Account books of the Capuchin community with the National Bank, Smithfield, Dublin. The books cover the following dates: • 12 July 1920-8 Oct. 1926 • 14 Oct. 1926-9 June 1931 • 17 Aug. 1937-4 Aug. 1943 • 19 Aug. 1949-31 Dec. 1957 • 8 Oct. 1957-7 Feb. 1959 • 8 Dec. 1964-26 Mar. 1969 The entries mainly relate to lodgements made in cash and payments out of the accounts by cheque. Some of the books are annotated to indicate the number (nos. 1 or 2) of the account with the abovementioned Bank branch. The final account book notes that the account was closed in Mar. 1969. With a letter from the National Bank to Fr. Charles Brophy OFM Cap. sanctioning an overdraft of £10,000 subject to usual banking and repayment practice. 13 Sept. 1935.
Quest collection account book of the Capuchin community, Church Street. The collections are listed under the street name and number, the name of the individual or business, and the amount (if any) subscribed. The areas referred to the in the collection book are mostly located in the north inner city and include Eden Quay, North Wall, Sheriff Street, Dorset Street, Summerhill, Ballybough Road, Store Street, Gardiner Street, Talbot Street, Marlborough Street, Amiens Street and Lower Abbey Street. Occasional reference is made to an individual being ‘a Protestant’.
Street collection ledger book containing records of names, addresses and amounts subscribed probably in connection with a prize draw in aid of the Church Street Capuchins. The collections are arranged by street name or particular areas in Dublin. Reference is also made to the friars involved in the collections. The entry pages extant in the volume are pp 9-97; 201-208; 299-458. Inserts include statements regarding the use of income derived from street collections to pay off loans and debts from 1913-5. With gilt title ‘ledger’ to spine.
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’.
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’.
