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Scope and Contents He will have the children prepared for Confirmation on Thursday, June 27. Confirmation will be at 8 in the morning and vespers and a sermon from the Bishop in the evening. This is what he wishes since many Protestant gentlemen express a wish to hear the Bishop. McFarland has spoken on the "Church" and the "Eucharist" and he suggests this time "Penance." If McFarland has any objections to this he should write, otherwise Hendricken will presume on the confirming and preaching. :: I-1-a A.L.S....

Scope and Contents Hendricken says that if there were errors in the parcels he sent to the Bishop it was because he did not have time to examine them. He wishes to know whether the assistant at the cathedral receives a stipend of $5 for the Sunday parish Mass because the pastor cannot receive a stipend. Can the priest who offers the second Mass, in addition to the one for the people, accept a stipend? Must the Mass on the missions be celebrated for the people? He encloses a printed statement of the financial...

Scope and Contents Miss Roddan called on him and asked him to write to McFarland about her brother Father Michael B. Roddan who has an objection to going to Boston but not to going to New York. The Carney hospital, they say, is attended by young physicians and the four priests who have gone there for treatment have died. They will await further instructions from McFarland. Hendricken will do all he can for the seminaries but the dullness of the times will make the contributions less than he desires. :: I-1-c...

Scope and Contents Hendricken has just come from Bristol where he saw Father Michael B. Roddan with Dr. Doherty. His condition remains the same. He will be driven to Waterbury Sunday next and on Monday Hendricken will take him to New York. Doherty thinks that a few weeks will be sufficient for him in the hospital, that he will soon learn what the physicians can do for him and return home to apply it. The people of Bristol and Plymouth are very anxious for Mass next Sunday and if McFarland can send a priest,...

Scope and Contents Hendricken encloses a draft for $1201. The collection amounted to $1181 and the $20 he borrowed and does not recollect paying. Father Michael B. Roddan is at St. Vincent's, New York. Hendricken went in with him but saw no physician while he was there. The superioress thought little or nothing could be done in his case. She will write in a few days to McFarland. If the doctors there can do nothing for him it will be best to return him to Bristol. Hendricken is sure that he will never do...

Scope and Contents Hendricken took up a collection for their new convent and received over a thousand dollars. He had no idea that a new exertion would be called for to aid New Haven. He must ask indulgence as it would be impossible to announce another collection. Miss Roddan called and asked him to inform the Bishop that the roof of the pastoral residence at Bristol is so old that the rain comes through into every room. Hendricken scarcely thinks that Father Michael B. Roddan will ever be able to take charge...

Scope and Contents In a few days he will send his annual report. He avails himself of Father John McCabe's trip to Providence to send a check for his cathedraticum and a letter written to him from Troy by Henry Kinerny. Kinerny got some necessaries thinking McFarland would allow them and finding that the Bishop had made no such provision he wrote to Hendricken but the President did not think this was right and has ordered Kinerny to pay by the 15th. Hendricken thinks Kinerny will make a good priest and hopes...

Scope and Contents The Bishop may send any one he pleases. If the Belgian priest will do what he tells him and work in harmony he has no choice whatever. Father John McCabe has been very ill since going to Falls Village . Last Friday a telegram came asking for heavy clothes and for the doctor. The doctor says that he was dangerously ill of some internal illness. He may do well on that mission but Hendricken fears he is too far away from restraining influence. He hates solitude. Bourke, who wrote for a...

Scope and Contents Father Charles L. Lemagie received McFarland's letter last night. He protests that he knows nothing of the cause of his suspension but declined the advice to go and see McFarland. Hendricken has taken him quietly but is not certain he will not leave a legacy of trouble. He says he has the letter of appointment as assistant, that he has work to be done, that he needs not the salary and that he has no idea of leaving the city. Hendricken is not certain he is not speaking in the heat of...

Scope and Contents Hendricken wrote McFarland Wednesday some particulars concerning Father Charles L. Lemagie. One thing is certain, McFarland has done well in suspending him. On Thursday he fell over his stove, tumbled down stairs, and though now sober is lying in bed and refuses to eat. He has just ordered some coffee and asks the sexton to get him a boarding house in the city and is determined to live in Waterbury and do all the harm he can. Father Brady warned him to go where he is not known but he laughed...

Scope and Contents He succeeded in getting Father Charles L. Lemagie away this noon. He looked like a man cast ashore from shipwreck. Hendricken never passed such a week of worry. Even yesterday he threatened him with a double guard to keep him still. He has gone without scandal to Winston to join the Franciscan Brotherhood. He was sorry in parting for having given so much trouble. Hendricken gave him a letter to Father Leo. Hendricken is sure the old man can save his soul better in a community of religious...

Scope and Contents A young woman married before a Protestant minister seeks absolution and Hendricken asks faculties to absolve her. There are other similar cases which will probably come to him and he asks faculties for the first five cases. There are some young men who want to form a St. Vincent de Paul Society, and he asks of whom they should seek information and books in Providence. The jubilee there is very successful. He and Father John Smith have just completed its conditions. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p....

