. Three Catholic Afro-American congresses [electronic resource]: a short resume of the work that has been done since the Third Plenary Council of Baltimore, letters of the hierarchy, clergy and prominent laymen to the congresses, the sermons of Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop Elder, Archbishop Ryan and Father Mackey, speeches and portraits of prominent colored Catholics, their friends and institutions, the public addresses of the three most remarkable gatherings of Negroes in America : all nicely bound in cloth. less your efforts to promotethe spiritual welfare of the Colored Catholics of thiscou
. Three Catholic Afro-American congresses [electronic resource]: a short resume of the work that has been done since the Third Plenary Council of Baltimore, letters of the hierarchy, clergy and prominent laymen to the congresses, the sermons of Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop Elder, Archbishop Ryan and Father Mackey, speeches and portraits of prominent colored Catholics, their friends and institutions, the public addresses of the three most remarkable gatherings of Negroes in America : all nicely bound in cloth. less your efforts to promotethe spiritual welfare of the Colored Catholics of thiscountry, yours truly in Christ X John Moore, of St. Augustine Covington, Ky., Dec, 3rd Rudd and Blackstone, Dear Sirs:—Yourcordial invitation to our Rt. Rev. Bishop to the com-ing Congress of our Colored brethren in the faith hasbeen duly received by me in his name. The Bishopis still abroad and I cannot, state . positively that hewiU be home in time to attend. However, should hecome as early as we expect, your invitation will behanded to him, and, knowing the great interest hetakes ia your race, he will do all Ln his power to bewith you. May success be with you. Yours devot-edly in Christ, Ferdinand Brossart. Wheeling W. Va., Dec, 15 Dan A. Rudd and Wm. E. Blackstone, 3G Gentlemen; — Although the Congress of ColoredCatholics of the United States, will be held at a timewhen it will be impossible for me to leave home. Iheartily approve and bless the undertaking, and. BROTHER ALBERT, 0. S. B. thank you for your kind invitation. Yours Verytruly, etc. X John J. Kaist. Bishop of Wheeling. 37 Nashville, Tenn., Dec-, 17 18S8. Messrs. Dan. A. Kudd and Wm. E, Blackstone,Committee on Invitation to Congress of ColoredCatholics, Gentlemen:—Your kind invitation, to bepresent at the Congress of Colored Catholics, 11 beheld in Washington on the 1st of Januiry just betn received. I regret that other pressing duties will preventme from availi
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