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Identifier	catholic_00029
Title	[Fr. Bishop John Cantwell letter to Mary J. Workman, 1918 February 12]
Creator	Cantwell, John Joseph, 1874-1947
Date Created	1918 February 12
Description	A letter to Mary J. Workman from Bishop John J. Cantwell typed on letterhead of Diocese of Monterey and Los Angeles, regarding Mrs. Carpenter, a new helper at Brownson House.
Historical Background	Born into a politically prominent Los Angeles family, Mary Julia Workman founded the Brownson House Settlement Association in 1901 and led it for 19 years. She became the first woman to join the Municipal League, a civic watchdog group. A Roman Catholic who built cooperative relationships with church leaders, she founded the diocesan chapter of the National Council of Catholic Women in 1924. She led the Los Angeles Civil Service Commission from 1927 to 1928 and helped establish local chapters of the League of Women Voters and the National Conference of Christians and Jews. Throughout her life Workman was active in numerous social and religious efforts in her native city. John Joseph Cantwell was appointed Bishop of Monterey and Los Angeles in September 1917, and served in that office until the diocese was split in 1922 into the Diocese of Monterey-Fresno and the Diocese of Los Angeles-San Diego, with Bishop Cantwell remaining in Los Angeles-San Diego. The Diocese was split again in 1936 to create the Diocese of San Diego and the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, with Bishop Cantwell becoming the first Archbishop of Los Angeles, serving until his death in 1947. His tenure is noted for his outreach to non-English speaking parishioners, creating 50 Hispanic parishes and missions.
Type	Text
Physical Description	[1] p. ; 28 cm
Collection Identifier	http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt8870232n
Project note	LHDRP
Country of Creation	US
Copyright Status	Public Domain
Copyright Statement	Materials in the public domain. No restrictions on use.
Language	eng
Subject (Name)	Cantwell, John Joseph, 1874-1947--Correspondence; Workman, Mary J. (Mary Julia), 1871-1964--Correspondence; Brownson House (Los Angeles, Calif.);
Subject (Topic)	Social settlements--California--Los Angeles;
Form/Genre	Letters (correspondence);
Item/Call Number	Workman Family Papers CSLA-9, Series 1: Mary Julia Workman, Box 1, Folder 1
Transcription	[letterhead:] Diocese of Monterey and Los Angeles 108 West Second Street Los Angeles, Cal. [typewritten body of letter:] February 12, 1918. Miss Mary J. Workman, 711 Jackson Street, Los Angeles, Calif. My dear Miss Workman: My congratulations to you on the new auxiliary you have enlisted in the person of Mrs. Carpenter. Of course I will be very glad to meet her and to thank her for what she is going to do for our unfortunate girls and what she is doing for God. May I not congratulate you, too, on Mrs. Edson's discourse, and on the success of your last dinner. Nothing succeeds like success. People always like to be on the side of successful people. The greatest crime a person could commit these days is the crime of being a failure. Of course you can put me down for a generous subscription for your Brownson House project. I have no objection to your publicity in regard to the One Thousand Dollar campaign; but, is it not a small sum comparatively speaking to make so much fuss over and would it not retard your larger effort in the future? With best wishes, I remain Yours very sincerely, [signed:] John J. Cantwell [typewritten title:] Bishop of Monterey and Los Angeles