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Identifier	catholic_00031
Title	[Bishop John J. Cantwell condolence letter to Mary J. Workman, 1918 March 4]
Creator	Cantwell, John Joseph, 1874-1947;
Date Created	1918 March 4
Description	Personal letter from Bishop John J. Cantwell to Mary J. Workman dated March 4, 1918 typed on letterhead of Diocese of Monterey and Los Angeles expressing condolence over the death of her father, William H. Workman. He notes seeing her mother and being glad that "she is bearing up under her great sorrow".
Historical Background	John J. Cantwell was appointed Bishop of Monterey-Los Angeles in September 1917. He was noted for being particularly sensitive to the needs of non-English speaking Catholics in the archdiocese, and he created 50 Hispanic parishes and missions. Mary J. Workman was reared in the Roman Catholic faith, receiving a Catholic education at the Convent of the Sacred Heart of Mary and Jesus, in Oakland, from which she graduated in 1890. She led the establishment of the Brownson House (1901), a landmark of the settlement house philosophy on the West Coast. She also participated in the Catholic Association for International Peace (CAIP), Southern California Committee, of which she was secretary. Mary Workman would later be granted the papal medal Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice in 1926 by Pope Pius XI. Dating back to the mid-nineteenth century, the Workman family holds a distinguished place in Los Angeles history. William H. Workman (1839-1918), the son of David, and his wife Maria Elizabeth, and father to Mary Julia Workman, made his mark in Los Angeles politics and the development of the city infrastructure. The most important civic office that William H. Workman held was mayor of Los Angeles, from 1887 to 1888.
Type	Text
Physical Description	1 leaf ; 28 cm.
Institution	Department of Archives and Special Collections, Loyola Marymount University Library
Collection Identifier	www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt8870232n/
Project note	Funding for a portion of this collection came from a Local History Digital Resource Project grant . The Local History Digital Resource Project is supported by the U. S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian. For more information, please visit: http://www.califa.org/lhdrp.php.
Country of Creation	US
Copyright Statement	http://library.lmu.edu/dlp/copyright.htm
Copyright Holder	LMU
Language	eng
Subject (Name)	Workman, Mary J. (Mary Julia), 1871-1964--Corresponence; Cantwell, John Joseph, 1874-1947--Correspondence; Workman, William H., 1839-1918;
Subject (Place)	Los Angeles, Calif.;
Subject (Topic)	Condolence notes;
Form/Genre	Letters (correspondence)
Metacollection Identifier	http://digitalcollections.lmu.edu/
Item/Call Number	Workman Family Papers CSLA-9, Series 1, Box 1, Folder 1
Transcription	[letterhead:] Diocese of Monterey and Los Angeles 108 West Second Street Los Angeles, Cal. [typewritten body of letter:] March 4, 1918. Miss Mary J. Workman, 711 Jackson Street, Los Angeles, Calif. Very dear friend: Anything you do will, I think, always meet with your Bishop's approval. I was pleased to see your devoted mother yesterday and I am glad she is bearing up under her great sorrow. I know of not greater sorrow than the loss of a life partner -- the loss of one with whom we went down through the years hand in hand. However, God never sends us a cross without sending us very much grace and in a special way does He give His benediction to widows. Believe me Yours devotedly in Christ, [signed:] John J. cantwell [typewritten title:] Bishop of Monterey and Los Angeles