Report on the Livingstone Mission by Fr. Theophilus Murphy OFM Cap. (1928-2006) for the Irish Capuchin Provincial Chapter. The report is divided into the following sections:
Report on the Capuchin Temperance Mission in Ireland compiled by Fr. Thomas Dowling OSFC (1874-1951) , Provincial Minister, in response to a request from the General Minister of the Order in Rome. The report refers to the progress of the temperance crusade in Ireland and includes information on the number of missions preached and total abstinence pledges taken. The report notes that the Capuchins have ‘administered the Sacraments of Confession and Holy Communion to 1,200 on each Mission. … We have given the pledge to an average of 800 in each Parish and have a record of having administered the Pledge since the beginning of this Crusade to 1,141,191’. (p. 10). It also includes favourable testimonials from the Irish Catholic hierarchy and other prominent figures. The principal headings in the report are as follows: The Origins and Progress of the Father Mathew Total Abstinence Association The Pledge Pastorals on Temperance from the Bishops of Ireland Testimony of His Eminence Cardinal Logue / Primate of All Ireland Bishops’ Opinions Testimony of the Clergy Leading articles from the 'Freeman’s Journal' / the principal paper in Ireland Press References Testimonies from Judges, Public Officials and Lord Mayors
Report by Gráinne Mallon & Associates, 6 Merrion Square, Dublin 2, in association with Shane Redmond, auctioneer, on the properties held by the Capuchin Order on Church Street. The report delineates the existing properties held by the Capuchin Order (ecclesiastical premises, the Friary, Father Mathew Hall and the Day Centre) and makes recommendations in respect of rationalising the use of the properties in the context of urban renewal and development schemes proposed for the area. With a cover letter from Shane Redmond. The file also includes copy maps and plans. The cover is endorsed: ‘Carried out by Fr. Dan Joe O’Mahony OFM Cap. with a view to selling Father Mathew Hall’. With a letter from Shane Redmond (28 Oct. 1997) recommending that the ‘Order examine the many options the property can generate and that a decision may be taken about the future of its most influential friary in the capital city, based on the level of services the Capuchins will be able to provide there in the new millennium’.
Report of the executive committee of the Catholic Total Abstinence Federation of Ireland, 1923-26. The agenda for the fourth triennial Congress of the Federation, (held on 24-25 June 1926) is also attached.
Report of the Canonical Visitation in South Africa by Fr. James O’Mahony OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, St. Bonaventure’s Friary, Cork. With a copy cover letter addressed to Fr. Clement Neubauer OFM Cap., Minister General. The report on missionary activity in South Africa is arranged under the following headings: Introduction and History of the Mission Athlone: Parish of St. Mary of the Angels a. Spiritual Matters and Horarium b. Material Matters – Friary, Church and Schools c. Financial Matters Langa: Saint Louis Mission Station and Church of St. Anthony of Padua a. Spiritual Matters b. Material Matters – Church and Schools c. Financial Matters Welcome Estate: St. Therese Catholic Mission a. Spiritual Matters b. Material Matters Parow: Church of the Immaculate Conception a. Spiritual Matters b. Material Matters – Church and Schools c. Financial Matters Matroosfontein a. Spiritual Matters b. Material Matters c. Financial Matters Conclusion The report includes statistical forms re the personnel of the Cape Town mission. There is a synopsis of Fr. O’Mahony’s interview with Bishop John Colburn Garner (1907-1993), Vicar Apostolic of Pretoria, re the prospects of developing the Capuchin Mission in the Cape Province.
Rental of property held by the Capuchin friars, Church Street, Dublin. The rental contains entries under the headings of denomination; title of owners; head rent; gale days; tenants; tenure of tenants; yearly rents. With two later copies. The rental was compiled by Terence O’Reilly, solicitor, 5 North Great George’s Street. The properties listed in the rental are: 47-50 North King Street Premises at the rear of 47 & 48 North King Street Premises on North Brunswick Street 142 Church Street 22 & 23 Bow Street The head rents totalled £107 18s 6½d.
Rental and account of Mrs Alicia Louisa Seward. The rental includes entries under the headings of ‘denominations, tenant’s names, gale days, yearly rents, total due, total received, allowances, arrears and observations’. The denominations include premises on Queen Street (a portion of the Assembly Rooms) and on Father Mathew Quay, the latter of which is occupied by the Capuchin friars. The yearly rents amount to £151 5s 6d.
Receipts for rent payable out of 26 Cook Street, Cork, from Fr. Thomas O’Callaghan to Walter Thornhill & Sons, estate & insurance agency, 46 South Mall, Cork.
Leather-backed notebook containing a list of names and rents paid. The first page refers to payments made in respect of ‘chapel rent’. The properties upon which rent was paid were in Beggars’ Bush, Sandymount, Irishtown, Rathgar, Terenure, Redmond’s Hill and Westland Row, Dublin.
