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Scope and Contents He returned Saturday from a short trip but has not found the repose he needs. He is not well and does not expect to be until he has a long rest. He tells Purcell to come when he thinks best, and asks him to see any of the clergy he pleases. He will give Purcell all the information he wants but he is heartily tired and will go to the seminary for a rest a month. Purcell's coming is not going to improve him but he must do as he thinks best. Purcell is not to expect him to go around with him as...

Scope and Contents McCloskey has just received from Purcell the decree regarding the Fenians and desires to know what action Purcell proposes taking in regard to it. He sees great trouble before them if they try to enforce it, as they must unless Rome frees them from the obligation. He proposes that they assemble the bishops of the province to have united action. Purcell's experience and judgment will be the best in any case, and McCloskey asks that he be informed as to how he intends to act. He is not well...

Scope and Contents McCloskey sees by Purcell's letter that he will be obliged to go thoroughly into his defense and that his only future rest will be in the satisfactory nature of that defense. He asks ten days notice of Purcell's coming. He did not think things had gone so far. As this is a matter between Archbishop Martin J. Spalding and himself the investigation will begin with a statement of things as McCloskey found them, and some examination as to what went on before that. That is why he demands a ten...

Scope and Contents McCloskey thanks Purcell for his kind letter but says that since this is a matter that concerns his character he wishes to be perfectly prepared to meet the charges. Until he received Purcell's letter of last week he did not think the letters to Rome had made such an impression and he is resolved to clear himself to prevent further annoyance. He has telegraphed his brother, John McCloskey, to be present at the examinations of the accounts at Mr. Slevins, since it does seem that Archbishop...

Scope and Contents Purcell's letter was received yesterday and if those are the only charges against him he has answered them already. He invites Purcell to come when he is ready and to give him a day or two notice. He still feels that there is something more intended. He has suffered so much from the pastors there that Purcell should not be surprised if he does not trust everyone. He regrets that Purcell does not wish to have the affairs of Archbishop Martin J. Spalding's administration brought up. He is...

Scope and Contents McCloskey encloses a letter of Sister Alphonse who wishes to return to Cincinnati. She is an excellent woman but could not get along as superior at the house on 26th street. He was obliged to remove her and put another in her place. She herself acknowledges the necessity of the change. She is no favorite of the other sisters and she seeks to return to Cincinnati. He was in St. Louis to see Father F. Coosemans S.J. about Bardstown College. They cannot reopen and McCloskey must do his best to...

Scope and Contents McCloskey acknowledges Purcell's kind letter but says that he must decline the invitation. He also thanks Purcell for the Chrism. As regards Covington he regarded the thing as settled and has done nothing. He presumes that in Rome they will not turn aside from the regular nomination. He asks Purcell certain questions about the power of a bishop to absolve priests in cases reserved to the Apolstolic See. He asks whether a priest with ordinary power can absolve in these cases since a confessor...

Scope and Contents In answering Purcell he forgot to say that he does not consider the Xavieran Brothers as competent teachers. They have spread too rapidly and besides regular teachers have boys keeping order and teaching. He calls them boys because they look like such to him, being from 14 to 18 years old. The opinion of the clergy is that they are incompetent but that they do what they can. McCloskey is convinced that they have spread too fast and have accepted too many schools without having competent...

Scope and Contents In accordance with Purcell's letter he makes the following suggestions for Detroit : 1. Father John DeNeve, rector of the American College at Louvain. 2. FatherCaspar Borgess, if Purcell thinks so, as he is not sufficiently acquainted with him. 3. Father Richard Gilmour of the seminary. Without giving reasons he opposes the transfer of Bishop John Henry Luers to Detroit. As to the erection of a new see at Toledo, he thinks Bishop Amadeus Rappe and Purcell should decide. As to the proposed...

Scope and Contents McCloskey asks if there is any obstacle to giving tonsure and minor orders on the same day, and if he can give them on any duplex festival. Also, if he is obliged to read any document stating that one is authorized by the Pope without observing the interestices and where can it be found. He asks Purcell to ask Father EdwardPurcell if he sent him his note for $733.92. He has been absent on a visitation and does not remember whether he attended to this business. He is anxious to have the...

