Letter from Sean Gordon, College of St. Isidoro, to + McQuaid inviting him to his consecration as bishop. Annotation by + McQuaid.

Handwritten letter to +McQuaid from J.P. Walshe, Ambasciata D’Irlanda, Presso La Santa Sede. Mgr. Montini delighted at the care taken by +McQuaid in selecting Fr. Gordon; questions why Ireland does not make a ‘better show’ at Rome? Need to raise the status of the Rector of the Irish College. Ireland can become a supreme factor in the Church’s destiny.

Letter from Fr. Sean Gordon, Apostolic Delegation of Thailand and the Malay Peninsula thanking him for his message of congratulations on his appointment as Apostolic Delegate. He states the ‘appointment came somewhat unexpectedly’.

Rescripts, in Latin, from Rome regarding the Loreto Sisters, namely Sr. Mary Alacoque Duffy and Sr. M. Raphael Gordon.

Handwritten letter to +McQuaid from J.P. Walshe, Ambasciata D’Irlanda, Presso La Santa Sede. He is glad to receive the news of Fr. Gordon, who will have to do some courses. Later the question of getting a little fund will arise.

Letter from Mgr. Sean Gordon, Apostolic Nunciature, to +McQuaid wishing him a Happy Christmas. He states Mgr. Raimondi’s health has improved. He has recently been to Goa for the 4th Centenary celebrations of the death of St. Francis Xavier. He encloses a Newspaper cutting on ‘moral re-armament’.

Letter from +Sean Gordon to +McQuaid wishing him a Happy Christmas and stating how happy he is to be in South Africa.

Handwritten letter to +McQuaid from J.P. Walshe, Ambasciata D’Irlanda, Presso La Santa Sede. Montini hopes that Fr. Gordon can arrive in January. He will send information on the terrible state of seminaries in Italy.

Letter from Fr. Sean Gordon to +McQuaid stating his consecration will take place in Rome on 24th June. Cardinal Cicognani will be the consecrating Bishop, with Archbishop Sigismondi acting as first Co-Consecrator. He feels it would not be proper to ask +McQuaid to be the 2nd Co- Consecrator so he has instead asked the Bishop of Nara. He does hope that +McQuaid will be present on the day.

Copy of a typed letter to His Excellency The Ambassador of Ireland at the Holy See from +McQuaid. Suggests the name of Fr. John Gordon to be placed at the disposal of the Secretariate of State. Regards him as one of his most valued young priests.