Letter from +McQuaid to +Sensi stating that Cardinal Conway has asked him to arrange a lunch for Cardinal Beran on 27th October. He hopes the Nuncio will be able to attend.

Letter from +Sensi to +Cardinal Conway, Archbishop of Armagh, informing him that the Holy Father has dispensed from the obligation of the ‘ad Limina’ visits, those Ordinarii locorum of Ireland who were due to visit in 1967. He wishes this information to be communicated to the Irish Hierarchy.

Copy letter +McQuaid to +McGeough thanking him for the copy of the correspondence addressed to Cardinal Conway, and the Holy Father’s letter on Vocations.

Handwritten letter to +McQuaid from Seamus Conway, St. Patrick’s Institution, Phibsborough, sending an outline about the Spiritual Welfare on the boys in the Shankill Institution.

Correspondence (21 items) relating to the organization of a meeting between the Hierarchy and the Government to allow the Hierarchy the opportunity to express their views on the legislation amending the licensing laws. The correspondents are + Fergus, Taoiseach de Valera, Cardinal D’Alton, Minister for Justice Oscar Traynor, +McQuaid, + Lucey, + Browne, + Conway, Francis Lenny.

Typed letter to +McQuaid from the Taoiseach, Sean F. Lemass, inviting him to a reception in honour of Cardinal Conway.

Copy letter from +Alibrandi to +William Cardinal Conway regarding a study by the Sacred Congregation for Bishops into the Apostolic Constitution ‘De Romana Curia’ to define, in conformity with the Second Vatican Council, the rights and privileges of Metropolitans with new and appropriate norms.

Letter from Gabriel Fallon to +McQuaid informing him that the villain of the piece is ‘The Peoples’ Weekly. Mr. Sheehy and Mr. Colman Conway invited to accept parts in an agency for the distribution of films and projectors.

Correspondence regarding the establishment of an Institute of Theology and Philosophy on Jesuit premises at Milltown Park but ‘controlled and operated by those Orders who wish to take part in it’. Archbishop learns of plans from newspapers. He settles down to support the Milltown case for full Pontifical University recognition against opposition from Maynooth. The Nuncio is briefed by the Archbishop. The Jesuit Generalate and the Sacred Congregation for Catholic Education become involved. The Archbishop complains he had never been informed by the Cardinal (Conway) or any Bishop regarding a Maynooth objection and the entire negotiations have been cloaked in a very successful secrecy. He will do everything he can for the Society.

th other Irish bishops re request 5 February 1965 from Holy See for their views on contraception. (Conway and Ahern).