Scope and Contents Purcell has McCloskey's permission to put his name to any expression of sympathy to the German bishops. He wrote to Father Edward Purcell concerning a young man who had some difficulty at St. Joseph's preparatory seminary. To uphold authority, McCloskey gave him no letter but told him to enter Mt. St. Mary's as McCloskey's subject. He is sorry to hear that the Archbishop,J. Roosevelt Bayley, is so unwell. Father Thomas Burke, O.P. said that he had Bright's disease. Father Burke has been...

Scope and Contents He gives Mr. Burke, the student referred to, full permission to enter Purcell's seminary and trusts he may prove worthy of the confidence McCloskey has in him. The quarter of a million takes a great deal of the glory off the office of Vicar General Father William Starrs of New York, There is no danger of a Kentucky Prelate dying worth more than to bury him decently. He did not read Father Silas M. Chatard's panegyric through as it was handed to him in Rome but since he was very busy he only...

Scope and Contents He told Father William J. Dunn that if the object of some of his parishioners was only to keep secret their proceedings at their meetings, apparently Knights of Labor and if the business was in all respects harmless, and with the assurance that if anything objectionable were introduced or if they attempted to connect with forbidden societies, they would abandon the society, then McCloskey saw no objection to the oath. The men said that Bishop Thomas Foley approved of it and Dunn wrote to...

Scope and Contents If he did not know how kind Purcell is towards those who are trying to do something for the good of religion, he would not send this letter to ask permission for the Sisters who present it, to ask assistance from their friends in Cincinnati. He vouches for their poverty and the good works they have been doing. If he could do for them in Louisville, what Purcell's kindness can, he would not give them this introduction, the first and last of its kind. They will tell Purcell their own story....

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Father Joseph De Vries, a priest suspended by McCloskey for disobedience, told a clergyman in Louisville that Purcell had advised De Vries to get all the names he could to his document making charges against McCloskey and that if he called at Purcell's house he himself would sign it. He told the informant that he though the story was false. :: II-5-f A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

Scope and Contents McCloskey encloses a statement appearing in the morning Courier Journal. These men have tried in his absence to cause disturbance again. His vicar general and chancellor are in Rome to meet the complaints. Father Francis Chambige issued a document to the pastor of St. Bridget's saying that it was against the rule of the Sisters of Charity for them to teach boys. The priest could not get Brothers, so that he removed Chambige when he returned, saying that since it was important that the...

Scope and Contents McCloskey sends his reply to Father L. Bax's card with the card itself for the Telegraph. McCloskey asks Purcell to write the letter to Cardinal Alexander Franchi as he promised. Purcell knows him and can give the Cardinal more light than any one else. Father Bax will undoubtedly leave the diocese sooner or later. McCloskey asks Purcell to send a long letter to Cardinal John McCloskey giving him his views since he can materially aid McCloskey. When he gets the statement about the nuns near...

Scope and Contents He is delighted to hear that the Prelates of the Province will be at Mother Columba's Jubilee. They look to Purcell for the discourse to be delivered on the occasion as he is an old friend of hers and has known her longer than anybody else, besides it not being fitting that anyone else do the talking when Purcell has been at it longer than any of the rest. Although Bishop Ignatius Mrak lives far away, he hopes he will be able to come. He asks Purcell to induce Bishop Joseph Dwenger to...

Scope and Contents McCloskey thanks Purcell for his invitation to the consecration of Bishop Ignatius Mrak of Marquette, but he is so overwhelmed with business that he cannot go. He has several disagreeable cases and lacks priests to supply vacancies. He has been giving confirmation and has been absent most of the Sundays. He asks how the Little Sisters of the Poor do in Cincinnati and whether Purcell thinks it prudent to introduce them there. There is work for some such people there. He asks about the new...

