Letter from +Levame to +McQuaid thanking him for the copies of the Regulations for Holy Week, drawn up after special commissions and of the Diocesan Council.

Letter from Cardinal Conway to +McQuaid regarding the final version of the ICEL translation of the Rite for Holy Week. Annotated by +McQuaid.

File relating to a Mass for An Tostal, invitation to lunch after Confirmations, Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, the annual mission, High Mass on Easter Monday, Corpus Christi procession, the Liturgical Summer School, proposed revision of the timetable for Holy Week, St. Jude devotions, talk on Church Architecture.

Typed minutes of ‘V’ Committee meeting. The following items are mentioned in the report: Seamus Sorohan was expelled from the IRA and joined Seosamh McCriostal. He “was selfish rather than dangerous,” and had little influence with university students. Matthew Merrigan: lived at 24 Crotty Ave., Walkinstown, and is a Trotskyite. Writes frequently to papers, but as he has little education it is suggested that his letters were written for him by Dr. Noel Browne. Fr. Kent reported that Sam Nolan is going to the sacraments. The left-wing Labour Group intend to publish a new paper called The Plough. Fr. Fehily reported on a meeting with the President, Treasurer and a Council member of the Marine, Pilots’ and Officers’ Association. Des Brannigan was recently appointed General Secretary. Since they had learned of his possible connections with Communism they were anxious to get rid of him. They introduced regulations to prevent him from speaking in public or publishing articles in newspapers until the opportunity arose to get rid of him.

• File relating to the granting of permission, by the Holy See, to 19 April 1943 have the ceremonies of Blessing of Candles, Ashes and Psalms during Holy Week carried out, in accordance with the prescriptions of the Memoriale Rituum, for St. Joseph’s Blind Asylum.

Typed letter (in French) to +McQuaid from Count S. Ostrorog, praising the Holy Week liturgy in Dublin.

Letter from Mary Banon, Ranelagh, to the Archbishop’s Secretary asking if anything can be done to prevent cinemas, dance halls and theatres from re-opening after Holy Week as Passiontide will not end until midnight on Saturday next.

Handwritten copy letter from +McQuaid to +Levame enclosing copies of the Regulations for Holy Week.

McNeill, Josephine, 3 Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin. She writes to protest at a group of Catholics who are attempting to close theatres down during Holy Week.

• Correspondence relating to the proposed Passion Play to be staged at the R.D.S. Letters from Victor S. Smith, Registrar of the R.D.S., +Sensi, John Mulvey (play promoter), Isaac Cohen, Chief Rabbi to Ireland, Fr. Joseph Carroll, Fr. John Greehy, F.C. Golden, Cardinal Heenan and Joseph Briscoe as well as replies from +McQuaid. The play was to be staged during Holy Week and was a commercial venture. 21 March 1967