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Scope and Contents This is to inform Lesne that, for reasons they have shown and which Blanc has sent on to the trustees without having any answer, the pastor and assistants of St. Louis Church are authorized to withdraw from the presbytery and church and come to the bishop's residence, from whence they will carry spiritual aid to the sick and exercise their ministry without any connection with the trustees. Lesne's duties, if he remains at the funeral chapel, until further notice, are not to be changed in any...

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Regrettably Blanc is obliged to delay his departure for at least a week and so cannot consider going by way of St. Louis because of the very limited time he has to spend in france. He recommends to Timon's care young Bienvenu who will probably hand Timon this letter. :: IV-3-j A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo.

Scope and Contents Blanc received Anduze's letter of the 17th. Does Anduze not understand that the witness of his conscience and that of his many friends should suffice. Anduze says he has debts; he will find that what he has surpasses his debts and that he will still have the means to live in Europe where he will find the interior peace he will look for in vain here. His remaining here will add to the afflicting scandal they have just had and he hopes Anduze will think twice before deciding. Blanc regrets...

Scope and Contents Blanc has received Anduze's letter of the 17th acknowledging receipt of Blanc's of the 16th. Blanc is the bishop and can speak only as a Bishop. Anduze says that he is grieved that his letter pf August 30 deprived him of the good will of the bishop especially since Anduze considers that letter a necessity because of the lies spread about him. Why does Anduze not understand that his own conscience and his numerous friends should have sufficed. He has no doubt created some suspicions against...

Scope and Contents When Anduze published his letter to E.? Duplessis, he should have foreseen that the last tie with ecclesiastical authority of the diocese was broken. The position of Theologal is abolished and all Anduze's faculties for the city and the Parish of Orleans are withdrawn. Blanc is not opposed to Anduze's keeping ordinary faculties to exercise his ministry on the other side of the Lake. Anduze is to believe that Blanc has a real interest in him and desires to see him use his talents which...

Scope and Contents Blanc made an effort to go out today at 10:15. He went to Anduze's station but was told he had gone out. This walk tired Blanc a little and he probably will not go out again today. He wished only to notify Anduze that Father Stephen Rousselon would today assume the duties of pastor and will do the best he can until the quarters intended for him are at his disposal. If Blanc had seen Anduze they would have outlined together the functions of Anduze's office as Theological as it is not a...

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By this Blanc confers on Anduze the title of Theologal of their Cathedral. Copy Latin

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Since Moni, because of ill health, has to be absent from his parish, he asks the Anduze he appointed vicar administrator in his place. By this document Blanc approves. Copy Latin

Scope and Contents After reflecting on the choice Blanc must make for a successor for the pastor of the Cathedral buried yesterday, he has decided on Rousselon. He does not know whether this will surprise Anduze but knowing his desire to see the service of the Cathedral on a worthy basis he hopes that he will see in this step an achievement of his views. Blanc counts on Anduze's devotion and advice for the new pastor whose good will he knows as well as Blanc. He is to have the goodness to continue to represent...

Scope and Contents Blanc made the effort to go out today at 10:15; he knocked on Anduze's door and was told that he had gone out. This trip tired Blanc some and he probably will not go out today. He wished only to tell Anduze that Rousselon would begin his duties as pastor today. He will do the best he can until the rooms assigned to him are ready. If Blanc had seen Anduze here Anduze adds a marginal note saying that Blanc had met him, shown him the letter, talked to him and sent back the letter the same night...

Scope and Contents Ste. Colombe Davis will tell Anduze that Blanc hesitated to send the things for Mass. Blanc gave Davis his reasons. Blanc says nothing of the real state of things and the disposition of spirit; Davis knows both better than Blanc. Anduze adds a footnote that H. Davis is General of the Brigade and Secretary of the trustees. The rest Blanc cannot write because Anduze does not regard his letters as addressed to him only. Anduze adds a footnote that he was forced to show the letter of August 17...

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The moment Anduze published his letter to Duplessis he should have foreseen that the last tie binding him to the diocese was broken. Anduze adds a footnote that Blanc was waiting to see Anduze ask for an exeat. Anduze's position as theologal is abolished and all his faculties for the parish and city of Orleans are withdrawn; Blanc does not object to Anduze's use of ordinary faculties on the other side of the Lake. Copy French

Scope and Contents Blanc knows how painful it must be for a priest ordained 22 years to see the feasts pass without taking part as a priest. But whose fault is it? If Anduze rereads Blanc's letters and recalls the conversation he had with Bishop Portier on his last visit to Notre Dame he will be forced to agree that Blanc could expect anything but a pompous display of all the services he pretends to have rendered to religion. It is not simply the publication of the letter which was the determining factor in...

Scope and Contents Anduze's note of this morning asking for permission to celebrate Mass would indicate that he did not receive Blanc's letter of the 21st. If he did receive it, his action only confirms Blanc's belief that Anduze does not have the moral dispositions to ascend the altar. After publishing his letter of August 30 he asks to celebrate Mass without any preliminary reparation. In the meeting of the clergy on the 23rd, Anduze withdrew his statement that Father Stephen Rousselon's appointment was nul....

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Blanc did not receive the letter Anduze says he sent him at St. James. As to the subject of today's letter, he can only say that he neither approves nor disapproves the plan to establish a college at Mandeville. To approve it would, in a way, encourage an undertaking in whose success he has no faith considering the present times. To disapprove, he has no right. A. Copy French

Scope and Contents Surely it must be painful for a priest ordained 22 years not to be able to participate as a priest in the religious services. But whose fault is it? Anduze should reread Blanc's letters and if he recalls the interview he had with Bishop Michael Portier at the time of Portier's last visit, he cannot fail to agree that Blanc could expect only a pompous show of all the services Anduze pretends to have given religion, the apparent aim of which was to prove that the pain he had suffered had not...

