17 - Letter from Fr. Joseph Fenelon

17

Letter from Fr. Joseph Fenelon

2 pp; typescript

Letter from Fr. Joseph Fenelon OFM Cap. to Fr. Peter Bowe OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, referring to the latter’s recent visit to the United States. He also affirms that a new school in Watts has opened. He writes ‘We opened with 160 children, and these are all white children, only a few Mexicans so far, and only one semi-coloured, with a few non-Catholics. We have over 22 in the first and second Grades, quite a branch in our classroom. The Sisters are very fine, very like Irish Sisters, and all Americans’. Father Fenelon mentions that he is ‘knee deep’ in work and is preparing to leave for Sacramento and Grass Valley to lead a Mission before taking a much-needed break. He also suggests that he has heard ‘nothing since of Mendocino or Santa Inez’, suggesting some ongoing uncertainty regarding future Capuchin Franciscan foundations or properties.

ISAD(G) 2nd edition