26 - Letter from Fr. Luke Sheehan

26

Letter from Fr. Luke Sheehan

2 pp; manuscript

Letter from Fr. Luke Sheehan OFM Cap., Bend, Oregon, to Fr. Thomas Dowling OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, on the ongoing debate regarding the need for a resident priest at the Warm Springs Reservation. He mentions a letter from Bishop O’Reilly requesting that Father Thomas send a priest to reside permanently at Warm Springs. The Bishop claims reports indicate a priest is ‘required there’, but Father Luke remains sceptical. He informs Father Thomas that he has written to the Bishop to clarify his position, stating that unless there are mass conversions to be made, ‘I fear a priest would go crazy with the present number’.

ISAD(G) 2nd edition