Scope and Contents Blanc received Anduze's letter only four days ago. It was given him by a young officer whose Father he saw at a gathering at Mr. David's. Since the letter Blanc has not been able to see the consul until this evening. Mrs. David told him that she had given a letter to the sacristan who must have forgotten to deliver it. He awaits tomorrow to have it; he hastens to write Anduze so that he can send it in the consul's envelope. The new peace treaty has made everyone rejoice. Anduze can...

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Blanc believes it would be better for Perché not to reply anymore to his anonymous antagonist. Blanc would rather have him draw up a report about the whole affair of the appointment of a pastor at St. Louis Cathedral, collecting all the proceedings of the trustees and their demands for a vote in the election of a bishop and pastors. This could appear in a form of a pamphlet. :: V-4-m A.L.S. French 2pp. 8vo.

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In the painful circumstances in which they find themselves, God alone is their source of help. Perché is to add to the Mass the Collect "pro quacumque tribulatione" and to ask the faithful to pray for their intentions. :: V-4-m A.L.S. French 1p. 8vo.

Scope and Contents Blanc today received Perche's letter of August 25. Nothing has happened since Perché left to change Blanc's mind about him. Their diocese has some bad things but it also has good. The yellow fever is keeping them all busy. Many have been saved but may have died in spite of the immense resources given by public and private charity; devotion is truly remarkable. Strangers will be bringing it in until November; Perché is to stay up there at least until Blanc can report a better state of things....

Scope and Contents On leaving Doutreluingne, Blanc promised to write. The Superior told Blanc in a letter received yesterday that he had written him at Pointe Coupée. Blanc did not receive it so he does not know the Superior's plans in regard to Doutreluingne's stay at Point Coupée. Blanc thinks he would have written Doutreluingne again if he wishes him to return to the seminary at once. Blanc believes that if there is a real need to prolong his stay, Doutreluingne could return when he pleases. Doutreluingne...

Scope and Contents Blanc answers the committee's note of July 12 in which they sent a copy of the resolutions adopted by the trustees of St. Louis Church at their meeting on the 8th. They had told Blanc that they were ready to confer with a committee appointed by Blanc about the means to settle the difficulties between the trustees and the clergy by an agreement based on the Supreme Court's decision. This is far from what Blanc had hoped for. 1. Blanc will not appoint a committee but will make everything...

Scope and Contents Blanc wrote Poidebord a letter at the end of April, but did not have time for a lengthy one. He said he would write again on his return from Baltimore and send the interest on the money he received for Poidebord, which he used. The interest from June, 1848, the time from which he started counting through Father Boué of Ayné is 650 francs. Since then Blanc has received the total due on the estate of Poidebord's uncles except 309 piastres which remain to be paid on the note from the estate of...

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Blanc encloses his reply to the sincere communication they have sent him in the name of the Council which they represent. He does not wish to create new obstacles to the agreement. He counts on them to conserve to the clergy of St. Louis Church that religious independence necessary to an honorable and useful ministry. A. Draft French On the same paper:

Scope and Contents Blanc received their letter of the 16th accompanying a copy of the resolutions adopted in their meeting on the same day. In spite of the authorities referred to, Blanc asks himself why the council denounces the propositions contained in Blanc's letter. 1. Why does the council refuse to turn over to the pastor the registers of baptism, burials, and marriages? No doubt because using Article 7 of the charter as a basis they consider these registers as belonging to the fabrique. Church law makes...

Scope and Contents Blanc received their letter of the 16th accompanying a copy of the resolutions adopted at their meeting the same day. He was this far in his letter when he learned that his first communication to the Council as well as their reply and resolutions had just been made public by the press. He has no right to complain as it was only through delicacy that he himself put off publicity. Since the public has the first correspondence they know why the appointment of a pastor has been deferred; that it...

Scope and Contents An article from a letter: On the subject of mixed marriages, between Catholics and Protestants, the clergy of the diocese have sent Blanc some very urgent observations about the difficulty they find in conforming to the rules prescribed. The two parties contend that the ceremony be more religious than the ritual permits. It is feared that if these ceremonies continue without surplice or prayers, many will not bother to come to the priests for their marriages and will not prepare themselves...

Scope and Contents The committee appointed to submit the decision taken in their special meetings of the 16th and 17th have fulfilled their duty. The most important are those which Blanc set forth in his reply to their letter of August 30. The others have undergone some modifications but nothing should justify a delay in an agreement which they all desire. He approves of Article 4 except that in place of $85 a month for the pastor, it should be $100. They will not hesitate, he knows, to take out of Article 3,...

Scope and Contents Blanc sends them a copy of a communication no enclosure just addressed to him by the pastor of the Cathedral, in his name and that of his colleagues. Painful as a like communication is for Blanc he does not believe he has a right to refuse his approval. These priests are not demanding any privileges or new rights but simply what their predecessors enjoyed for all time. Blanc does not see how he could force a priest to live in a post where he could not offer him a guarantee of inherent rights...

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The pastorship of St. Louis Church being again vacant, Blanc notifies them that he has appointed Father Constantine Maenhaut. He hopes this will be received with pleasure by them and by all the Catholic population of New Orleans. A. Copy French