A group of Capuchin friars on a bus returning from a retreat at Monze. The group includes Fr. Theophilus Murphy OFM Cap., Fr. Edwin Flynn OFM Cap., Fr. Noel Brennan OFM Cap., Fr. John Grace OFM Cap., Fr. Jude McKenna OFM Cap., Fr. Vianney Holmes OFM Cap., Br. Hugh Davis OFM Cap., Br. Sylvester Tambala OFM Cap. and Br. Augustine Mainza OFM Cap.
Card from Bishop Patrick Lyons to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. thanking him for the gift of a copy of ‘The Capuchin Annual’. The image side of the card shows construction work on the Cathedral of Saint Patrick and Saint Felim (Cavan Cathedral) in the diocese of Kilmore in December 1940.
A Christmas greeting card from Canon Patrick Rogers. The card has an illustration of the exterior of Trench House (later known as St. Joseph’s College), a Catholic teacher training college, located on Stewartstown Road in the Andersonstown area of Belfast. Canon Rogers was principal of the college.
A Christmas greeting card from Con Cremin, Ireland’s Ambassador to France. The card has an illustration of the main entrance to the Irish College in Paris (Collège des Irlandais). Founded in the late sixteenth century, the college (located on Rue des Irlandais) was a Catholic educational institution in the French capital. The building is now used as a cultural center, known as the Centre Culturel Irlandais.