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An ‘American Account’ tracking the finances of Fathers Thomas Dowling OFM Cap. and Berchmans Cantillon OFM Cap. during their mission from February 1923 to August 1924. Reference is made to how funds were raised in the United States and the costs associated with international missionary travel. The total funds managed during this period amounted to £1004. 13s. 7d. A significant portion (£168. 12s. 4d.) was spent on their ‘outward journey’ to the United States. Costs included passports (£2. 17s. 6d. each), and tickets (£32 each).

A group of Capuchin friars outside the new St. Francis parish rectory in the Silver Lake neighbourhood of Los Angeles, California.

A group of Capuchin friars outside the new St. Francis parish rectory in the Silver Lake neighbourhood of Los Angeles, California.

Photograph of a group of Capuchin friars in Ukiah, Californian probably on the occasion of a visitation by Fr. James O’Mahony OFM Cap. The group includes (seated) Fr. Joseph Fenelon OFM Cap., Fr. Berchmans Cantillon OFM Cap.; (standing) Fr. Celestine Quinlan OFM Cap., Fr. Stephen Murtagh OFM Cap. The photograph is credited to Detrick’s Studio, 106 W. Church Street, Ukiah, California.

Photograph of a group of Capuchin friars in Ukiah, California. A manuscript annotation on the reverse reads ‘Circa Summer 1923. [standing]: Fr. Berchmans Cantillon (d. 1942), Fr. Raphael Quinn (d. 1940), Fr. Thomas Dowling (d. 1951); [seated]: ‘Fr. Anthony Holmes (d. 1947), Fr. Leo Sheehan (d. 1959), Fr. Urban Riordan [d. 1972]’.

A group of Irish Capuchin friars in Ukiah, California. The group comprises Fr. Thomas Dowling OFM Cap., Fr. Raphael Quinn OFM Cap., Fr. Berchmans Cantillon OFM Cap., Fr. Leo Sheehan OFM Cap., Fr. Anthony Holmes OFM Cap., and Fr. Urban Riordan OFM Cap.

A file of photographs of Capuchin friars in Watts, Los Angeles, California. The prints show the construction of St. Lawrence of Brindisi School, the church and a residence for the friars in Watts. Includes images of Fr. Joseph Fenelon OFM Cap., Mission Superior, Fr. Berchmans Cantillon OFM Cap., Fr. Thomas Dowling OFM Cap., Fr. Gabriel Harrington OFM Cap., and Fr. Juan Antonio de San Juan en Persiceto OFM Cap., Minister General of the Capuchin Order. A manuscript annotation on the covering envelope (by Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap.) reads ‘Views in Watts, Los Angeles / a new Church has seen been erected in Watts by the late Fr. Thomas Dowling of Kilkenny’. Two of the prints are dated: 12 May 1923 and 19 September 1923.

A group of Capuchin friars with musical instruments in the Kilkenny Friary in c.1905. Identifiable individuals include:
Front row (seated):
First on the left: Br. Edward Walsh OFM Cap. (1881-1961)
First on the right: Br. Ignatius Collins OFM Cap. (1885-1961)

Second row (seated):
First on the right: Br. Edwin Fitzgibbon OFM Cap. (1874-1938)
First on the left: Br. Brendan O’Callaghan OFM Cap. (1880-1952)

Third row (standing):
First on the right: Br. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. (1877-1925)
Second on the right: Br. Cyril O’Sullivan OFM Cap. (1887-1921)
Third on the right: Br. Bonaventure Murphy OFM Cap. (1880-1968)
Second on the left: Br. Gregory O’Kelly OFM Cap. (d. 9 Apr. 1947)
First on the left: Br. Philip King OFM Cap. (1885-1952)

Fourth row (standing):
First on the right: Br. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap. (1883-1935)
Second on the right: Br. Malachy Hynes OFM Cap. (1879-1955)
Third on the right: Br. Berchmans Cantillon OFM Cap. (1880-1942)
Forth on the right: Br. Columbus Murphy OFM Cap. (1881-1962)
Second on the left: Br. Adrian Sharkett OFM Cap. (1879-1965)
First on the left: Br. Colman Griffin OFM Cap. (1886-1971

A photograph of a group of Capuchin friars in the garden of the Church Street Friary in Dublin. The group includes Sylvester Mulligan OFM Cap., Archbishop of Delhi Simla, and Killian Flynn OFM Cap., Prefect Apostolic of Victoria Falls.

A photograph of Capuchin friars at the Provincial Chapter in the Church Street Friary in Dublin.