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St. Columbia's Priory ,
St. John's Abbey
Collegeville , Minn.
Glenstal Co. Limerick , Ireland .
My dear Dom Beda :
a single community .
Yours fraternity ,
In my letter of April 20 I promised to
Very Rev. Dom Beda Lebbe. O.S.B.
of fact it is about the same in the Declarations as the
20 # #
May 4 , 193 .
I imagine that you are for the present merely trying to
changes into the Constitution of the Congregation , but
With a hearty God bless you and your community , I a
that I have been trying to form is not yet available .
ardly need anything for a Congregation at the present
you three on the second of this month . That is all I c
you at the present time . The Constitution for the Congo
copies of several Constitutions for Benedictine Sisters
ation of St. Scholastica . I introduced some imp
n of St. Scholastica . I Introduced some 1
ingregation of St. Scholastica . I Introduction

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Trish " and made Prior there . The last time I received a letter
but I do not even know whether they have anything event the will
the convent of St. Scholastica in Duluth , and a copy also " of the
present before the Holy See and will , I hope meet its approval
St. John's Abbey .
declarations on the Holy Rule that I drew up some years ago for
miles from here . There are some other convents that stand alone
appeared in the Ampleforth Journal . It was a pleasure to know
number of the Benedictine communities . Its statutes have been
of these constitutions . It may take two or three weeks after re-
the neighboring States of the northwest of the U.B. For some years
to express my sympathy for you in having been exiled to the
work . There is another group of houses out here in Minnesota and
If I am not mistaken he has been thrown back by Ireland to the
As to the service you request : a copy of the Constitution
that neither you nor Don Vilfrido , whom I suppose you still re-
in this country . There is one Congregation embracing unite a
tion . " I have succeeded so far that the statutes for it are at
before the end of this year .
My dear Father Prior :
slready I have been trying to get these together into a Congreg-
Collegeville , Minn.
I shall try to obtain for you a printed copy of the Constitution-
It is a long time since I had any letter from a Benedictine
Yours fraternity ,
tions of the first mentioned conversation and a typewritten cop ,
member , has forgotten me .
in England or Ireland . But almost the same nail that brought
ceipt of this letter before you get them .
is growing , I am
St. " Columbia's Priory .
of the second . Then I shall try to get you a copy also of the
Hoving that you are well and happy and that St. Columbia's
Very Rev. Dom Beda Lebbe , O.S.B.
April 20 , 1936 .
I don't know whether I should address you ,
govern Don Beda ! - Yes . I recall very well know I need to
reprint of the obituary of Father Joseph Dawson , which origin
your letter brought me one from Father Wilfrid Wilson with a
shores of Belgium .
about .
the one or the other of the Benedictine Sister communities
Hann Deutock
recently revised constitutions for St. Benedict's Convent .
Glenstal Co. Limerick , Ireli
from there it was from my old friend " Monsignore " Don Autberto .
roved by the Holy See . These communities engage only in school
tease you in this way . And I suppose I ought to do it a
of the Princess to guide them . As I shall have to wri
Ireland .
vently revised constitutions for St. Benedict's Convert , four
of the second . Then I shall try to get you a
sal Co. Limerick , Ireland .
approved by the Holy See . These communities engage
e Princess to guide them . As I shall have to write for cop
way . And I suppose I ought to do it again