The title page of the register notes that it was begun on 27 Sept. 1934. The register contains a list of tertiaries arranged in alphabetical order by county. Entries are listed under name, address and presumably date of reception. Annotation on the verso of fly leaf reads: ‘Under authority granted him by the Sacred Congregation of Religious Affairs, the Most Rev. Fr. General issued on March 15, 1938, a 'Sanatio' for all receptions and professions as well as establishment of fraternities of Third Order (and branches of Cordbearers) under the jurisdiction of Capuchins, in case they had invalid on account of bona fide defects. He ordains that the 'sanatio' or validation be noted in each Fraternity Record of Reception and Profession; a copy of the validation is to be preserved in the local archives’. A copy of the 'Decretum', 15 Mar. 1938, is pasted into the volume. It is noted that the ‘number on the register in Sept. 1934’ was 505 Sisters, 184 Lay brothers, total, 689; the number on the register in Dec. 1935, totalled 915. With inserts of correspondence re the reception of isolated tertiaries. Many of the inserts refer to individuals received into the Third Order at an earlier date than the volume.
Record book of novices received into the sisters of the Third Order fraternity attached to the Capuchin Friary, Church Street, Dublin. The information is listed by date of reception, name, address, name in religion, section number, by whom introduced and remarks (name of sodality to which member was attached). An annotation on the first page reads ‘novices on books in 1936: 274’.
Register of members of the Third Order of St. Francis attached to the Capuchin Friary, Church Street, Dublin. The information is listed alphabetically under surname, address, section number and occasionally date of reception. The volume appears to be incomplete although a listing of about seventy members is extant on the first two pages.
Register of receptions and professions of female members of the Third Order fraternity attached to the Capuchin Friary, Church Street. The information is listed under membership (certificate) number, name, address, date of reception, by whom received, date of profession, by whom professed and remarks. Title on front cover reads: ‘Register / Sister’s Fraternity, Church Street, Dublin / from 8/12/70 to 28/9/83’.
This series comprises records relating to various local organisations and significant events in the Church Street area. The documents broadly reflect the interactions of the Capuchin friars with the locality.
A carte de visite of the emblem of the Catholic Boys' Brigade founded on Church Street in Dublin in March 1894. The photographic print (on card) was produced by W.F. O’Connor, 1 Wellington Quay, corner of Parliament Street, Dublin.
Letters mainly from patrons forwarding subscriptions in favour of the Brigade. The file includes letters from Richard O’Shaughnessy, barrister, 3 Wilton Place, Dublin, to Fr. Mark McDonnell OSFC, Church Street, passing on his good wishes to the Boys’ Brigade. He claims that ‘the richer Catholics, and a large, a very large number of Protestants would be among its subscribers … if they only know the work it is effecting’.
Letters expressing satisfaction with the excellent discipline and work of the Boys’ Brigade of Church Street. Many of the letters are from employers seeking boys to perform paid work. Correspondents include John. J. White, Cork Factory & Warehouse, Dublin, 'The Irish Rosary', St. Saviour’s Priory, Dominick Street, Fr. Paul Neary OSFC, Church Street, and P.D. Hartnett, grocer, 71 Great Strand Street, Dublin.
Letter from the Most Reverend Henry Henry, Bishop of Down and Connor, to [Fr. Mark McDonnell OSFC], referring to a request made by one of his Belfast priests to establish a Boys’ Brigade similar to the one founded on Church Street. Archbishop Henry asks for a copy of the rules and inquires whether ‘the results produced would justify the expenditure of time and trouble and I suppose funds’.
