Apr. 29, 1892 – To Archbishop Cleary, Archbishop of Kingston ON from General Superior Sr. M. Edward, Holyoke MA

J.M.J.
Mt. St. Vincent, Holyoke
Apr. 29, 1892
Most Rev. J.V. Cleary, S.T.D,
Archbishop of Kingston
My dear Lord Archbishop,

Your Grace’s letter per Vicar General Gauthier of Easter Saturday reached me the following Thursday. I delayed acknowledging its receipt, hoping each day to hear some encouraging news, but the days go by and still no appearance of anything that would give me hope of a peaceful termination of this most unhappy affair.

I thank Your Grace for the advice given and I will follow it exactly. I appreciate, above all, the kindness of Your Grace in thinking of us at a time when overwhelmed with other and more pressing duties.

I have heard or read that you are invited to the Ceremony of Consecration of the Cathedral in Hartford on Sunday the…and I cannot resist the temptation to ask to meet Your Grace some place that I might be so privileged as to see you even for a half hour.

Sister Mary Edward, S.G.
Source: 407-409-A, General Secretary Fonds, Annals of the Congregation/Generalate series, Volume 1861-1892, p. 301, Archives, Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul.
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