Letter from Bishop Joseph Thomas McGucken, Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. seeking copies of an illustration of a stained-glass window designed by Harry Clarke Studios which was recently installed in St. John’s Seminary in Camarillo, California. The window was originally displayed at the Irish Pavilion at the New York World Fair. The illustration appeared in ‘The Capuchin Annual’ (1941) which McGucken praises.
Letter from Bishop Patrick Collier, Sion House, Kilkenny, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap., thanks him for the copy of ‘The Capuchin Annual’ and praising its contents.
A letter from Bishop William MacNeely to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. thanking him for a copy of ‘The Capuchin Annual’ and referring to recent ordinations at Ard Mhuire Capuchin Friary in County Donegal.
Letter from Bishop William MacNeely to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. referring to the excellence of the illustrative content in the latest edition of ‘The Capuchin Annual’.
Letter from B.R. Balfour, Townley Hall, Drogheda, County Louth, to John Ribton Garstin, Braganstown, Castlebellingham, County Louth, referring to enclosed papers relating to the ‘Irish Landowners’ Convention and the Irish Unionist Alliance’.
Letter from Br. Colmcille Cregan OFM Cap. to Fr. Bonaventure Murphy OFM Cap. referring to Fr. Albert Bibby's worsening condition in Santa Barbara Hospital. He writes that Father Albert ‘has no desire to die, as he had [a] big wish to do something for Saint Agnes [Mission Santa Inés], but God has ordained otherwise. Anyway, he set the Mission going and had got many interested in the restoration work’. He also refers to Fr. Dominic O'Connor's presence which has delighted Albert and that the latter expresses no bitterness towards his brethren at home. He also affirms that it is Bibby's wish to be buried in Ireland and to make representations to the Provincial Minister and the relevant authorities in Ireland to ensure that this happens.
Letter from Br. Stephen Joyce O.Cist, Mount Melleray Abbey, Cappoquin, County Waterford, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. thanking him for the copy of ‘The Capuchin Annual’. He refers to the photographic content and the articles on the ‘celluloid menace’ in the periodical.
A letter from Bride Tuohy, 4 Haddon Road, Clontarf, Dublin, to James Burke, solicitor, seeking £20 for the portrait of Frank Fahy by her brother, the painter Patrick Tuohy. The painting was later purchased by Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. (Volume page 101).
