Letter from Fr. Matthew O’Connor

Letter from Fr. Matthew O’Connor OFM Cap., St. Thomas Rectory, New York City, to Fr. Sylvester Mulligan OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, reporting that ‘Our Mission here has been very successful’, with ‘splendid & most edifying’ attendance throughout. Father Matthew mentions the intensity of the work, noting that ‘the Confessional is not as tiring as in Erie’ and that they are able to get out for ‘a run out every day’. He believes that once the current missions are finished, ‘3 [priests] would suf

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26 Oct. 1925
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Letter from Fr. Matthew O’Connor OFM Cap., St. Thomas Rectory, New York City, to Fr. Sylvester Mulligan OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, reporting that ‘Our Mission here has been very successful’, with ‘splendid & most edifying’ attendance throughout. Father Matthew mentions the intensity of the work, noting that ‘the Confessional is not as tiring as in Erie’ and that they are able to get out for ‘a run out every day’. He believes that once the current missions are finished, ‘3 [priests] would suffice for the work’.
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Irish Capuchin Archives
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Irish Capuchin Archives > Papers of the Irish Capuchin Mission in the United States > Missionary Correspondence > Other Correspondence

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St. Thomas Rectory 262 WEST 118TH ST. NEW YORK CITY Appetite yours Appetite by yours Appetite by yours NEW YORK. Oct. 26th 1925 My Dear Mr. Primeral. Our Mission Loss has been very successful. The first week we had the married woman - two Harring bedders, & two night Germans one in the Upstar & one in the lower Gruel. The 2nd week we had the Harried man but only one night seemed. As well we had the unmarried woman which closed yesterday at 3.30. In the evening I set opened the young unmarried Heris Mission. The attendance attending has been splendid & most endeavoring. The Confession is not as entering as in Ireland, we have no to free time & can get a run out every day. In favor of us lay well the Darker Considered, when we had got through with the Entrepren, that 3 would inflee for the work. The are now on the last lap. Thank Ed I law Leeking fit & have taken my turn at all except Harring & evening. We open a 3 weeks Mission the 1st Sunday of Aut. in If Agnes Church Ad. not so I can't get out west before I mas. I call run to Dostan for a few days - they are anxious to get if possible, a mission there & then to Albota down till the Mission opens in Ad. not to. Hope your Patriot & Care are well & flow is my Have not leard from my Pater Since left though Lowdoc & gave him my address. The weather are save an occasional shower as previous, shave no doubt, helps to keep me fit.