January - October Notices of meetings of Hierarchy with some minutes. Includes information on the use of the vernacular in the Liturgy, education and proposed changes to the Marriage Act. Notices from Standing Committee including agendas and correspondence mainly relating to education and dispensation from abstinence on New Year’s Day. Finances of Maynooth College discussed by Maynooth Trustees as well as the formation of priests, declining number of new vocations, pastoral relevance of the liturgy, applications for various teaching positions and the centenary celebrations of the Nicholas Callan Society. Addenda - reference to Constitution on the Liturgy. Mention of the proposed establishment of an Irish Theological Association and Hierarchy University Fund. 1965

Letter from +Ryan to +McQuaid thanking him for taking his new student. He mentions the age gap between himself and his clergy which makes dialogue difficult. He also mentions National Independence Day which is to take place at the end of the month. 1 item

2-8 May 1968 Letters from Joseph A. Carroll, Holy Cross College, to + McQuaid informing him of + James Liston’s cable sending greetings on Holy Cross Founders Day.

17 March Copy letter from +McQuaid to +Wyszynski stating that the people of Ireland remember them during their St. Patrick’s Day solemn celebrations.

Invitation card to District Justice Robert O h- Uadhaigh to attend the World Day of Prayer Mass in the Pro-Cathedral.

Letter from Fr. Rovida to +McQuaid enclosing copies of the suggested Liturgical texts for the forthcoming Day of Peace. Dr. Harty, Bishop of Killaloe, has been entrusted with the organisation and promotion of the day.

Message circulated form the Communications Centre through Rev. Martin J. O’Connor, President, Pontifical Commission for Social Communication regarding the forthcoming World Day of Peace.

Letter from +Alibrandi to +McQuaid enclosing a letter from the Sacred Congregation for Catholic Instruction concerning the 7th World Day of Prayer for Vocations which will take place on 12th April. He would like a report on the initiatives which will be undertaken to ensure the success of the day.

Letter from +Alibrandi to +McQuaid enclosing a copy of the message of His Holiness for the World Day of Peace 1972.

Letter from +Alibrandi to +McQuaid enclosing a volume from the Cardinal Secretary of State entitled ‘Day of Peace 1971’.