Scope and Contents McCloskey sees by the Telegraph that Bishop Ignatius Mrak' s consecration is still uncertain. He hopes to be able to attend since besides paying his respects to the new bishop he desires to have a talk with Purcell. As yet he is uncertain because he is in the midst of disagreeable work and there is more ahead, and he needs the direction of older heads. The Bishop James Duggan of Chicago is is said to be gravely ill. Three pastors of St. Patrick's Chicago have died in one month. He read the...

Scope and Contents McCloskey has received Purcell's letter but does not care to accept the person mentioned by Purcell into his diocese. It is too bad that a person of such talents should have forgotten the dignity of the priesthood, and McCloskey sympathizes with him in his present predicament. He would rather want for priests than take such risks. He hopes that Purcell's headache has passed. He has read in a Dubuque paper the eulogium of Father Daniel O'Regan . On Sunday he will install the new mother of the...

Scope and Contents McCloskey received Purcell's letter at Lebanon and would prefer to meet Purcell in Cincinnati on the 15th or the 14th rather than the 20th, as he is trying to make a thorough visitation before going to Rome. Purcell forgot to answer his question concerning giving tonsure and minor orders on the same day. The seminary which they speak of in Rome has been gotten up by some ecclesiastics there who began by getting subscriptions in various parts of Italy. They have induced the authorities to...

Scope and Contents Purcell asked him if he were in earnest in asking to borrow $10,000. To get that and more is the purpose of his visit to New York, hoping to get a satisfactory rate there. He must be relieved of the great weight of debt before he can do anything else. He would dispose of some of the property of the diocese and pay the debts but that is out of the question. If Father Edward Purcell would let him have the $10,000 at 6% he would gladly take it. The St. Patrick's church business embarrasses him...

Scope and Contents McCloskey regrets that he will be unable to assist at the consecration of Bishop Ignatius Mrak because he will have to finish the negotiations begun in New York. He is sorry to ask Father George H. Doane to postpone his visit but the affairs of Louisville must come first. It was on this principle that Archbishop Martin J. Spalding wrote to Angers asking them to recall Mother Ward . He told them that it would be suicidal for them to send her back to Louisville. He has also asked them to leave...

Scope and Contents McCloskey has received a letter from the Mother General at Angers saying that Sister Mary of St. Xavier was named superior of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd in Louisville. He asks Purcell about her. Her knowledge of the locality and business capacity are given as reasons for her appointment. Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick has returned from his trip to the South. Nothing is said of Bishop James Duggan . As things go McCloskey supposes that it is impossible to borrow the $5,000 from Father...

Scope and Contents He is glad to hear that Purcell will be present at Mother Columba's Jubilee, upon the invitation of Father M.M. Coghlan. Purcell has probably seen in the papers an account of the failure of the Slavins here. Some of the priests got their fingers burnt, chiefly the Franciscans. McCloskey drew out more than seven years ago and escaped without a scratch. There is a rumor that Father Silas M. Chatard is coming to this country soon. As Purcell has been acquainted with Mother Columba so long, it...

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List of delegates to the Columbian Catholic Congress from the Diocese of Louisville, Kentucky.

Scope and Contents McCloskey says that Purcell mistook him when he referred to "secret Machinations" because he referred to Archbishop Martin J. Spalding whom he believes at the bottom of these matters. These matters have made McCloskey ill. His only regret is that Purcell who has always been his friend has misunderstood him. The treatment he has received there and from the Archbishop of Baltimore has made him indifferent. This feeling colored his letter but he did not dream that Purcell would misunderstand...

Scope and Contents McCloskey is just leaving and asks Purcell to affix his signature for him to the form of consecration. He was going to suggest what Purcell has done since he likes to move in good company. Father George McCloskey is well and is a great help to him at the seminary. The disorders at the Gethsemani Franciscan Sisters grew so rapidly that McCloskey has taken matters into his own hands. It is the strangest corporation he ever heard of with the Abbott Benedict Berger , the Mother Superior, the...

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Asks Clarke to send to James Kelley, 25 Bond St., 1 Clarke's Lives of Deceased Bishops of Roman Catholic Church—3 vols. :: I-2-n A.Postcard S. 32mo.