. 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. 122 explanation why I failed to acknowledge the receiptof your kind invitati


. 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. 122 explanation why I failed to acknowledge the receiptof your kind invitation to the Congress of ColoredCatholics that met in Cincinnati this week. Owingto my absence from home your invitation did notreach me until the 8tb, too late to avail myself of it,and to show by my presence my sympathy with theobject of your meeting. May God bless you and your fellow laborers intie great work you have undertaken in behalf of yourrace. Yours Yery sincerely in Christ, JJos. Rademacher,Bishop of Nashville. BISHOP MOORES LETTER. Saints Church,2542 Wallace , July 9th Da». A. Rudd, Dear Sir.—You will pleaseaccept my thanks for you kind invitation to be pres-ent at the convention of Colored Catholics in Cincin-nati, which reached me here only yesterday evening,too late for acceptance even though I were not pre-vented by other engagements from attending. Your efforts for the welfare and advaiicemt ofour Colored Catholics have my cordial approval, andI hope that your success


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