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

Letter from +McQuaid to +Gerald O’Hara apologising for the delay in relation to the matter of the Eucharistic Fast dispensation for Catherine Shuley. He explains that ‘…in the unbroken tradition of this Curia, no request to the parochial clergy is ever permitted to be made without explicit reference to the authority seeking information’.

Draft letter from +McQuaid to +Gerald O’Hara apologising for the delay in relation to the matter of the Eucharistic Fast dispensation for Catherine Shuley. He explains that ‘…in the unbroken tradition of this Curia, no request to the parochial clergy is ever permitted to be made without explicit reference to the authority seeking information’.

File relating to special collections taken up in the parish. Includes mention of dispensation of bann fees. 35items

Letter from +Keogh to +McQuaid concerning the dispensation of a Patrician brother from his vows. The rescript has come from Rome and it is up to +McQuaid to execute it. Annotation that he will certainly do so.

Letter to Mgr. Benelli stating that an investigation by the parochial clergy in relation to the dispensation for Catherine Shuley has shown that she is worthy of the favour requested.

Letter from +Robinson to +McQuaid enclosing a dispensation for Richard Connell which is a duplicate of one sent in February.

Letter from Mgr. Benelli to Mgr. Glennon thanking him for the information provided in relation to the Eucharistic Fast dispensation for Catherine Shuley. Annotated on back by Mgr.Glennon.