Letter from Bishop Francis Costantin Mazzieri OFM Conv., Ndola, Conference of the Catholic Bishops of Northern Rhodesia, to Fr. James O’Mahony OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, seeking an assistant for Monsignor Killian Flynn OFM Cap., education secretary for the Vicariates of Northern Rhodesia.
A letter from Bishop James Joseph MacNamee to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. thinking him for a copy of ‘The Capuchin Annual’ and commending its contents.
A letter from Bishop William MacNeely to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. thanking him for a copy of ‘The Capuchin Annual’ and referring to recent ordinations at Ard Mhuire Capuchin Friary in County Donegal.
Letter from Br. Alexius Paolucci OFM Cap. (1898-1983) to Fr. Edwin Fitzgibbon OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, on the progress of building work in Northern Rhodesia. He writes: ‘These buildings of course will be of native constructions, up to the time that the Fathers will have enough bricks made to build good buildings’.
Letter from B.R. Balfour, Townley Hall, Drogheda, County Louth, to John Ribton Garstin, Braganstown, Castlebellingham, County Louth, referring to enclosed papers relating to the ‘Irish Landowners’ Convention and the Irish Unionist Alliance’.
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.
