Letter from Archbishop Edward Joseph Hanna to Fr. Joseph Fenelon
Letter from Archbishop Edward Joseph Hanna to Fr. Joseph Fenelon OFM Cap. regarding the administration of the Catholic parish in Mendocino County. He suggests that the priest in charge of Mendocino City should live in Fort Bragg instead. He notes that with an automobile and good roads, the distance can be covered in less than thirty minutes. By combining resources from both locations, the Archbishop believes the parish could afford to maintain a housekeeper and allow the priest to live in ‘bette
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- 4 June 1931
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- Letter from Archbishop Edward Joseph Hanna to Fr. Joseph Fenelon OFM Cap. regarding the administration of the Catholic parish in Mendocino County. He suggests that the priest in charge of Mendocino City should live in Fort Bragg instead. He notes that with an automobile and good roads, the distance can be covered in less than thirty minutes. By combining resources from both locations, the Archbishop believes the parish could afford to maintain a housekeeper and allow the priest to live in ‘better circumstances’ than in the past.
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- Our arrangement in regard to Hopland is very satisfactory. Later Willits may be attended by the priest living at Ukiah.
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Office of the Archbishop 1100 FRANKLIN STREET San Francisco, California June 4, 1931. Very Rev. Joseph Fenelon, O.M.Cap., 1541 Golden Gate Avenue, Los Angeles, California. My dear Father Joseph: During my recent visit to Mendocino County I was very much impressed with the zealous and self-sacrificing work done by the Capuchin Fathers. I would like, however, to make a few suggestions which you may present to your superiors for consideration. It seems to me that the spirit of community life could be better observed at the priest in charge of Mendocino City lived at Fort Bragg. With an automobile and good road the distance can be covered in less than thirty minutes. We could afford to spend a little money in making the two places combined it would be possible to maintain a housekeeper and live under a little better circumstances than we have had in the past. When home conditions are good, better work can be done. Our arrangement in regard to Hopland is very satisfactory. Later Willits may be attended by the priest living at Ukiah. Our good Father Thomas has done very remarkable work at Burlingame, and to charge him now would, I fear, be very detrimental to our work. He has won the confidence and esteem of priests and people. The parish has a very heavy debt owing to the fact that so much property was acquired for the future, and a primary school erected to meet the needs of the parish for many years to come. The other buildings are of a very temporary nature. We hope that within a few years the first of the permanent buildings for your community will be erected in that parish. This year a high school for the girls of the Peninsula will be opened by the Sisters of Mercy. It may be possible that your Order may, within a few years, open a high school for the boys of the Peninsula. This is something which we wish your superiors and prepare for. I ask you to talk these matters over with your superiors, that we may have the benefit of their counsel. Thanking you and your distinguished Order for the many blessings you have brought to the Archdiocese, we pray that the good God may continue to shower his favors upon you and make you even more fruitful to carry on his work. Wishing you, dear Father Joseph, a very pleasant trip, I am, Ever devotedly yours in Christ, Archbishop of San Francisco.