Diary of mass celebrants (and confessors) at the Church of St. Francis, Kilkenny. Includes bookings for masses at St. Luke’s Hospital and at other locations.
Ledger of monthly income derived from community masses at the Church of St. Francis, Kilkenny. The ledger records the amount of ‘stipends received per large book’ (see CA KK/1/1/3/5) and ‘stipends applied or sent away’ accruing from masses said by the community. The figures include the amount of monies sent to the Provincial Minister. Includes the signature of Fr. Clement of Milwaukee OFM Cap., General Minister, on 17 July 1951.
Letters of obedience, from c.1874-1910, compiled by Fr. Angelus Healy OFM Cap. from originals pasted into the archival book of the Capuchin Friary, Kilkenny (CA KK/1/3/1). The obediences are listed under the headings of date, ‘from’ [usually the letter of obedience is from the Provincial Minister or Definitory], to [the name of the friar to which the obedience is addressed] and ‘import’ [place of transfer]’. The list would appear to have particular reference to transfers to and from the Friary in Kilkenny.
Letter from an anonymous correspondent to the guardian, Capuchin Friary, Walkin Street, on the need to for the re-organisation of the temperance movement in Kilkenny. The correspondent refers to a newspaper article written by him in 1904 (clipping enclosed) in which he calls for the establishment by the Capuchins of a Boys Brigade club in the city.
Letters from Fr. Edwin Fitzgibbon OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, to Fr. Matthew O’Connor OFM Cap., guardian, regarding the sale of a yard adjacent to the Friary for £100.
Letter from Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap., Church Street, to Fr. Bonaventure Murphy OFM Cap., guardian, enclosing a copy of the mission list and querying an item in the accounts furnished from Capuchin General Curia in Rome.
Letters from Fr. James O’Mahony OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, and Fr. Felix Guihen OFM Cap., Provincial Secretary, to Fr. Andrew Carew OFM Cap. and other guardians of the Kilkenny community, mainly re notices of the deaths of friars (or their relations), the professions of novices, the appointment of confessors in the Diocese of Ossory, and requests for contributions from the Kilkenny community to the Provincial Accounts.
