Holy Cross Retreat: Ardoyne; Belfast: Dispute with Bishop McAllister: Letter from Fr Thomas, Consultor General, Rome to Fr Provincial, Highgate. London. Thomas has gone to Propaganda with Document sealed and signed by General. (This document is the following one located under serial number 1994). The documewnt was too vaguely worded for them so Thomas added a page, (which he encloses at page 4 of the letter and written in Latin). When he got back Fr Arthur's letter was there showing St Joseph's CPs would not agree to letting Bishop have anything to do with a church on CP grounds (copy of that letter is not extant in these archives). This put it all back to square one. so Vice-Genaral says send document back to Provincial to see if enclosure will be accepted. No point in Arthur coming to Rome Gives reason why. Gives reason why enclosure be signed.
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 PHOTOSTAT from copy letter in Highgate Archives. Fr. FRANCIS XAVIER (del Principe);,CP, General, Sts. John and Paul's, Rome to Fr. Provincial (Gregory Callaghan). General asks that Fr. Wilfrid O'Hagan be sent to Rome in connection with the Belfast dispute.
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.
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
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: 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.
