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Recollections of My Life and Reflections on Times and Events During It: A Memoir by Father W. J. HowlettMain MenuIntroductionTable of ContentsPage 1Page 2Page 3Page 4Page 5Page 6Page 7Page 8Page 9Page 10Page 11Page 12Page 13Page 14Page 15Page 16Page 17Page 18Page 19Page 20Page 21Page 22Page 23Page 24Page 25Page 26Page 27Page 28Page 29Page 30Page 31Page 32Page 33Page 34Page 35Page 36Page 37Page 38Page 39Page 40Page 41Page 42Page 43Page 44Page 45Page 46Page 47Page 48Page 49Page 50Page 51Page 52Page 53Page 54Page 55Page 56Page 57Page 58Page 59Page 60Page 61Page 62Page 63Page 64Page 65Page 66Page 67Page 68Page 69Page 70Page 71Page 72Page 73Page 74Page 75Page 76Page 77Page 78Page 79Page 80Page 81Page 82Page 83Page 84Page 85Page 86Page 87Page 88Page 89Page 90Page 91Page 92Page 93Page 94Page 96Page 97Page 98Other Writings by Father W. J. HowlettTimelineHowlett Family TreeWilliam J. Howlett Family TreeMaps and Geography: Howlett's First Trip WestFr. Howlett moved with his family to Denver when he was a child, and then moved to St. Thomas Seminary in Bardstown, KY several years later. This map recounts the path he took to get to both places.Maps and Geography: Howlett's European travelsFr. Howlett traveled far and wide during his trip to Europe. Here is a map of the places he recorded visiting.Maps and Geography: Howlett in Paris, 1872-1873This map shows the locations that Fr. Howlett mentioned visiting while in Paris, France.Maps and Geography: Howlett in London, 1874This map shows the locations that Fr. Howlett mentioned visiting while vacationing in London, EnglandMaps and Geography: Colorado Missions with TerrainFr. Howlett's Colorado mission locations, with Colorado terrain.IndexAcknowledgementsContributors' BiographiesCaroline Sherman66a71275ddeb8af1c1d88afae82e839e1097bec8Alvaro Cestti9cbe672718f2639644bd64e01d3ccbd427b50135Rebecca Lemon6b79a9a87a74d12f9288641e66ba0cdddcc2dc70Thomas Lynch079bdd3d2111c84d632cad76a596db20227e1e4bMaria Letizia6062382c70a421e32af463b8d74b84d42cc4692cDaniella Montesanobf55c9c5d63232ad4c740968bbc26fd662a7be27Veronica Smaldone8faa362cf8b51bf3f3a3b904503dd87a653500eeAshley Trimble922ced99a1a653270a76468ea189bc6540cdcc7eHIST 394 at CUA, Spring 2020
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12020-09-02T18:33:32-07:00Daniella Montesanobf55c9c5d63232ad4c740968bbc26fd662a7be27361921plain2020-09-02T18:33:32-07:00Daniella Montesanobf55c9c5d63232ad4c740968bbc26fd662a7be27flattering, but it got us nowhere; the Bishop of Louisville might be an old Bardstown student with us and want us all together, but he knew we were not like the preachers, obedient to calls and offers of better positions. I told him also that I did not think my bishop would listen to a request for a chance, but I did mention the fact that some time before the Bishop of Davenport had asked me to accept the position of Chaplain to the Catholic students at the university of Iowa at Iowa City, and Bishop Matz had made light of the idea. “A chaplain,” said he, “I’ve got better than that for you myself.” Howere, I promised to think it over when he said the Sisters had some writing they wished to intrust to me.
When I reached home I found that Father Donnelly was on the high road to recovery, and that ended the Denver provisional arrangement and I also dismissed the thought of Loretto.
Shortly after my return I received a letter from Mother Praxedes asking me to come back as chaplain. I had to explain my position that it was not a matter of my will or of here alone; there were two bishops interested in the matter, one in Louisville and one in Denver. Another letter from her told me the Bishop of Louisville was willing and in fact a letter from O’Donague came a few days later urging me to come and promising me a home-coming welcome into the diocese. As he and I had been fellow-students at St. Thomas and at Bardstown, his kind invitation had some weight and I concluded to lay the matter before Bishop Matz.
It was at the priests’ retreat in June that I broached the matter to him, giving him an account of my experience just about as now written and handed him the letters to read in the order I had received them. His answer in substance was, “I know you are not getting a proper living at Loveland, and our Denver arrangements are things of the past; I know you like to write and I have nothing more for you to do in that line, so if you wish, you may go to Loretto for a while. I am willing to give you an indefinite leave of absence. I will not give you an Exeat, but you may stay long enough to do any writing they want done and then come back to Colorado. Do as you please in the matter.”
After consulting with some of my friends I concluded to go at least for one term of three years and let the future decide my course afterwards. The summer was on in Kentucky and I knew what that was, so I wrote to the Bishop of Louisville and to Mother Praxedes that I would come in the fall if that was satisfactory, but my business would not let me come sooner. I wanted to let the hot weather by. I could not possibly think of plunging suddenly from the snow-cooled invigorating atmosphere of Colorado into the hot and stifling humidity of a Kentucky summer without any acclimation. I knew that the Sisters were well cared for by the Passionist Father, any my delay would not work to their detriment. Both wrote that such an arrangement was satisfactory, and the bishop wrote me to let him know a couple of weeks before my coming.