John's Letter

Letter from Fr. John McMenemy
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	This is a transcript of a letter from Fr. John McMenemy to his sister-in-law, Sophia. It was written shortly before he died. Mary, referred to in the letter, was Sophia's daughter who suffered ill health throughout her life. The Presbytery 57 Hope Street Bellshill Lanarkshire Dear Sophy, I write this letter to greet you on your return from Lourdes and I am hoping for the best of news regarding Mary. I have followed you each day since your departure from London by a Rosary and other prayers and surely much good must result from all those pious exercises. I am not quite well yet - there still remains a little to be healed up in the injured leg. However I am able to move about & to attend to most things that demand attention. Teddie had a good holiday up here and he told me that he had enjoyed it very much. He returned to London on the day you left for the pilgrimage and, strange to relate, he has already written to say that he had arrived safely & is now head over ears in work. The long talked of decorations in the Church are now complete & we are about to begin winter with full steam ahead. I will await with great eagerness a full account of your travels, a detailed statement of Mary's health condition, and any other tit-bits of news that you have to give. Present my kind greetings to Mary, to Aileen, and accept my very best wishes for your own good self. I am Yours most sincerely, John 5th Sept 1936 Remember three anniversaries this month: My father on 7th Sept " sister on 16th Sept " mother on 23rd Sept R.I.P.
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Letter from Fr. John McMenemy