Note from Fr. Mangan to +McQuaid stating that special permission would be needed from Rome to have the Votive Mass on Sunday 11 March. This will be a Sunday in Lent and as the Mass is an anniversary Mass it should be celebrated on the actual day of the anniversary. Therefore it is advisable to transfer the Solemn Anniversary Mass to 11 March. The Nuncio will gladly cable Rome and a reply should be received in a few days. The printing of the invitation cards has been stopped as has the preparation of the choir.

Typed letter to +McQuaid from J.P. Walshe, Ambasciata D’Irlanda, Roma. Says that their present difficulty is that they have no single all embracing Catholic body from which to draw the lay elite for such international contacts. Encloses five Paris press cuttings concerning Our Lady’s Choir.

Letter from Fr. Andrew Griffith, Bohernabreena, Tallaght, to +McQuaid informing him that the choir will not appear on [tele]vision at Mass in Whitefriar Street on Sunday. Records

Letter from J. McConnell, St. Patrick’s, Maynooth to Chris stating that he had discussed the reception of the new Nuncio at the College with the President. He mentioned the ceremony and asked what instructions were being given to the Hierarchy to which the President replied ‘…they should appear in choir dress. As far as the actual ceremonies are concerned, he intended to follow the directions of the Archbishop of Dublin and that he was already in touch with Fr. Cathal McCarthy in order to obtain the relevant information’.

File relating to Mass times, Confirmations and other religious ceremonies. Includes mention of radio broadcasts of children’s choir.

Letter from +Sensi to +McQuaid regarding Ireland’s representation at the International Congress of the Pueri Cantores in Rome in July. He is now enclosing documentation he has received from the organisers. The Archbishop had mentioned the possibility of forming a choir for the occasion and he wants to know how those efforts are coming. Annotated by +McQuaid stating that he has not done anything and at such short notice does not feel that they will have a worthy participation in the event.

Copy letter from +McQuaid to +Sensi regarding the Pueri Cantores Congress. He did nothing pending receipt of the official programme and would not advise sending any school choir unless they could give a worthy performance.

File relating to lay societies. Includes mention of a dramatic society, The Little Dublin Singers (St. Louis Primary School choir), the Friendship Centre, 140 Leinster Road (non-Catholic Bible group organised by Samuel and Robert Lindsay).

Typed letter to +McQuaid from Rudolf Baumann, Ambassador of Austria, inviting him to a performance of the Vienna Boys’ Choir.

Letter from Fr. Tom Condon to Fr. Michael O’Connell regarding some questionable fundraising in the area. He also mentions the declining health of Dr. Vincent O’Brien [Palestrina Choir].