The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-12-04

Tie Parochial Committee Of the Irnmacu-
! late Conc I:iuu Parish, IL answer t. aI in
t~,r.itTc with A.ck,i-hor kIin. printed in
The Lo..JLc recently. y.s;eraIy afternoon
g.ve ou, the following statement:
II + s,a-". tx 4 ume I.H4.: was set after
payment 81 Ia" 1920 I.uElis-- b AIN ir i Rev.
,a.-iyl IL Ine pII.sA. We HeF"r heard nor
H.u.t..s' IT,. W r.aI It in Tie I:"pI l:I. The
oiJ,,,..l l. II. purchase IL tn His i:",!ee!.i"r
90: car ly,-.4t unUi-!, and too rear ctn"r
; ,nyr.Eas. although ms Grace La! STATE. in ms
lott. tG.t a .t'N oHuc"n might to" purchase!
anywhere WITHIN the limits ot the present
It Is cs:tter ststI that the Archbishop E".
Gl:iy. o.: lett. r,I"r~ilng the iI.:I.iInHHt y
. IJ.r.. IL The l+Tt.t Il the r.xvcutlv, CU.4i.Itt.e.
.ea.4 ~ -. s~.s'ab-l-. 1t was intended 10 he
! i'-..ettHl and simply meant hIs.I'ss: ~
J. ). KAN. Archbishop o: 81 Louis: Most Rev
avccf,tla,. II rlr otter uf 2I5yy iog IL Ctr.s-
,uan Science church On f!nt street bet"es'
tn" trazt Of si.i church th."IeH their ii'.tto'
W s5usr.rT The property dmd church thereon
fully wv;t4 til above LEure. and 1aHe hsIr"i TO
, have your Grdc. pay Over tn $l'."r when you
have I.=G--t! To- give the thu!cn ~ tne IN
:. .y.r.,.i.. ,,-,tv as SON a= possible. as tn deal
n.ust ie closed IN L ieS days. We remain, RESPECT
Tat Archbishop peaks on our church affairs
to I.port.rs ami never Acknowledged even the re-
cept Of III JOINT letter oi the committee.
Ii is also sad in tle interview taat there Were
oEly one g- two IeHh,I!ers in oar church. There
ar tweuty->ight registered pewhoiGers.
-1st.r IN. !tke!:r.od Of his a5oIishinG the par
ISL. !. Was IN :hat occasion that the 2tSrtor re
temporary leave Of absence from the diocese. IL
has been uU- opinion for some time that ne
Archbishop mad his mind Inade III. since ne ~
Junction suit 10 abolish this parish. AcGoidlnE
:; t. ~; the II, f.c; on witch the church stands
Tor -. erection Il a cathedral. But selling ia-
g ,irl p r ana a.18!ss'ift Er OWE We WcTe by Cardinal
Arnyg nel!I. the, then Apgs:'!ic I!e.rSat*; thoSn he
a aac" IF .IfchbishSp KAN that he would, con
rrsEv-a Srn f-t 10 the erection Of :. ne" chuFIl
We G~es!s;ei from aapea!ns from tn Gfcis sSa, =,
hayc ur.sscutei an appeal.
In liz letter IT JAY; lsol. removing the as
his tirst step toward abo!ishinG ;he parlin. LtS.
F.b.unry he forbade a mission being held in the
lated 10 crush all further interest In parcchlai
matters IN! I. mtr1iyze any t1Sr' IS n our "xor ne
parish. Deprive! e four regular services in the
Ia went to other churches 10 obtain what was
denied them at their own.
the exercise # a prwer IA suppress a L,af'sn. Ie-
suit" the earnest entreatcs Of IT'S faithfui pelpie:
ma I"A d1rrtat - a.. "i,- interests, rights and
rai'r5.u. cd,ya9isu5ss have been apparently dis
regarded. It IS with deep ua!n that We are .ofce9
To sever our connection with the old church ana
10 sunIer sacred. peaceful and pleasant relations
with orr Irlovei pastor. who for nineteen years
faithtuiIv administered the TEMPORAL and splr-
!tuaI affairs - che old Immaculate PARISH,
Daniel +. 8yrne. chairman Audrey Parls.
Frank X. RYAN. +. y. Dooley. James II, Hogan;
Francis McNeary. John Cahtii. John NJ. Sellers
aEd Irwin Donovan.
Archbishop Kahn. after seeing the above
statement. said he had nothing to add nor
To take away from his interview OF last
Thursday. In that interview he stated that
the Reverend Father Power had told him
in October that there was but one pewhoIe-
or and that the congregation was smaller
than ever before.
in Thursdays interview the Archbishop
showed The Republic The letter ne mad re-
ceiyc4 from the committee. He did not say
il was simply impudert." but that he
regarded it as impairment" and the state
meut was 50 printed the next day.