Scope and Contents Welch's students have two weeks at Easter and he was sent to give a triduum to a sodality connected with a convent of the Holy Child Jesus. The Congregation was founded about a half a century ago by an American lady, a convert Mrs. Connelly, in England. A church called the Gesu is being finished here. There are ten side chapels with a confessional and 13 altars in all. Things are going on prosperously at Georgetown. They are putting up a great clock for their central tower. They hope to...

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Welch has just given a retreat to the priests of the Hartford Diocese. Their new Provincial, Father Robert Fulton gives each priest only two retreats. Sarah Iasigi is engaged to Dr. Thomas Dwight . Father Robert W. Brady has been appointed President of Holy Cross College. Dr. Talbot will deliver the speech on St. Ignatius; he is a Boston College graduate and is going to help the Sulpicians with their new seminary. :: X-2-l A.L.S. 3pp. 16mo.

Scope and Contents Welch thanks Hudson for the copy of "Troubled Heart". He has been reading Father Coleridge's newest work "Preparation for the Incarnation". Father Charles Stonestreet, S.J., who years ago was provincial, died a few days ago. Father H. J. Shandelle, S.J., is still with them. Whelan visited Susie Sturgis who is a postulant at the Carmelite Convent in Baltimore. The Jesuits have finished their new church on 15th Street and are now beginning the college. Father Timothy Danahy is still at...

Scope and Contents Welch had a letter from their common friend, Father Timothy J. Danahy . He is still at Quincy with Father Francis A. Friguglietti . Everything here at Boston College is as usual. Father Nicholas Russo, S.J. has returned from the Tertianship to his chair of philosophy. Welch has nothing at the college but German. Mrs. Iagigi was buried a week ago. At Portland Welch saw Mrs. King and her daughter, Sister Francisca . Father R.W. Brady, S.J. is again president of Worcester College. During...

Scope and Contents He sympathizes with Hudson's having the new bother of the "Scholastic" in addition to the Ave Maria. Did Hudson ever hear of a Miss Marston, a niece of Mr. Nat Thayer, who many years ago married a Frenchman by the name of Perrault? She is spending the summer at Lancaster with her uncle. Mrs. Matthews is an admirable lady and with God's grace will do a lot of good. He baptized Dr. Derby 's infant boy. Quite a number of families stayed away from Nahant this year because of the defective...

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Welch is pleased to hear that the Ave Maria is becoming popular. Miss Augusta Winthrop has come into the Church. She is a cripple. The Sisters of the Good Shepherd are putting up a building. Father R. W. Brady, S.J., President of Holy Cross is not in good health. Boston College continues to flourish with an enrollment of 295 students. Holy Cross's enrollment is down while Fordham's and Georgetown's are larger. :: X-3-a A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Welch saw Father-Provincial, Father Robert Fulton, S.J., in Boston. Fulton is well but stout. At present Welch is engaged in directing a triduum for the Sisters of Mercy. While in Boston, Welch met some of his former students, among them William Dunn, a friend of Hudson's who is now a physician, and a classmate of Dunn's, William Brett who is at Woodstock College and will be ordained at the close of the year. The Archbishop of Oregon City, Charles Seghers has resigned his See due to...

Scope and Contents Father Welch asks for information on Brownson's classmate at Holy Cross College, James Clarence Bergen . After his graduation in 1852 he want to the Harvard Law school. Assuming that he is a graduate of Georgetown—at that time the graduates of Worcester received their degrees from Georgetown—the Librarian of the Harvard Law School writes to Father Welch to learn something about Bergen for their catalogue. As the Librarian of the Law School has always been very kind, Father Welch would like...

Scope and Contents Welch saw Father Thomas E. Walsh ; together they had a visit from Father Timothy J. Danahy and Father Joseph B. Gallagher . Father Robert Fulton, S.J ., had made additions to Boston College. Their old friend Miss Carey is doing what she can for the fair. In Boston Welch and Father H. J. Shandelle, S.J ., visited Mrs. Dwight senior and Dr. Thomas Dwight and wife. Eulalie Iasigi wrote at Christmas time; she and Mamie Iasigi have bought a small house. Dr. Duan, Willie, is wonderfully...

