30 - Copy letter from Fr. Stephen Murtagh

30

Copy letter from Fr. Stephen Murtagh

2 pp; typescript

Copy letter from Fr. Stephen Murtagh OFM Cap. to the Most Rev. Fr. Benno OFM Cap., New York, regarding significant expansion opportunities for the Capuchin Order on the West Coast. Father Stephen notes that the Order is taking possession of the Flintridge property on October 1st. The Archbishop of Los Angeles offered the surrounding district as a new parish, which Father Stephen believes will be a vital financial support. There is a proposal to establish a high school for boys at Flintridge, modelled after the success of Jesuit schools in fostering vocations. He also reports that the Capuchins received an offer of land for a monastery at McKenzie Bridge, Oregon, located between their houses in Bend and Roseburg. He describes it as ‘one of the beauty spots of America’, ideally situated for a house of studies and helping friars maintain ‘regular observance’ in a peaceful, isolated setting.

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