Identity area
Reference code
IE CA WA/1/6/27
Title
Copy letter from Fr. Stephen Murtagh to Bishop Louis B. Kucera
Date(s)
- 21 Sept. 1937 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
2 pp; typescript
Context area
Name of creator
(16 March 1894-4 March 1980)
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Copy letter from Fr. Stephen Murtagh OFM Cap. to Louis B. Kucera, Bishop of Lincoln, Nebraska, detailing the mutual agreement for the Capuchin friars to withdraw from Sacred Heart Parish in Lincoln due to severe financial distress. The letter notes that the parish’s indebtedness was too large for its congregation to support. Capuchin priests had even been sacrificing portions of their small annual salaries to cover operating expenses.