13. Scalabrini to Corrigan³⁷

         Piacenza, July 12, 1888

I am presenting to you two missionaries assigned to your Italian community, accompanied by two lay catechists who will serve both rectory and church.

            I entrust them wholeheartedly to the fatherly benevolence of Your Most Reverend Lordship. They are zealous, prudent and learned priests, such as you requested through Fr. Zaboglio. They will depend in everything on the authority of Your Excellency as their father and shepherd and they shall consider it their duty and privileges to carry out with filial docility even the least of your desires.

            May the good Lord keep you, Lord Archbishop, for many years to come, for the salvation of souls and for the honor of the Episcopacy.

            I have the honor to be,

Your devoted servant,

John Baptist, Bishop of Piacenza.