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The collection amounts to $1146.10 for Waterbury and Mission, for which he encloses a draft. He asks that it be credited to Waterbury Parish. He is leaving for a few days and anticipates the Bishop's permission. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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McFarland has not mislaid Hendricken's report because he has not received it. For the past three weeks he has been confined to bed with lung fever. He has been near dying and he must recollect himself and get back his strength. He was sick when he notified the priests of the conference and had a hard time since that time. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Although McFarland was in the neighboring parishes lately Hendricken learned of it too late to see him. He wants to consult him about many things, especially about Naugatuck. Tomorrow Fathers Leo and Jerome will open a mission there. He wants to know the number of communicants there before McFarland makes any change. He encloses the list of a collection made there. Father M. McCabe is confined to the house with a very sore eye, a few days may bring the inflammation down. If McFarland sees...

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McFarland is notified that the regular meeting of the clergy of the New Haven Conference District will be held at the residence of Father T. Synnott of Bridgeport, Thursday, July 26, 1866. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Hendricken has received one letter yesterday, the second today. Father James F. Campbell would wish to be pastor of Naugatuck, Seymour, and Woodbury but would prefer to remain here, that is, to make his residence there until he could provide a house for himself in Naugatuck in the spring or summer. The railroad runs through all of them so that he would be as near as if he lived in any one of them. If McFarland wishes another arrangement Hendricken will have him go at once but Seymour will be...

Scope and Contents For the lot in Litchfield they are offered another far more eligible and $125 besides. A poor German wishes to make an exchange because of a dilapidated, untenable house on their lot. Mr. Beers and all friends there urge them to obtain the permission for this contract. He sends the deed for the Bishop's signature if he approves, also a quit claim deed that Beers originally had on their property. If the Bishop signs there must be three witnesses in the presence of the justice. :: I-1-b A.L.S....

Scope and Contents Hendricken will do all McFarland requires regarding Mr. Burnand. He has seen him frequently since his return but has had little conversation with him. He encloses no enclosure a statement of his church account. In other matters it is the same, except that interests and bills then not in, increased his indebtedness. He hopes the Bishop is not surprised. He did the best he could. After next week Father Isadore Daubresse will give a mission to the men of the parish and he wishes faculties for...

Scope and Contents Hendricken presided at a meeting at Naugatuck September 14 in which he was promised at least $500 yearly pew rents provided a priest was sent there. This was at the very first meeting. He is sure that in 4 months from now the pew rent and collection would amount to $1,000 yearly. He suggests that the Bishop send a priest for Sunday, but he will attend the place a few weeks longer. The Bishop did not say in his circular when he would visit Hendricken. He suggests a Sunday. They will have some...

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The opening of Hendricken's organ will take place on Sunday, January 10 and he wishes McFarland to be there to preach. The elite of the city will attend. The music and singing will be extra. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Enclosed McFarland will find 2 copies of his report and a draft for $275.55, the cathedraticum for this year. He has not recovered from the effects of his retreat in Providence, his health is as of old. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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The schoolhouse will be ready for occupancy by April. He is sure that the Bishop will be pleased with it, since he has been offered $6,000 for it. The cost, $3,500, he expects to pay this year. From April 1 they will be entitled to $400 to $500 annually for its use. He asks permission to use the Easter collection for meeting the balance of the debt. He could take the collection at some other time if necessary. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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He sends by Father James F. Campbell the collection of yesterday, $802. They may get some more and if they do, he will send it on. He thinks it better for McFarland to take the money now as he can get along without it. His assistants help him considerably and his temporal affairs are prosperous. He had scarcely mailed his last letter when he regretted having sent it. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Henricken sends a draft for $275.15, the cathedraticum on church funds for 1863. They realized about 2600 at the fair. He had felt so asthmatic since then that he is only now making his report, which he will send in a few days. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Enclosed McFarland will find a draft for $300 cathedraticum together with the deed of the house property belonging to the church. The cemetery is now completely out of debt and will be deeded to the Bishop in a few days. He encloses also the report of the last year no enclosures which he has read that day to the congregation. McFarland will perceive that they are not going backward. If they had not got the organ, bought the house property, and rebuilt the schoolhouse, they would be nearly...

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Hendricken was speaking with Read and Moran this morning about changing from Troy to Montreal this year but neither seems to like it. While at St. Charles they suffered ill health and felt better at Troy and feel they could not stand the cold of Montreal. Moran speaks French and Read promises to associate with those that speak it in Troy. Lalor and Hinessey? leave for Montreal Monday. Four others go from here to Worcester. :: I-1-h A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Father Thomas Quinn left there for New York a week ago and he has not heard from him. He does not expect any good from him because he has been, up to the present, a disappointment. He asks what he is to do. He has no money except what he has earned to pay him. He will do whatever the Bishop advises. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Father Thomas Quinn returned that noon but Hendricken had no opportunity to show him McFarland's letter before he started for Providence. When Hendricken learned that Quinn was going to Providence, on the door step, he told Quinn he had McFarland's letter about his absence from his duties and demanding a letter in explanation. Hendricken does not know where he has been. He complained of a sore throat that needed care and a rest from his ministerial labors. If his system is prostrated...

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The property immediately adjoining their house and lot on the west of the church is for sale for $2,700. The owner has a right of entrance through their property and it is desirable that they purchase it. He called the committee last night and they begged him to buy it. Hendricken feels they cannot do without it. They can rent it for $250 or so. He requires an immediate answer. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.