31 - Letter from Fr. Luke Sheehan

31

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, reporting on the significant financial grants from the Catholic Church Extension Society and his progress in securing land for mission buildings. He reports that they have secured $2,500 in total for several new churches—$500 each for locations in Stanfield, Echo, Pilot Rock, Madras, and Prineville. Father Luke also provides a precise update on the ‘iron horse’, noting the railroad is now ‘18 miles beyond Madras’ and should reach Bend around September 1st.

ISAD(G) 2nd edition