3 - Father Luke Sheehan’s appeal

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Father Luke Sheehan’s appeal

2 pp; printed

Appeal from Fr. Luke Sheehan OFM Cap. to the Corkmen’s P. B. & P. Association in New York City, requesting financial assistance for his missionary work in Oregon. Writing from an immense, isolated 8,000-square-mile territory, Father Sheehan describes navigating severe wilderness conditions, facing local anti-Catholic prejudice, and losing his meagre soap-box-furnished quarters in a recent fire. Despite building several small churches for the scattered, impoverished local population, the mission faces a $2,000 debt and impending property fines from lumber companies, prompting his plea to fellow Irishmen to help preserve their shared faith and heritage in the American West.

ISAD(G) 2nd edition