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1853-06-14 Letter to Sisters of Providence, Ruillé-sur-Loir

Description: A letter to the Mothers at Ruillé, expressing concern at the illness of Bishop Bouvier, reporting on the success of their work with Catholic students, as well as concern about the prejudice against Catholic schools and the loss of students after the law requiring taxes to pay for public schools. Their new house is almost finished, the railroad is progressing, and St. Mary’s is growing. Dated June 14, 1853.
Origin: 1853-06-14
Created By: Guérin, Theodore, Saint, 1798-1856.
Contributor(s): Mothers at Ruillé
Source: http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16066coll61/id/373
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
Taxation -- Indiana -- 1850-1860
Anti-Catholicism
Catholic schools -- Indiana -- 1850-1860
Public schools -- 1850-1860

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