Letter from +Fox to +McQuaid thanking him for permission to ordain Vincent Daly in the chapel in Clondalkin. Wrexham

Correspondence relating to Clondalkin Boys National school. 25 items

Typed letter to +McQuaid from L. O Muirthe. The Department is communicating with Fr. O’Brien, PP, Clondalkin, with the view to ascertaining whether the teachers concerned would be prepared to enter into agreements with the manager on Form No. 2.

Seven letters relating to the design and location of the Oratory in the new Fever Hospital, Blackditch, Clondalkin, and whether it is desired to have the Blessed Sacrament reserved.

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19 January 1941 - 28 November 1949

Correspondence to routine details of community life and apostolate. Permission to open a novitiate is refused. Permission to open a novitiate in Clondalkin is granted. Centenary commemorative booklet from Cork convent.
Irish Province to make a foundation at Holywell (Wales) in English Province; no objection from Archbishop. 78 items

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7 December 1950 - December 1959
Correspondence regarding routine details of community life and apostolate. New house in Ballyfermot. Archbishop queries foundation in New Zealand made from Dublin without consulting him. Monsignor Boylan urges permission for sisters to use bicycles, granted by Archbishop.
100 items

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26 January 1960 - 25 November 1971
Correspondence regarding routine details of community life and apostolate. Monsignor Glennon, PP, wants the sisters in Finglas; declined by Archbishop. Superiors proposed and insists on Visiting Sisters being professionally qualified. He recalls the Assumption was the only cong. ever to refuse "to assist me in providing amenities for the poor". But permission to Finglas is granted. A sister is dispensed from vows. Archbishop does not like proposed new habit- photograph included.
99 items

XLIV/2 Bon Secours Sisters

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10 March 1941 - 14 May 1963
Correspondence from superiors of various convents of the Institute in the Archdiocese relating to: routine details of their apostolate; sale of their convent in Lower Mount Street to Sisters of Neves as suggested by the Archbishop, filed as "Sisters of Charity of Nevers", dated 30/12/49; aspirations to establish a separate Irish province of the Institute, and Archbishop's advice on this, draft copy of suggested changes to Constitutions of the Institute; visitation by Mother General subsequent to establishment of the Irish Province, continuing tension between Irish Province and Paris Mother-House. Occasional references to development of convent and hospital at Glasnevin of "Hospitals" file.
43 items

This record is part of the list of all the missions preached by the Passionist Fathers in St. Patricks Province (Ireland and Scotland), from 1927 up until 1965. It is just an electronic list with no physical counterpart. It has been made available to aid research into the Passionists.

This record is part of the list of all the missions preached by the Passionist Fathers in St. Patricks Province (Ireland and Scotland), from 1927 up until 1965. It is just an electronic list with no physical counterpart. It has been made available to aid research into the Passionists.

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17 January 1941 to 1 October 1945 60 items
Schools to be provided by Dominicans at new Cabra housing development; questions regarding teaching sisters- their attendance of Carysfort training college and their recognition by the State is trained in NI; (also see "Chapters" file regarding a university hostel for sisters); a new South Africa branch is mooted by native sisters; a reference to amalgamation expected in South Africa in 1938 involving various Dominican congregations and the consequent necessity for changes to constitutions; also see file "Loreto 1" letter 11/2/1944 regarding Irish Times offence.

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8 January 1946 - 12 June 1950 46 items
Deaf institute celebrates centenary, includes copy of booklet and program; Archbishop offers suggestions on modification to Constitutions; list of Dominican congregations in South Africa, Archbishop is not enthusiastic about Irish girls joining German congregations; M. Prioress visits deaf schools in Britain, includes her report; question of secondary school for Clondalkin, and of a university hostel; an undated typescript history of the foundation of Cabra deaf institute.

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25 January 1951 - 31 December 1956 91 items
Oral training of deaf-mutes; Archbishop wished well for his visit to antipodes, list of convents there founded from Dominicans in Dublin; Dominicans petition the Holy See for habit uniformity of choir and lay sisters, do this without reference to the Archbishop, his resulting displeasure, their apology; question of home for the aged female deaf is discussed; a sister seeks to transfer to Drogheda (contemplative) convent; Archbishop notes "formally" that strict enclosure of Dominican sisters is unsuitable for a congregation engaged in active apostolate, recommends youth clubs on their premises; correspondence regarding routine details of community life; Lisbon to join Irish congregation, also includes letter from South Africa.

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3 January 1957 - 31 December 1962 78 items
Correspondence regarding routine details of community life and apostolate; attendance at a congress of religious orders in Rome, a problem is resolved regarding a sodality and its relationship to the parish of Cabra, Quinquennial reports acknowledged by Rome, a family dispute regarding children in Cabra; definitive permission from Rome regarding lay sisters habits, renewed question of a university hostel, a new Prioress-General is elected.

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13 January 1963 - 26 October 1971 146 items
Correspondence regarding routine details of community life and apostolate; a foundation in Mississippi is considered and declined; a university hostel at Merrion Avenue (Rosaryville) is begun; suggestion to undertake secondary school at Stormanstown received with caution; a residential home for the aged deaf opened and was blessed at Stillorgan; unable to undertake foundation at Santry; M. Jordana- her importance for Catholic Education requires her exemption from election to other post- later, Archbishop's annoyance at proposal to transfer her to Belfast in view of her crucial appointment regarding education in Dublin; novitiate transfers from Kerdiffstown to St. Dominic's , Merrion Ave.; a sister transfers to contemplative convent in Drogheda; Taylor's Hill convent in Galway seeks to join Cabra congregation.

This record is part of the list of all the missions preached by the Passionist Fathers in St. Patricks Province (Ireland and Scotland), from 1927 up until 1965. It is just an electronic list with no physical counterpart. It has been made available to aid research into the Passionists.

This record is part of the list of all the missions preached by the Passionist Fathers in St. Patricks Province (Ireland and Scotland), from 1927 up until 1965. It is just an electronic list with no physical counterpart. It has been made available to aid research into the Passionists.