Typed report by Mgr. Hurley on the Irish Czechoslovakian Society Public Meeting held on Sunday, 25th August. Mgr. Hurley was invited to speak at the meeting and did so as a Dublin priest. He expressed his displeasure at this attack on innocent people. Pope Pius XI spoke of the evils of Communism. His statement was received with restraint. The Chief Rabbi spoke of freedom of conscience and this too was not warmly received.

Correspondence regarding courses of lecturers - a course for Religious Sisters began with the approval of the Archbishop notwithstanding a similar course at Eccles Street Dominican Convent. The Archbishop regards public nature of a lecture on ‘clerical celibacy’ a serious mistake. Reverberations of controversy over Dutch catechism. Msgr. Boylan’s unease over a proposed lecture (text included). Also a translation of an article by Fr. Karl Rahner, S.J. Reply of Archbishop to a letter from Cardinal Willebrands (see file on Fr. Michael Hurley, S.J.). The Archbishop does not object to a public lecture by Fr. Rahner.