Letter from Finbar Ryan, O.P., former bishop of Port of Spain, to +McQuaid saying his recent letters and Lentan Regulations are models of precision and authoritative Teaching. Shocking to hear the attacks on + McQuaid. Mentions Fr. Hurley, Schikllibex, and Sean O’Riordan,

Letter from +Sensi to +McQuaid enclosing five Papal Bulls in respect of the following appointments to the Cathedral Chapter: Mgr. William Fitzpatrick, Treasurer, Mgr. Charles Hurley, Prebend of Cullen, Mgr. Cecil Barrett, Prebend of Swords, Mgr. John Horgan, Prebend of St. Audeons and Very Rev. Kevin Brady, Prebend of Tassagard.

Letter from Fr. Charles Hurley to Fr. Mangan regarding the temporary chapel in the new hospital. 1 item

Letter from Fr. Martin F. Hurley to Christy submitting the number of persons who received Communion and other matters. 1 item University Church

Correspondence involving Archbishops, Cardinals. Bishops, and others on the activities of Fr. Michael Hurley, S.J. in the field of ecumenism. The Archbishop requests the Provincial to ensure Fr. Hurley will give no public lectures in the diocese, to which the Provincial replies ‘We are doing our best’. The Archbishop expresses to Cardinal Cicognani, Secretary of State, his sense of anxiety at Fr. Hurley being chosen by the Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity as a member of its delegation to a Methodist meeting in Stockholm. He does not command confidence as an exponent of Catholic doctrine according to McQuaid. The text of a laudatory lecture by Fr. Hurley on the Apostle Jesuit G. Tyrrell enclosed. Also a School of Ecumenics is proposed for Milltown. On advice from McQuaid, Cardinal Willebrands of Rome Secretariat declines to be a patron. Also enclosed are the papers relating to Archbishop Diarmuid Martin’s co-operation in launch of a book by Fr. Hurley, S.J. in 2008. Legionaries of Christ

Letter from +Denis E. Hurley to +McQuaid regarding the National Marian Congress which will be held there in May. He invites the Archbishop to attend. 1 item

Letter from +Joseph Hurley to +McQuaid regarding the need for priests in his Diocese. He is hoping to send one of his priests to visit the seminaries during the summer. He also asks for the loan of a priest from Dublin for about five years. Annotated by +McQuaid.

Copy letter from +McQuaid to +Hurley regarding the Holy Family Congregation. He gives permission for them to visit for two weeks only. Gaberone

Letters from Fr. D. Cregan to +McQuaid, with copy replies, regarding the division of Ballybrack parish. Also a letter from Fr. Charles F. Hurley.

Note to + McQuaid informing him that The Irish Independent reported that Cardinal D’Alton will attend Cardinal Godfrey’s funeral. Should he inform the evening papers that Mgr. Hurley is to represent the Archbishop?