Item 14 - Copy of an Address Presented to Father Peter Bowe, Provincial Minister, on his Return from South Africa

1 p.; manuscript

A transcription a bilingual address presented to Fr. Peter Bowe OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, upon his return to Rochestown following an exploratory journey to South Africa to investigate establishing a foreign mission. The English portion of the text, submitted on behalf of the Guardian and Community of Rochestown and visiting rectors from Kilkenny, extends congratulations on his safe return from an ‘enterprising journey’, framing the mission as a continuation of Ireland’s historical evangelization efforts to bring spiritual light to the ‘Dark Continent’. The bottom section replicates these congratulatory sentiments in traditional Gaelic script, offering a formal welcome (‘céad míle fáilte’) to the superior.

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