1849-05-24 Letter to Mother Mary Lecor, Superior General of Sisters of Providence, Ruillé-sur-Loir
| Description: |
A letter to Mother Mary Lecor expressing concern about the revolution in France and other European nations and the exile of the Pope. She reports on the success of schools in Madison and Fort Wayne and asks for French sisters to be Local Superiors, as the cities of Lafayette, Indianapolis and Evansville are asking for Sisters. She laments her imperfections and says they are terribly in debt but pleased with Bishop de la Palais. Dated May 24, 1849. |
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| Origin: | 1849-05-24 |
| Created By: |
Guérin, Theodore, Saint, 1798-1856. |
| Contributor(s): |
Lecor, Mary, Mother |
| Source: |
http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16066coll61/id/241 |
| Collection: |
Letters and Journals of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin |
| Rights: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ |
| Subjects: |
Guérin, Theodore, Saint, 1798-1856 -- Correspondence De Saint-Palais, Jacques-Maurice, 1811-1877 France -- Politics and government -- 1848-1852 Catholic schools -- Indiana -- 19th century Sisters of Providence (Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Ind.) -- Finances |
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