Scope and Contents Welch has been transferred from Boston to Holy Cross College. He is at present giving a retreat in Manchester, New Hampshire, a diocese which has a Catholic population twice that of Portland, Maine. Welch's first duty since returning to Holy Cross was to give the eulogy at the funeral of Father Michael Daugherty . Archbishop John Joseph Williams has purchased thirty acres adjacent to the Brighton Seminary and will build a house of philosophy which will be under the guidance of the...

Scope and Contents Welch thanks Hudson for the copy of "Lepers of Molokai". He gives a description of St. Charles Seminary, Overbrook, where he is giving a retreat. Archbishop John J. Williams let Father Henry Barry enter the Jesuit novitiate. There is a great want of parochial schools in Boston and each pastor is attempting to erect a school. The late Mr. Francis Anthony Drexel left each of two Jesuit houses in Philadelphia $50,000. This will enable Father Burchard Villiger, S.J., Superior of the Jesu to...

Scope and Contents Welch is giving a retreat. He was in New York last week, where he saw Father Robert Fulton, S.J. at a Provincial Congregation, who spoke of a pleasant visit with Hudson. Welch witnessed the marriage of one of their graduates of 1889, John Dahlgren, youngest son of the late Rear Admiral John Dahlgren, to Miss Drexel, a cousin of the well known Misses Drexel of Philadelphia, who is a convert. He is giving a retreat to the Sisters of the Holy Child Jesus, who were founded in England a half...

Scope and Contents Welch had a letter from Father Timothy Danahy who said Hudson was not well. Father Robert Fulton, S.J. has gone to California for his health. Father Tim tells Welch there are 315 at Boston College. Holy Cross is flourishing with over 200 boarders. Father Henry J. Shandelle, S.J. has 42 in his rhetoric class. Welch asks Hudson if he saw Dr. Thomas Dwight's introductory lecture at Harvard Medical School. Eulalie Iasigi paid them a visit a short time ago. She came with Mrs. Charles Honen ?...

Scope and Contents Welch has been made prefect of studies at Georgetown College, position that he finds difficult to fill. The centennial celebration was a success. The letter of congratulations from the University of Notre Dame was read in public; Harvard University sent a letter and a delegate, Doctor Thomas Dwight. James Cardinal Gibbons nd President Grover Cleveland poke at the celebration. Father Robert Fulton as unable to attend because he is suffering from muscular rheumatism. A Mr. Clark is...

Scope and Contents Father Robert Fulton, S.J., is no longer Provincial, but has been succeeded by Father Thomas J. Campbell, S.J., former rector of Fordham College. Welch will give retreats at Holy Cross College in Worcester, Massachusetts the priests of the Springfield diocese, Rochester, New York and Philadelphia during the summer. Hudson perhaps heard of the rise in the price of real estate in the district where the president of Georgetown College purchased a country home. This enabled the college to...

Scope and Contents Saturday, Welch returns to Boston, after completing the retreat he is giving to the clergy of Halifax. Father Robert Fulton, S.J., is now superior of the college and church at Washington. Father John Bapst, S.J., has retired, thus Father Alphonsus Charlier, S.J., and Welch are the only priests remaining at Boston College that Hudson knew. Archbishop John Williams of Boston has purchased an estate in Brighton for a seminary, the foundation of which is already laid. The Sulpicians will...

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Weld thanks Hudson for the copy of "Glimpses of the Supernatural". Comments are made on some of the highlights of the book. The account of the appearance of Weld's brother to her father after death is not as exact as the account she gave to Father Lewis Drummond . Weld wrote the story Monica which was published in The Lamp which is edited by Father Lockhart, S.J., and printed by Burns and Oates. :: X-2-n A.L.S. 4pp. 16mo.

