The College—Chibago, July 24th, 1855.
Rev. Mr. Chiniquy.
You will have the goodness to attend a spiritual retreat to be given
next month at the college, in Chicago, for the clergy of the diocese of
Chicago and Quincy.
The spiritual exercises, which will be conducted by the Rt. Rev. the
Bishop of Louisville, are to commence on Tuesday, the 28th of Aug., and
will terminate on the following Sunday. This arrangement will necessitate
your absence from your church on Sunday, the 14th, after Pentecost, which
you will make known to your congregation. No clergyman is allowed to be
absent from this retreat without the previous written consent of the bishop
of the diocese, which consent will not be given except in cases which he will
judge to be of urgent necessity.
By order of Rt. Rev. Bishop,
Matthew Dillon,
Pro Secretary.
