This series contains records relating to the Third Order of St. Francis confraternity (later the Secular Franciscan Order) and other lay sodalities attached to St. Mary of the Angels, Capuchin Friary, Church Street, Dublin.
Minute book of prefects (section heads) and council meetings of the Third Order fraternity attached to the Capuchin Friary, Church Street. The minutes refer to routine matters of administration, the receptions of novices, elections, arrangements for retreats, notices of deceased members and attendance and observance. The minutes are signed by the spiritual director and periodically by the Provincial Minister during visitations. Yearly summaries of attendance and the numbers of professed sisters and brothers are given.
Record book of professions of sisters of the Third Order fraternity attached to the Capuchin Friary, Church Street. The professions are listed chronologically under name, address, section number and date of reception. Totals of receptions and professions within the confraternity are routinely given.
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.
