• 28 October Notices of meetings of Hierarchy with some minutes. Includes information on the Health Act 1953, the Department of Philosophy, Dublin, new programme in catechism for primary schools, closure of dance halls at midnight, insurance policies for schools, Adoption Act 1952, banned literature, emigrant Irish girls in England, the Society of Prevention of Cruelty to Children, Catholic Women’s League, Catholic Information Bureau and the Catholic Boy Scouts. Finances of Maynooth College and applications for faculty positions discussed. 1954

Copy letter from +McQuaid to +McGeough regarding the translations of the Dutch catechism.

Includes; French language writings on the Catechism from the Ursuline Sisters.

Letter from William Gill to +McQuaid informing him that they shall have to reprint A Catechism of Catholic Doctrine soon and requesting the changed wording regarding the Eucharist Fast. Answers enclosed.

Letter from +Browne to +McQuaid accepting an invitation to the centenary celebrations in Clonliffe. He also enquires if the new catechism has been translated into Irish.

Letter from +McNamee to +McQuaid thanking him for the copy of the draft catechism. 1 item

Letter from +Roche to +McQuaid thanking him for the copy of the draft catechism.

Copy letter from +McQuaid to +McNamee regarding the draft catechism. 1 item

Letter from +McQuaid to +Levame enclosing a copy of the new Catechism for transmission to Rome.

Letter from +McQuaid to Cardinal Ciriaci, Sacred Congregation of the Council, forwarding a copy of the new Catechism.