Showing 4436 results

Holy Cross Retreat: Ardoyne; Belfast: Dispute with Bishop McAllister. Letter from Fr Thomas, Consultor General, Rome, to Fr Arthur Devine, Highgate, London, acknowledging Arthur's of 23rd Nov. (copy of that letter is not extant in these archives). It's tone dishearten 's Thomas. We have to make some concessions, otherwise Bishop has stolen a march on us.
Fact we bought and paid for site is important, but if church is built on it we can't sell it or till it or ground-rent it. Also the reference to Bishop Dorrian slipping in his signature as a trustee could have been put better. Even if we won a case, the Sacred Congregation would not enforce it.

Holy Cross Retreat: Ardoyne; Belfast: Dispute with Bishop McAllister: copy of draft of petition by Provincial and Superiors of St. Joseph's Province to Pope Leo XIII. Asks for permission to build a church atached to Holy Cross, Ardoyne.

Holy Cross Retreat: Ardoyne; Belfast: Dispute with Bishop McAllister: copy of of petition by Provincial and Superiors of St. Joseph's Province to Pope Leo XIII. Asks for permission to build a church at Ardoyne.

Holy Cross Retreat: Ardoyne; Belfast: Dispute with Bishop McAllister: MS (again beautiful script.) of Italian version of Fr Alphonus O'Neill's (Provincial of St Joseph's Province) petition to Cardinal ?: (contains the phrase "Irlanda del Nord") Presents the case for a CP Church at Ardoyne.

2nd Copy in different hand (Again a very nice script) BUT with Statistics of DUBLIN, BELFAST, ARMAGH to back a point made.

3rd Copy: slightly different word and uses the statistics.

Ardoyne: Dispute with Bishop McAllister. Fr. Anthony Carroll, Superior, Ardoyne, to Fr Provincial. Results of sending Architect's report on state of temporary church to Bishop. Bishop comes and visits locus and sees for himself how bad things are. Anthony urges Provincial to write NOW. (Note by Archivist, Declan O'Sullivan: "Dated Saturday morning Oct. 26th. 1889 is only year that fits.")

Holy Cross Retreat: Ardoyne; Belfast: Dispute with Bishop McAllister: The Passionist Fathers, Belfast to Pope Leo XIII. Version in English of PEl'ITION : Petitioners desire to build a new church: There is a dispute with Bishop re 1) Site, 2) Size, 3) Conditions under which CPs serve it.
Details dispute with Bishop in time of former Provincial (Vincent Gogan). Beg to be supported in their stand.

Holy Cross Retreat: Ardoyne; Belfast: Dispute with Bishop McAllister. Document from Provincial Vincent Grogan, to H.E. Card Simeoni, Prefect of the Sacred Congregation of Propoganda. It is the first draft of petition for permission to build the church at Ardoyne at CP expense. This is the document referred to in letter located under serial number 1992, and contains the addition drafted by Fr. Thomas, Consultor General.

Holy Cross Retreat: Ardoyne; Belfast: Dispute with Bishop McAllister: Copy of the Petition to Cardinal Sirneoni of Propaganda, this time including modification suggested by Fr Thomas, Consultor General in his letter of 28.11.1889 (see item under serial number 1992)

Holy Cross Retreat: Ardoyne; Belfast: Dispute with Bishop McAllister: (parts seem to be missing) The Passionists to Cardinal Simeoni, Prefect Congregation of Propaganda, They beg permission to build a church in Ardoyne. Includes, as a quote, a letter from the bishop in reply to one from the Provincial dated 23 of same month.

Holy Cross Retreat: Ardoyne; Belfast: Dispute with Bishop McAllister: MS copy (in a lovely script) of petition - Italian version - from the Passionist Fathers, Berlfast, to Pope Leo XIII