Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Life of Cardinal Manning, Archbishop of Westminster, Vol. 2 of 2: Manning as a Catholic
The following letter, addressed by Cardinal Wiseman to Father Faber of the London Oratory, is the most fitting and effectual introduction that can be given to Manning's Catholic life. For in this letter Wiseman describes with pathetic earnestness the grave difficulty which faced him, almost the gravest a bishop has to overcome - the want of priests. Souls were perishing in multitudes before his eyes for lack of pastors. Catholics in the poorest districts were losing their faith because there were no teachers. Where missions were most needed to save the Catholic poor from drifting into practical heathenism, no missions could be held for there were no priests to hold them. With a cry of anguish, Cardinal Wiseman appealed to Father Faber, who had a large number of priests under his control, for help. But since it was contrary to their Rule for the Oratorians to do mission work, Cardinal Wiseman turned to Dr. Manning, and bade him to establish a Community of secular priests, under the bishop's control, for the express purpose of doing such work.
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