Letter from Mgr. Benelli to Mgr. Glennon regarding correspondence received from Miss Catherine M. Sheeley. She seeks a dispensation from Eucharistic fast ‘bis in hebdomada’. The Nuncio will grant this if there are no objections.

• 2 June 1943 Correspondence relating to a dispensation of the fast for Edward Kelly who was unwell.

Copy of letter from Archbishop’s House to the Nunciature in relation to the Catherine Sheeley dispensation.

Copy of letter from Archbishop’s House to the Nunciature in relation to the Catherine Sheeley dispensation.

Correspondence relating to dispensation from the fast in favour of members of the Geographical Congress of Irish University students. Request denied.

Typed letter to +McQuaid from Charles J. Haughey, Minister for Finance, thanking him for granting dispensation from Friday abstinence on the occasion of a State Reception in Dublin Castle.

Letter from +Gerald O’Hara to +McQuaid regarding dispensations from the Eucharistic Fast. He outlines the situation to date regarding Catherine Sheeley and his annoyance at Mgr. Glennon’s lack of co- operation. He explains the dispensation process in minute detail and hopes the matter will be rectified very quickly.

Letter from +Collier to Most Rev. John Charles McQuaid, Archbishop-Elect. He thanks McQuaid for his letter and writes that it is a pleasure to act as junior co-consecrator. He reminds McQuaid that the day of his consecration is a Friday and suggests it would be appreciated if he issued a dispensation as his first act.

Typed telephone message regarding dispensation for a luncheon in the French Embassy on Friday, 12th June.

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