We rejoice in the hope that the work will do much good, for it contains the lives of many heroic souls, whose examples will excite others to walk in their steps. Some of the letters which it contains will also be found most edifying to persons living in the world, or out of the world in religious communities. The sources from which we have drawn our information will be indicated, in proper prefaces to each chapter, or in marginal references. We pray God to bless all those who have enabled us to publish these Memoirs. We bid our little book to go forth under the patronage of St. Joseph, for the glory of the most Holy Sacrament.