Dear Faithful, there is nothing to add to these words; we make them our own. Let us pray and implore God that He will degn to give us the strength to persevere in spite of all sacrifices which perhaps will be demanded of us| "Because under Heaven there is given to men no other name than that of Jesus Christ for their salvation." This collective pastoral letter will be read Sunday, August 3, in all the churches belonging to our ecclesiastical province and in all chapels having a rector, during all schedualed Masses. Given at Utrecht, on the Feast of St, James, July 25, 1941. Dr. J. De Jong, Archbishop of Utrecht P.A. A. Hopmans, Bishop of Breda A.F. Diepen, Bishop of Bois-le-Duc J.H.G. lemmens, Bishop of Ruremonde J.P. Huijbers, Bishop of Haerlem. September 29, 1941 JDB/MOS |