an old list of questions, substantially answered before now about candidates proposed for...

Scope and Contents Purcell congratulates Lefevere for his $2000 sent him for Pope Pius IX. He is glad that the Bishop of Sandwich P.A. Pinsonneault has resigned buy what will he do at St. Vincent's? Bishop George Aloysius Carrell, S.J., according to Father David Whelan suffered a sick spell on the Epiphany. The Telegraph gives Bishop John B. Lamy's account of his nice time at sea, and of his first interview with the Holy Father. Rev. Dr. William George McCloskey wrote Purcell that the Cardinal Alexander...

Scope and Contents He has waited acknowledgement from Cardinal Alexander Barnabo of the receipt of Lefevere's handsome contribution to the Holy Father; he got 10,000 francs for Lefevere's check and sent them by Paris. Bishop James F. Wood has taken 2 berths for $600 on the Cunard Line. Father Francis? McNeirny has secured for Purcell 2 staterooms on a Bremen shop for $480. Purcell has made four trips with the Bremen Line; he prefers sailing on May 25, so he won't be on sea for Pentecost Sunday, and to be in a...

Scope and Contents He repeats what he had written March 4 about their trip to Europe. Cardinal Alexander Barnabo has not yet acknowledged receipt of Lefevere's 10,000 francs, which Purcell sent to him. Has Lefevere read Purcell's Lenten Pastoral? How does Lefevere fare with his application for an Act of Incorporation Sole? As Purcell wrote Bishop Luers, his objection is to the clause always attached to such Acts, that the Legislature "can at any time alter, repeal or annul such charter" - an ill-disposed...

Scope and Contents He extends a cordial welcome home. Cardinal Alexander Barnabo has written him fully of the laws respecting marriages in every one of the States-42. Will Lefevere inform him of the laws of Michigan? 1. Who is allowed to officiate as minister to join people in marriage? 2. What, if any, canonical impediments does his State acknowledge? 3. What facility or difficulty exists in getting a divorce? 4. Can a white person be married to one having any admixture of African blood? 5. Can a Catholic...

Scope and Contents The See of Marquette, Michigan is left out in the cold. It seems the notula were not sent to Rome, or were found insufficient or unsatisfactory. Purcell finds in his notes the names of Father Ignatius Mark, Father Aug. Kohler, and Father J. Chebul, but he is not acquainted with them; he asks Lefevere to tell him all he knows about them; he will ask also Bishop John Martin Henni . There seems to be trouble already in Marquette, Father Edward Jacker is administrator but a cook, in minor...

Scope and Contents He invites Lefevere to the consecration at Cincinnati of Bishop John Projectus Macheboeuf August 16; the Bishops of Cleveland Amadeus Rappe and of Vermont Louis de Goesbriand will be the assisting prelates. They must meet together about the appointment of Bishop Frederic Baraga's successor, still undecided in Rome, though from a letter of Cardinal Alexander Barnabo he is not asking them the impossible. Also they want to take some action about blessing graves in non-Catholic cemeteries when...

Scope and Contents For many years dissatisfied members of Catholic congregations in Lefevere's diocese have been sending complaints to Rome. In a letter of Aug. 13, Cardinal Alexander Barnabo writes to Purcell: "Referring to the Bishop of Detroit whom Barnabo knows very well, a priest is concerned who attributes the fault of all the misfortune of the diocese, not to the bishop but to his councillors. Whatever is the cause, still the injuries exist. While Barnabo does not recommend the aforesaid bishop to...

Scope and Contents He entreats Lefevere to be in Cincinnati Oct. 13 to consult and decide with the bishops of the Province on the names to be presented to the Holy See for the selection of a bishop of Covington. Also to urge the appointment of a successor to Bishop Frederic Baraga of Marquette . Unless they meet, these important matters cannot be arranged, and Rome requires speedy action on their part, especially for Covington. There are explanations to be made in reference to prominent candidates, or probable...

Scope and Contents Bishop-Elect Ignatius Mrak, writes Purcell that he intends being there as soon as he can after New Year's. He has not yet arrived. Purcell asks Lefevere to be senior assistant bishop; he hopes he will come as there are more urgent reasons for his presence than for that of any other prelate. Father Nicholas Louis Sifferath, has written Purcell a letter, speaking right hard of Lefevere, which Purcell will show Lefevere. They have no answer from Rome in the Covington case, nor anything about...

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What has become of Bishop-elect Ignatius Mrak ? No one knows; if he keeps on so, he will be too late for the Council. Father George H. Doane is there to collect for the endowment of the American College of Rome, but he is not making much headway. Money is scarce and their own local wants are many and urgent. :: III-2-l A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

Scope and Contents The Superior General Brother Philippe of the Brothers of the Christian Schools has answered the letter addressed to him in their name from the Propaganda by order of the Pope Pius IX that he is willing to found in this Province Cincinnati a Teachers Training School if the bishops do the "needful in the premises". Of course they will do their part. He writes Lefevere to know what he feels disposed to do. Bishop Martin John Spalding has made some liberal offers, such as the Jesuits ' house in...

Scope and Contents The Cardinal Prefect Cardinal Alexander Barnabo , as Purcell informed Lefevere two weeks ago, has referred Father Hugh Quigley to him. He sends Lefevere the accompanying document from the Cardinal. He asks for Quigley's antecedents, and if Quigley has lied about Lefevere losing so much property. The loss would be no fault of Lefevere's but Purcell would deeply regret the loss. Purcell invites Lefevere to visit New Orleans with Bishops James F. Woods, John Quinlan and himself: the meeting...

Scope and Contents Bishop Richard Pius Miles died last evening after only 3 days' illness. Lefevere has not answered Purcell's letter enclosing one from Father Hugh Quigley . Cardinal Alexander Barnabo referred Quigley's case to Purcell and directed him to examine and report on it. Purcell would not have had a word to say about the case were it not for the Cardinal's command. Yesterday Purcell received another characteristic letter from Father Quigley that he had received two more letters from Barnabo,...