details of insurance cover sold to religious congregations by Church and General.

Copy letter from +McQuaid to +Olcomedy regretting he has no available priests to send to Singapore. He suggests contacting Congregations who already serve in the East. 1 item Pakistan

"The spirit and apostolate of the Presentation Sisters, Victoria"; "Constitutions [of the] Society of Australian Congregations of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary" (1973); "Charism study group" (1977); chapter meetings 1982; chapter 1985/1986; "Newsletter of the Society of Presentation Congregations in Australia" (November 1982)

transcript of lecture on the decline of people entering religious congregations and the movement towards renewal in the Catholic Church to address that situation.

Includes; chronology of the foundation of Presentation Congregations of Australia, copies of "decrees of Approval" for the Congregation, Rules and Constitutions which governed the Presentation in Australia.

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

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; 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; document entitled "Constitutions - a challenge", reference to a "… desire and willingness to obey the voice of the Second Vatican Council …" and its calls for renewal of the Church, list of difficulties involved in renewing the Constitutions, list of "... essential elements of good Constitutions."; copy of document from the "Sacra Congregatio Pro Religiosis Et Institutis Saecularibus" entitled "Acts of Chapters of Religious Congregations".

Includes; list of the seven Presentation Congregations and the dates of their foundations: Tasmania 1866; Windsor (Victoria) 1873, Wagga 1874, Lismore 1886, Geraldton 1891, Longreach 1900, and Mosman Park 1907; list of foundations and dates within each congregation in Australia; letters from Sr. M. Sebastian and Sr. Peter, Presentation Novitiate, O’ Neill College, Nagle Avenue, Elsternwich, Victoria, to Sr. Catherine and Father Walsh [Canon T.J. Walsh], during 1957 and 1958 giving detailed information on the spread of the congregation, the vast distances covered; two copies of a map of Australia showing the location of the convents; report on The Seven Congregations of the Presentation Institute in Australia including the development of its constitutions and the and the union of the seven congregations; letters to Rev. Mother Benignus, Sr. M. Catherine and Fr. Walsh, [Canon T.J. Walsh], during 1956 and 1957 from Sr. M. Bernard and Sr. M. Therese from Presentation Convent, Geraldton, Western Australia, detailing the spread of the congregation and the foundations; report from Presentation Convent, St. Mary’s, Lismore, which includes a list of the Branch Convents, foundation dates and dioceses in which they are located, an account of the schools and other works; letter from Presentation Convent, Longreach, Queensland from Sr. M. Ursula; letters from Sr. M. Sebastian, Presentation Convent, Star of the Sea, Gardenvale, S. 4 Victoria, in 1958, to Sr. M. Catherine including details of General Chapters and Professions; letters from Sr. M. Bernard, Presentation Convent, “Iona” Mosman Park , Western Australia, 29 May 1956 to Rev. Mother and to Father Walsh [ Canon T.J. Walsh], on 10 June 1957 including details of their foundations; letters from Sr. M. Xavier Lyman, Mother General of Wagga Foundation, Presentation Convent, “Mount Erin”, Wagga, New South Wales, Australia, to Father Walsh [Canon T.J. Walsh], including details of the foundations and a diagram of the foundations made from Longreach; and a picture of ‘Mount Erin’.