Letter from Br. Colmcille Cregan OFM Cap. to Fr. Bonaventure Murphy OFM Cap. referring to Fr. Albert Bibby's worsening condition in Santa Barbara Hospital. He writes that Father Albert ‘has no desire to die, as he had [a] big wish to do something for Saint Agnes [Mission Santa Inés], but God has ordained otherwise. Anyway, he set the Mission going and had got many interested in the restoration work’. He also refers to Fr. Dominic O'Connor's presence which has delighted Albert and that the latter expresses no bitterness towards his brethren at home. He also affirms that it is Bibby's wish to be buried in Ireland and to make representations to the Provincial Minister and the relevant authorities in Ireland to ensure that this happens.
Letter from Br. Stephen Joyce O.Cist, Mount Melleray Abbey, Cappoquin, County Waterford, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. thanking him for the copy of ‘The Capuchin Annual’. He refers to the photographic content and the articles on the ‘celluloid menace’ in the periodical.
A letter from Bride Tuohy, 4 Haddon Road, Clontarf, Dublin, to James Burke, solicitor, seeking £20 for the portrait of Frank Fahy by her brother, the painter Patrick Tuohy. The painting was later purchased by Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. (Volume page 101).
A letter from Cahir Healy, 44 Belmore Street, Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. confirming that he has asked to Senator Tom McLaughlin to raise the issue of the banning of the ‘Orange Terror’ offprint in the Northern Irish Senate.
A letter from Cahir Healy, 44 Belmore Street, Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. agreeing to provide a commentary on the article on the ‘partitioned six counties’. Healy also commends the 1942 edition of ‘The Capuchin Annual’, suggesting that ‘newspaper men at Brixton [prison] … were surprised at its excellence in these stringent days’.
A letter from Canon Patrick Rogers to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. congratulating him on the first edition of ‘Bonaventura’ and referring to his work on the suppression of the Irish monasteries.
Letter from Cardinal Francis Bourne, Archbishop of Westminster, to Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, seeking priests to act as chaplains in the British armed forces for the duration of the war.
Letter from Cardinal Michael Logue, Archbishop of Armagh, to Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, affirming that he has sent the name of Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap. to Cardinal Bourne for appointment as chaplain.
