Letter from +D’Alton to +McQuaid regarding Dr. Hildegarde Mayr. Annotated by +McQuaid.

Letter from +D’Alton to +McQuaid stating that due to bad health, he will be unable to attend the next Hierarchy meeting.

Letter from +D’Alton to +McQuaid thanking him for his kind thoughts on the occasion of his Golden Jubilee.

Letter from +D’Alton to +McQuaid accepting the invitation to the Golden Jubilee Mass in St. Andrew’s.

Copy letter from +McQuaid to Cardinal D’Alton regarding opening and closing times of public houses.

Letter from +D’Alton to +McQuaid regarding the Pioneer Jubilee rally. 1 item

Copy letter from +McQuaid to Cardinal D’Alton regarding an appeal by the Holy Father for refugees. He has been in contact with the Irish Red Cross. The issue of the patronage of the organisation was also discussed.

Letter from +O’Hara to +McQuaid, marked Confidential. He encloses a copy of a letter he is sending to Cardinal D’Alton and the Archbishops of Tuam and Cashel in relation to Fr. Edward Lodge Curran, a priest of the Diocese of Brooklyn who is due to visit Ireland where he wishes to give a number of open-air public addresses. The priest is persona non grata in many American Dioceses. He had visited Ireland previously and addressed several public meetings. Fr. Lodge Curran claims there was never any objection to these by the Irish Hierarchy. He wishes the Cardinal and Archbishops to inform their Bishops. Annotated by +McQuaid stating ‘The address was given in O’Connell Street without my knowledge. I should never have allowed it’. See item 483.

Letter from +O’Hara to Cardinal D’Alton regarding Catholic principles and policies in relation to UNESCO. He states the Holy See is concerned with the activities of the programme and policies of OMEP as they deal with the education of children of pre-school age. This is a delicate matter ‘…since there is considerable Masonic influence at work in OMEP, which is tinged with communism’. The Holy Father wants Ireland to bring its influence to bear at the Congress in Rome in August. He also asks that a competent ‘layman’ to establish contact with the International Catholic Co-ordinating Centre for UNESCO in Paris. He also suggests that the Irish Hierarchy establish a National OMEP Committee in Ireland.

Notes from the Secretary to + McQuaid informing him that Professor C. O’Reilly was enquiring about the presentation of the oil painting to Cardinal D’Alton.