Jewels from Jane - September 1
SEPTEMBER 1
September 1, 1874
Madam,
I cheerfully consent to your request that a cemetery for your Community may be opened adjacent to your House of Novitiate, Nazareth.
I remain, Madam,
Your obedient servant
+Peter Rich. Kenrick
Abp
Mother Mary Agatha [Guthrie]
Handwritten correspondence from Archbishop Kenrick giving permission to build Nazareth Cemetery. Sister Lucida Savage writes: [Father St. Cyr] "...took great pride and pleasure in beautifying the grounds, planted the trees in the little cemetery when it was portioned off in 1874, and set out the vineyard which he tended carefully." p. 168 The Congregation of St. Joseph of Carondelet
A picture of Nazareth cemetery is attached.
Note: Nazareth Cemetery was closed in 2009 and the graves moved to Resurrection Cemetery in St. Louis.