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The box of books Brownson refers to are here, awaiting some information from the sender. Weldon has no knowledge of any order being sent for them and has no authority, as yet, to purchase them, though the works of Orestes A. Brownson are invaluable. Weldon is temporarily taking the place of Father Daniel Mc Carthy, who died October 10, 1890. :: III-3-d A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Timon's favor of April 29 has just been received. Finding that Mr. Pratte with whom he left the potatoes paid the freight and charges, Weldon returned to Mr. Davis the $5 Timon was good enough to leave for Weldon. :: IV-3-j A.L.S. 2pp.

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Enclosed find a manuscript of a poem in blank verse. :: X-3-a A.L.S. 2pp. 16mo.

Scope and Contents They certify that they are the only four justices of the peace for the township of Holmes, in the County of Mackinac, according to law. They further certify that for a period extending back one year from this date no criminal complaint was ever entered before any one of them either by Catherine Plant or any other person and no steps have ever been taken against Father Andrew D. J. Piret, formerly of this mission, of any criminal character whatever. Furthermore, as individuals they cannot...

Scope and Contents Because of the indifference of the older Catholics Wendell writes to Lefevere. As their pastor, Father Otto Charles Skolla O.S.F. intends to leave for Lake Superior and the parishes of Mackinac and Point St. Ignace will be left to fall back into their old ways. He asks the Bishop for some suitable pastor. The Indian missions in Canada are in the care of the Jesuits, consequently Father Jean Baptiste Proulx of Montreal, Canada who had charge of the Manitowaning Mission, Lake Huron Ontario,...

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Wendling thanks Hudson for the book he sent to him. Through carelessness it was delayed enroute. He is going to read the book carefully as it is on a subject he has been thinking upon for some time. :: X-2-e A.L.S. 1p. royal 8 vo.

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The blessed water for eye afflictions which was requested may be procured from the convents of the Crosier Fathers in either Belgium or the Netherlands. :: X-3-d A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents He asks why McMaster does not give notice to Weninger's missionary movements. He could understand this when giving missions to the German and French population, but now that he is on the Pacific Coast preaching to the English congregations from San Diego to Vancouver Island, he wonders at McMaster's lack of interest. The Catholic Sentinel and the Mirror had several articles about the men of those missions, but McMaster did not even make use of the article Weninger sent upon his return...

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Since Hudson did not refer to the cure obtained through the invocation of Blessed B erchmans in "Roman Revision", Weninger will not consent to the proposed insertion. :: X-3-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Father Weninger believes the present letter will take Brownson by surprise. Weninger is afraid the clergy will induce a most disastrous practice if the letter of the "sacredos" remains unanswered. It is the wish of Father opposed to this order, and some of the oldest refuse the society the sacraments in a body. He thinks that it is a notorious fact that everywhere this society exists, trouble follows. The members think that they are the only deserving Irishmen and show animosity to...

Scope and Contents Leaving Grand Rapids, Michigan he sent Lefevere the result of his mission; the case was desperate, forcing him to use all the skill and experience of his 40 years as priest and missionary. Affairs must now be treated in the spirit of justice, charity, and moderation and fortitude. He regrets he had no opportunity to speak with Lefevere. He thinks his way of reconciliation the only practical way; he asks to have Father William Herwig use much kindness and moderation, Weninger knows the German...

Scope and Contents He reports to Lefevere on what happened in Dorr . He found the people of Selam Salem in a state of schism and revolt. All but a few submitted to the conditions of reconciliation. Having studied the origin and continuation of their disobedience, he proposed the following terms for their confession: they will forget the past but must join the congregation of Dorr as if they had just arrived from Germany. They will rent pews and do their part for all future needs. Contrary to some Dorr trustees...

Scope and Contents Wermers has been in Grand Rapids nearly a month; so far there has been no great difficulty. The new parish committee just elected by the congregation consists of J. Clancy, J. Godfroy, St. O'Brian and Mr. Riordan . To meet expenses for the ensuing year, pew rent will be raised 50 per cent. The deficit, $356, will be raised from new pew-holders. Other resolutions have not been adopted. The church has to be enlarged, a new school and priest's house, a church-bell. Wermers requests Lefevere to...