Letter from Fr. Joseph Fenelon

Letter from Fr. Joseph Fenelon OFM Cap. to Fr. Peter Bowe OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, discussing church appointments and visitations in California. He writes ‘I was present in Ukiah, when Archbishop Hanna blessed the Corner Stone of the new Church there and a deputation again waited on him and on me for a Father to be appointed to the district of Willits. The Archbishop appealed to me to put a Father there, accordingly I have appointed Fr. Ambrose to the position, who is a very safe man, and

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Date: [June 1923]
Reference: 10
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Scope and content: Letter from Fr. Joseph Fenelon OFM Cap. to Fr. Peter Bowe OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, discussing church appointments and visitations in California. He writes ‘I was present in Ukiah, when Archbishop Hanna blessed the Corner Stone of the new Church there and a deputation again waited on him and on me for a Father to be appointed to the district of Willits. The Archbishop appealed to me to put a Father there, accordingly I have appointed Fr. Ambrose to the position, who is a very safe man, and as I have no Brother to go with him there, arrangements are being made to get an old lady as Housekeeper for the present. I was thinking of taking Fr. Sebastian to let Brother Paschal go there for some time, but as he is an old man he requires the help of a Bro. Fr. Urban will be in Ukiah with Fr. Raphael, and Hopland can get Mass every Sunday now, and also Willits’.
Repository: Irish Capuchin Archives
Context: Irish Capuchin Archives > Papers of the Irish Capuchin Mission in the United States > Missionary Correspondence > Correspondence of Fr. Joseph Fenelon

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Hanna(1)
COOK(1)
Stone(1)

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Greenwood(1)

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On last Saturday June 23rd. I was present in Ukiah, when Archbishop Hanna blessed the Corner Stone of the new Church there and a deputation again waited on him and on me for a Fath…
I have made the Canonical Visitations of all the Houses on The Mendocino Coast, and a deputation waited on me from Mendocino City, requesting that a Father be placed there again. I…
On last Saturday June 23rd. I was present in Ukiah, when Archbishop Hanna blessed the Corner Stone of the new Church there and a deputation again waited on him and on me for a Fath…

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N.B. If you would send me a Cable, yes of no, it would hasten matters, as visitors attend there very much in Summer. My dear Fr. Pro. On last Saturday June 23rd. I was present in Ukiah, when Archbishop Hanna blessed the Corner Stone of the new Church there and a deputation again waited on him and on me for a Father to be appointed to the district of Willits. The Archbishop appealed to me to put a Father there, accordingly I have appointed Fr. Ambrose to the position, who is a very safe man, and as I have no Bro. to go with him there, arrangements are being made to get an old lady as Housekeeper for the present. I was thinking of saking Fr. Sebastian to let Bro. Paschal go there for some time, but as he is an old man he requires the help of a Bro. Fr. Urban will be in Ukiah with Fr. Raphael, and Hopland can get Mass every Sunday now, and also Willits. I have made the Canonical Visitations of all the Houses on The Mendocino Coast, and a deputation waited on me from Mendocino City, requesting that a Father be placed there again. It seemed a sad sight to me, the present condition of the place, and I have come to the conclusion that something must be done. My solution is this, that Fr. Leo and Bro. Joseph be placed there, and Fr. Clement be put in Fortbragg with Fr. Anthony, who can get a Housekeeper of someone to cook for them. Frs. Clement and Leo will not be missed from the Missionary Staff. I will not make these changes until I hear from you as you have removed all the Fathers from Mendocino City, which is a mistake in my judgment, as the people are well able to support a Father and the place is progressing with at least 500 souls there and the Greenwood situation now relieved. I am my dear Fr. Pro. Respectfully yours, &. Fr. Finbarr will be welcome to the States, and all you can send including as many Bros. as you can spare. We have ample work for all. I am going ahead with the plans for our new School, and I am confident the Definitory will be highly gratified. R.J. R. J. Finbarr