Handwritten letter from + J. Kinane, The Palace, Thurles, to + McQuaid. The new catechism will need to be subsidised to the tune of 5d per copy. This might discourage some bishops from adopting it. 1 item

Letter from +Walsh to +McQuaid. He informs +McQuaid that Messrs Fallon are planning to produce a new catechism. Annotation by +McQuaid. 1 item

Letter from + Wall to Padre Car mentioning various points, including the establishment of the Catechism Sodality.

• 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

Letter from Fr. Joseph Purfield to +McQuaid regarding the new catechism.

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

• 11 October Notices of meetings of Hierarchy with some minutes. Includes information on the teaching of the catechism, the Catholic Information Bureau and the need for a conference of convent primary schools. Finances and the state of buildings at Maynooth College discussed by the Maynooth Trustees. Also Irish Colleges Paris and Salamanca. 1950

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

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

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