Rev. Brother Bogumil John Gawarecki,
Missionary Brothers of St. Francis
La Barque Hills, Eureka, Missouri

 

Dear Brother:
Pursuant to my recent permission to you to establish a house of charity in the Diocese, to be under the protection of your Brothers -- the Franciscan Missionary Brothers of St. Francis -- I beg herewith to renew this permission, and to congratulate you upon your being able to acquire the property and found a house out in the suburbs of St. Louis at Eureka. Here you propose to take care of the aged poor and infirm men. It is a difficult work that you have before you, but I am sure with your well-known zeal that you will succeed.
I commend you to the charitable public.


Sincerely yours,
+John J. Glennon
Archbishop of St. Louis