Owing to the vacancy of the Holy See, there will be a delay in granting faculties etc. sought for by L.; thanks L. fer his generous gift of money; it is not true, as some of the bishops state, that Dr. Blake left the Irish College solvent; tbe latter's papers are in complete disorder; Dr. Kelly intends returning to Ireland at Easter; the Roman climate does not suit him; hopes that Catholic Emancipation will prove a blessing to all and that it will be complete.

Copy of letter from +McQuaid to +Keogh. He grants Rev. Thomas Hayden the faculty of saying Mass in his sister’s house per modum actus but notes that if requires the permanent faculty he ought to apply to the Holy See since +Keogh thinks Fr. Hayden will have to live permanently with his sister.

Letter from +Keogh to +McQuaid. He thanks him for giving faculties to Fr. Hayden and will tell him that he must apply to the Holy See for permanent faculties.

January - December Notices of meetings of Hierarchy with some minutes. Includes information on primary and post primary education and changes to the Leaving Certificate. File also includes communications from the Holy See, information on ‘Humanae Vitae’, World Communications Day, sodalities, Justice & Peace, Apostolate of the Laity and annual reports from Universities. Finances of Maynooth College discussed by Maynooth Trustees as well as college and faculty business. 1969

Letter from to Mgr. Paro sending the enclosed particulars of Roman Rescripts received from the Holy See in respect of Dispensations already granted.

– 23 November 1960 Correspondence between +McQuaid, Nuncio Riberi and Monsignor Giovanni Fallani regarding sacred art. Msgr. Fallani is part of the Commission for Sacred Art in the Holy See.

Letter from +Gerald O’Hara to +McQuaid regarding the appointment of priests to form part of an International Secretariat for the ‘Apostolate of the Sea’ by the Sacred Consistorial Congregation. Their duty will be to maintain contact with the various branches of the Apostolate of the Sea. The Irish Hierarchy are asked to appoint a priest and a brief biography is to be sent to the Holy See.

correspondence received from the Secretariat of State. The Bishop of Autun in France has written to the Nunciature in Parish seeking the transfer of a certain sum that is on deposit in Cork and which is alleged to be destined for the Holy See. The Nuncio seeks advice on the case, its history and the legal difficulties in transferring the monies to any city outside the sterling area. Some letters in French.

Letter from +O’Hara to Cardinal D’Alton regarding Catholic principles and policies in relation to UNESCO. He states the Holy See is concerned with the activities of the programme and policies of OMEP as they deal with the education of children of pre-school age. This is a delicate matter ‘…since there is considerable Masonic influence at work in OMEP, which is tinged with communism’. The Holy Father wants Ireland to bring its influence to bear at the Congress in Rome in August. He also asks that a competent ‘layman’ to establish contact with the International Catholic Co-ordinating Centre for UNESCO in Paris. He also suggests that the Irish Hierarchy establish a National OMEP Committee in Ireland.

Copy letter from +McQuaid to +Levame concerning the co- operation of religious nurses with International Catholic Associations. He will see what can be done to further the wishes of the Holy See.