A photograph of (right) Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. arriving at Mission Santa Inés in California. In the centre is Br. Colmcille Cregan OFM Cap. The friar on the right is Fr. Joseph Fenelon OFM Cap.
List of missions and retreats given by the Capuchin friars of Holy Trinity Church, Cork. Gilt title to front cover of the volume reads: ‘Record of Missions / Capuchin Friary / Cork’. The information is given under the headings of place, diocese, name of conducting priest and remarks. From 1927-48, a single entry referring to missions and retreats conducted by Fr. Joseph Fenlon OFM Cap. (1875-1963) and other friars in the United States and in Canada is made. Periodic reference is made to the success of a mission such as the enrollment of 1,710 individuals into the Father Mathew Temperance Association attached to the Church Street Friary, Dublin, in April 1909.
A group of four Capuchin friars in the garden of Holy Trinity Friary, Cork. The cover indicates that the friars are (from left) Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap. (1876-1965), Fr. John Butler OFM Cap. (1873-1950), Fr. Bernadine Harvey OFM Cap. (1874-1953) and Fr. Joseph Fenelon OFM Cap. (1875-1963). The original glass plate of this image is at CA PH/1/58.
Letters regarding a dispute over the editorship of the temperance publication, 'The Father Mathew Record', also known as 'The Irish Home Journal'. The file includes a letter from Brian O’Higgins to Fr. Edwin Fitzgibbon OSFC, Provincial Minister, complaining about his dismissal as associate editor of the 'Record' by Fr. Joseph Fenelon OSFC who ‘desired to keep politics out of the Journal’. O’Higgins, a member of Sinn Féin, admits that he is ‘on what is known as “the run”’. With notes by Fr. Edwin regarding the proprietorship of the Journal, and the need to reserve the appointment of editor to the council of the Capuchin Franciscan Order in Ireland. Later, Fr. Joseph wrote to Fr. Edwin confirming his resignation from the Presidency of Father Mathew Hall and the temperance sodality. The file also includes a signed notice of a special meeting of the Hall Committee affirming that the ‘"Record" was started by Fr. Aloysius [Travers], President of the Hall … [and] that the Office of the Record was transferred to the Hall premises’. The committee members contended that the 'Record' magazine was the property of the committee ‘and that the Provincial Superiors acted without consideration of the circumstances when … they decided to take it over and have it conducted independently of the committee and its President’. (10 June 1920).
Confirmation from Fr. Peter Bowe OSFC, Provincial Minister, of the election of Fr. Joseph Fenelon OSFC (1875-1963) as guardian of Holy Trinity Friary.
Sans titreLetter to Fr. Joseph Fenelon OSFC, guardian, from J.C. & A. Blake, solicitors, 27 Marlboro Street, enclosing a bill of costs for completing and registering a deed of conveyance of all the property at Father Mathew Quay and at Rochestown to Fathers Fiacre Brophy OSFC, Jarlath Hynes OSFC and Augustine Hayden OSFC as trustees. The total costs amounted to £28 6s 0d.
Letter from Fr. Edwin Fitzgibbon OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, to Fr. Thomas Dowling OFM Cap. referring to an application for a third man to help with his missions in America. Father Edwin explains that they can do nothing from Ireland until the end of summer. He mentions that Fr. Raphael Quinn is also looking for a third man. He plans to write to a Fr. Joseph Fenelon to see if he can assist with the matter. He reports that Fr. Laurence Dowling has been unwell for the past couple of months but is now recovering and will go to the Isle of Man for a fortnight of rest. Father Edwin also describes an ‘immense amount of work’ in Ireland, noting they have 50 Missions and Retreats scheduled between March 1st and Easter.
Sans titreLetter from Fr. Thomas Dowling OFM Cap., Our Lady of Angels, Burlingame, California, to Fr. Edwin Fitzgibbon OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, on preparation for the annual fair. He also mentions that the debt on the church and residence in Burlingame has been reduced to $59,000. He adds ‘I am getting everything in as good order as I can before I finally bid adieu for ever to U.S.A. I am counting the days until I reach the old land wherein to lay my old bones. Frs. Joseph, Adrian and I have arranged to sail from New York on “Georgic” on July 10th’.
Letter from Fr. Sylvester Mulligan OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, to Fr. Luke Sheehan OFM Cap. regarding a dispute with Fr. Joseph Fenelon OFM Cap. and forwarding an obedience for Fr. Luke to travel to Indiana for the Eucharistic Congress.
Letter from Fr. Peter Bowe OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, to Fr. Joseph Fenelon OFM Cap. affirming that group of English Capuchin friars, led by Fr. Nicholas, is set to arrive in New York on 3 November. By arrangement with the English Provincial and Rome, these friars will be attached to the Irish headquarters at Abbottstown, Pennsylvania. The letter mentions ongoing efforts to document and establish foundations in places like Bend, Hermiston, Roseburg, and Lincoln, while noting a lack of formal documents for the mission in Mendocino.
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