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17 July 1941 - 27 April 1955 52 items
Correspondence re routine details of community life. Proposed building development adjacent to convent would be detrimental to community life Archbishop agrees to a modified plan in accord with opinion of Monsignor. Fitzpatrick VG Community votes in favour of taking solemn rather than simple vows (cf Carmelites Convent Ranelagh, letter 8 October 1949 for reference to incident at Colettine Covent)

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23 November 1954 - 16 December 1971 50 items
Correspondence re routine details of community life. Small errors in Congregations's Quinquennial Report (1947-1953) to the Holy See Letter from Poor Clare in Tanzania re safeguarding of enclosure Malawi. Requests archbishop to sign petition to Holy See. He refuses on grounds of verbosity, repetition and irrelevance. Ernest Cronin OFM appointed Visitor of Pool Clares, official appointment in Latin enclosed, replaced by Fr. Alexis King Building modifications to Simmonscourt Rd monastery Correspondence re proposed transfer of sisters from Newry to Dublin and another from Dublin to England Former Poor Clare wrote to Secretariat of State, Vatican, asking permission to establish a secular institute. Letter forwarded to Archbishop McQuaid, no response in file. Two requests for dispensation, granted, documents removed to separate file.

an academic paper written about the importance of archives of religious congregations to understanding the history of Ireland outside of official government narrative.

transcript of lecture by Jesuit priest, Father Walshe, on the importance of silence in religious congregations

Includes; article written by Father Edward L. Heston C.S.C on the history of "Temporary Vows" for religious congregations and the importance of them in congregational affairs.

Includes; article written by unnamed person stating the importance of community living for religious congregations.

Includes; transcript of talk given on the difficulties of the implementation of the "Divine Office " into religious congregations (Benedictine monk Dom Paul McDonnell).

"Relationships between religious orders and the hierarchy in Australia"; "Foundations of Australian Congregations of Religious Women"; "Congregations of Religious Women in Australia".

"A list of questions to which replies are to be given by Religious Congregations, in the Report they are bound to send t the Holy See every five years …".

Includes; reference to a visit to the Presentation convents in St. John's Newfoundland Canada, reference to the Union of Presentation Convents in accordance with "… Art[icle] 22 of Perfectae Caritatis which has been accepted by all bishops except four.", reference to a need for congregations to modernise in order to attract new vocations.

Includes; reference to Vatican II and its call for congregations to re-examine their way of living and update and renew their religious life and the challenges this had set for the Presentation.