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Identifier	catholic_00064
Title	[Fr. John J. Cantwell letter to Mary J. Workman, Feb 13, 1920]
Creator	Cantwell, John Joseph, 1874-1947
Date Created	1920
Description	A letter from Fr. John J. Cantwell to Mary J. Workman typed on the letterhead of the Diocese of Monterey and Los Angeles, regarding Mary Workman's resignation as President of the Brownson House and thanking her for her service.
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. Fr. John J. Cantwell was the Bishop of Monterey and Los Angeles.
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. February 13th, 1920. Miss Mary Workman, 711 Jackson Street, Los Angeles, Cal. My dear Miss Workman: It is with a great deal of regret that I write to you to acknowledge your proposal to resign after these many years from the direction of the Brownson House. I am very glad to say that it is not in my power to accept your resignation. I did not appoint you. I fancy that you were elected in some formal way. Your resignation must be made to the Brownson House Association or to the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors of the Brownson House Association would then, in the formal way, elect a new President and submit the name to me. I do hope, however, that you will continue to do the excellent work that you have been doing. It must be a great consolation to you to look back on so many years of unselfish labor spent among the poor children and to see other off-shoots of the work that you undertook in earlier days blossoming forth. When a great work is now being undertaken in the Mexican quarters, especially then those who are hostile to our faith are working so zealously, it is regretted that our greatest worker and most intelligent should drop out. However, I am sure you have given the matter very careful and prayerful consideration. May I not express my sincere thanks to you for all that you have done. You will mark what I say about the resignation. I have no authority to receive your resignation. Very sincerely yours, [singed] John J. Cantwell Bishop of Monterey and Los Angeles.