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Letter from Fr. Joseph Fenelon OFM Cap. to Fr. Peter Bowe OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, discussing church appointments and visitations in California. He writes ‘I was present in Ukiah, when Archbishop Hanna blessed the Corner Stone of the new Church there and a deputation again waited on him and on me for a Father to be appointed to the district of Willits. The Archbishop appealed to me to put a Father there, accordingly I have appointed Fr. Ambrose to the position, who is a very safe man, and as I have no Brother to go with him there, arrangements are being made to get an old lady as Housekeeper for the present. I was thinking of taking Fr. Sebastian to let Brother Paschal go there for some time, but as he is an old man he requires the help of a Bro. Fr. Urban will be in Ukiah with Fr. Raphael, and Hopland can get Mass every Sunday now, and also Willits’.

Financial statement, signed by Fr. Edwin Fitzgibbon OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, providing a summary of the funds generated by the Irish Capuchin missions in America and how they were spent between December 1921 and September 1922. A significant portion (£138. 10s.) was spent on ‘Tickets’ for friars traveling between Ireland and the U.S. This included Frs. Sylvester Mulligan OFM Cap., Fr. Joseph Fenelon OFM Cap., and Fr. Urban Riordan OFM Cap.

A group of Capuchin friars and Archbishop Edward Joseph Hanna at St. Anthony’s Church in Willits, Mendocino County, California. The group includes Fr. Anthony Holmes OFM Cap., Fr. Leo Sheehan OFM Cap., Fr. Damian Ginnell OFM Cap., Fr. Urban Riordan OFM Cap., Monsignor James Cantwell, and Fr. Conleth Killan OFM Cap.

Photograph of (from left) Fr. Urban Riordan OFM Cap., Fr. Ambrose Brutnon OFM Cap., Fr. Gabriel Harrington OFM Cap., Fr. Raphael Quinn OFM Cap., Fr. Leo Sheehan OFM Cap., and Fr. Pacificus McCafferty OFM Cap. in California.

A record of the administrative appointments and personnel changes decreed during a meeting of the Custos Provincial and Assistants held on 15 September 1949, at St. Francis of Assisi in Los Angeles. Signed officially by Fr. Stephen Murtagh OFM Cap., Custos Provincial, the roster assigns Capuchin Franciscan friars, fathers, and brothers to specific leadership and supportive roles across fourteen distinct regional sites.

A typescript document titled ‘History of the Bend Mission’ chronicling the Catholic Church’s growth in Central Oregon from 1910 to 1920. Irish Capuchin Friar Father Luke Sheehan initially faced this immense 8,000-square-mile wilderness alone. The document notes that he braved severe snowstorms and trackless deserts to serve widely scattered families. Over a decade, he successfully established permanent churches in Bend, Madras, Redmond, Prineville, and La Pine. Arriving assistant priests later supported this rapid regional expansion. By 1919, the mission transformed from an isolated outpost into a thriving parish network tracking hundreds of annual sacraments.

Circular letter from Our Lady of Angels Parish in Hermiston, Oregon, announcing the upcoming Silver Jubilee of Episcopate and Golden Jubilee of Priesthood for Bishop Joseph F. McGrath. The document is by Father Urban Riordan OFM Cap. and Father Cornelius Hyland OFM Cap. The notice asks parishioners to contribute to a ‘Spiritual Bouquet’ by pledging various prayers and good works, and to provide a financial ‘Jubilee Offering’ using an enclosed envelope. The document emphasizes the bishop’s decades of selfless service to the Diocese of Baker City and sets a deadline of February 10 for all submissions.

A Christmas pastoral letter and fundraising appeal issued by Fr. Raphael Quinn OFM Cap. and Fr. Urban Riordan OFM Cap. from the Catholic Rectory in Ukiah, California. Writing on behalf of St. Mary’s Catholic Church, the priests extend Christmas blessings to parishioners and request generous financial offerings to alleviate the church’s heavy building debt and meet its large current operating expenses. Includes a schedule of Masses on Christmas Day for the local region, including Midnight and morning services at the Ukiah parish church and the Convent Chapel. It also lists morning Low Masses at neighbouring regional missions: St. Brigid’s Church in Calpella and St. Joseph’s Church in Talmage.

Letter from Fr. Joseph Fenelon OFM Cap. to Fr. Peter Bowe OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, discussing the activities of Capuchin friars in California and in Oregon and their interactions with local church leadership. He also refers to the recent visit of the Minister General to the American mission houses. He writes ‘From Ukiah we came to Los Angeles where he stayed the night and next day we proceeded to Roseburg thence to Bend where Fr. Casimir and Vincent came to meet the General. He did not go to Lincoln or Abbottstown, but the Fathers met him on the way. I had to part with him at Bend as I was due for a Retreat here which started at Cathedral Chapel last night. The Father General expressed himself in very happy terms about the condition of our American Houses, but I am sure you will get a detailed account from him later on. He was very amiable and nice in every way, and by my fluency in the Latin tongue helped by the Secretary who speaks English pretty well. I spent a pleasant yet strenuous two weeks with him’. Reference is also made to the possibility of the Capuchins acquiring Santa Inés mission.

Letter from Fr. Stephen Murtagh OFM Cap. to Fr. Colman Griffin OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, addressing various financial remittances, personnel issues, and a specific loan for a school project in Oregon. He highlights the physical toll of the missions in Oregon and Western California, stating they require ‘zealous, strong young men’. Father Murtagh notes that several friars (including Conleth and Urban) have asked to return home to Ireland for holidays. Reference is made to property in Wilmington, Delaware. Fr. Stephen is firm that they should not give up the site and is preparing arguments to keep the school/seminary there.