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It gave me great pleasure to learn of the beginnings of your house for young ransomed Negroes. This is work which you must pursue vigorously: it is the basis and the hope of all the rest.

Consequently, my dearest daughters, we have come to the resolution that you should return purely and simply to the observation of your first Rule, that according to which you pronounced your vows.

Along with devoted sons, I will also have the prodigals, and, far from the faithful flock, I will need to go after the lost sheep. These are the ones for whom it is said that the Good Shepherd must leave everything else to pursue them and bring them back to the fold.

It is certain that one cannot possibly purport to be fulfilling one’s solemn duty when one does not use all one’s resources and all one’s skills to learn a language which is the essential instrument of the apostolate.