Copy letter from +McQuaid to Rev. Riberi enclosing a cheque for £15,000 which is to be transmitted to the Holy See. £10,000 is the Peter’s Pence contribution from the Archdiocese and £5000 is an offering to help the Holy Father in regard to the World Refugee Year.

Letter from +Riberi to +McQuaid thanking him for the cheque for £10,500 representing the amount of the Peter’s Pence collection for the Archdiocese.

Letter from +Riberi to +McQuaid thanking him for the cheque for £10,500 being the total of the Peter’s Pence collection from the Archdiocese.

Letter from Mgr. Benelli to +McQuaid thanking him for the cheque for £4000, being the annual offering of the Archdiocese to the Holy Father’s Relief Fund for victims of the recent flood.

Letter from +McGeough to +McQuaid stating that the Motu Proprio ‘Pontificalis Domus’ of Pope Paul IV provides that, while Chamberlains of the Cape and Sword of His Holiness, should remain, the name would be changed to that of ‘Gentlemen in Waiting on His Holiness’. Don Ferdinando D’Ardia Caracciolo dei Principi di Cursi, who holds this title, lives in the Archdiocese and asks that he be informed of the change.

Copy letter from +McQuaid to +Alibrandi enclosing copies of the documents he sent to clergy of the Archdiocese in relation to the revised rite of Mass and on sacred music in the revised rite.

Letter from Cardinal J. Villot, Secretariat of State, to +McQuaid regarding his retirement. He states the Holy Father has granted permission for him to govern the Archdiocese until after the next Synod of Bishops. Annotated by +McQuaid stating ‘Handed to me after lunch to Card. Daniolar in the French Embassy by the Nuncio, Mgr. Alibrandi, 16 January 1971’.

Copy letter from +McQuaid to +Alibrandi stating that due to the short notice, he has only sent a copy of the letter from Cardinal Villot to each Bishop and leaving to their discretion the local organisation. He has also contacted non-Catholic clergy. He also states that Dublin has already had a very ‘fruitful’ collection for Pakistan and does not feel it would be right to impose another collection on the Archdiocese. He suggests Friday 15th October as a fast day.

Letter from +Sensi to +McQuaid thanking him for all his assistance and kindness during his time in Ireland. He states ‘…I would like to say again how much I have admired all that you have done, and continue to do with the greatest dedication, for the welfare of the people of this Archdiocese’.

Typed letter to +McQuaid from L. O Muirthe regarding Mr. John Fay requesting that his name be placed on the teachers’ Panel for the Archdiocese. Asks if he has any objection to Mr. Fay.