Letter from +Robinson to +McQuaid enclosing a dispensation for Richard Connell which is a duplicate of one sent in February.
Letter from Mgr. Benelli to Mgr. Glennon regarding correspondence received from Miss Catherine M. Sheeley. She seeks a dispensation from Eucharistic fast ‘bis in hebdomada’. The Nuncio will grant this if there are no objections.
Letter from [Mgr. Glennon] to Mgr. Benelli stating that he never received an application from the petitioner seeking a dispensation.
Letter from +Gerald O’Hara to +McQuaid regarding dispensations from the Eucharistic Fast. He outlines the situation to date regarding Catherine Sheeley and his annoyance at Mgr. Glennon’s lack of co- operation. He explains the dispensation process in minute detail and hopes the matter will be rectified very quickly.
[April 1952] Letter from +McQuaid to Mgr. Benelli stating that Catherine Sheeley (Shuley), of 22 Harcourt Street, is known to the clergy of the Catholic University Church. He states she is perfectly worthy of receiving the dispensation.
Draft letter from +McQuaid to +Gerald O’Hara apologising for the delay in relation to the matter of the Eucharistic Fast dispensation for Catherine Shuley. He explains that ‘…in the unbroken tradition of this Curia, no request to the parochial clergy is ever permitted to be made without explicit reference to the authority seeking information’.
Letter from Mgr. Benelli to Mgr. Glennon thanking him for the information provided in relation to the Eucharistic Fast dispensation for Catherine Shuley. Annotated on back by Mgr.Glennon.
January - October Notices of meetings of Hierarchy with some minutes. Includes information on the use of the vernacular in the Liturgy, education and proposed changes to the Marriage Act. Notices from Standing Committee including agendas and correspondence mainly relating to education and dispensation from abstinence on New Year’s Day. Finances of Maynooth College discussed by Maynooth Trustees as well as the formation of priests, declining number of new vocations, pastoral relevance of the liturgy, applications for various teaching positions and the centenary celebrations of the Nicholas Callan Society. Addenda - reference to Constitution on the Liturgy. Mention of the proposed establishment of an Irish Theological Association and Hierarchy University Fund. 1965
Letter from +Dunne to +McQuaid regarding a dispensation from the Eucharistic Fast for Countess O’Byrne due to age and a request from the Holy Faith Sisters to buy a property on Haddington Road, adjacent to their current building. End of letter torn.
- 10 September 1949 Notifications regarding dispensation of Banns. 4 items