Letter from Fr. Charles Hurley to +McQuaid regarding parish boundaries. 2 items

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

Correspondence regarding routine community life and apostolate. A Brother feels obstructed by the Superior General in endeavour to proceed to Holy Orders (within the Congregation, it would seem). References to Cardinal Heenan and Archbishop Hurley (Durban). Question of a foundation in Greystones. Colaiste Mhuire celebrates.

Hurley, Jeremiah Francis, St. Elmo, Auburn Ave., Donnybrook. He failed to get promotion in his place of work. His fiancé heard on very reliable evidence that His Grace intervened in favour of the successful candidate. Wants the matter resolved.

Letter from +Ryan to +McQuaid stating he has been given an Auxiliary Bishop, Fr. Francis T. Hurley. He was the Associate General Secretary of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops. Atlanta

Letter from +Hurley, Rome to +McQuaid inviting him to lunch on 16 November. Dr. William Conway will be the guest of honour. Salina

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,

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

Letter from +Sensi to +McQuaid stating that the Sacred Consistorial Congregation has confirmed the appointment of Mgr. Hurley, Vicar General of the Archdiocese, as National Director of the Apostleship of the Sea.

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.