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A group portrait of several Capuchin friars outside the Capuchin Friary on Church Street in Dublin. The photograph may have been taken on the occasion of a jubilee celebration for Fr. Salvator Maria Corrigan OFM Cap. The group includes:
Standing at door: Fr. Benedict Phelan OFM Cap. (1874-1947)
Second row, first on the left: Fr. Angelus Healy OFM Cap. (1875-1953)
Second row, second on the left: Br. Felix Harte OFM Cap. (1861-1935)
Second row, third on the left: Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap. (1875-1965)
Second row, fourth on the left: Fr. Peter Bowe OFM Cap. (1856-1926)
Second row, fifth on the left: Fr. Columbus Murphy OFM Cap. (1881-1962)
Second row, sixth on the left: Br. Leo Cronin OFM Cap. (1859-1949)
First row, first on the left: Fr. Sylvester Mulligan OFM Cap. (1975-1950)
First row, second on the left: Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap. (1870-1957)
First row, fourth on the left: Fr. Salvator Maria Corrigan OFM Cap. (1835-1919)

Letter from Fr. Joseph Fenelon OFM Cap. to Fr. Peter Bowe OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, mainly referring to personnel appointments in the United States mission. He writes ‘I am sending Fr. Clement to Ukiah where Fr. Ambrose who has been ill is at present. Fr. Raphael has been hard pressed during the Lent as he was alone there since Fr. Urban went to hospital. I am sure the latter is out of hospital by this, but he will be unfit for work for some time, hence my sending of Clement there.

I brought Fr. Leo [Sheehan] to help us in the Los Angeles missions, he preaches fairly well, yet lacks energy and life. He however is anxious to be called upon again. In future it will be necessary to have a mission staff located in Watts in order to obviate the trouble I had to encounter from bringing men from the other houses where the men are all required’.

Letter from Fr. Joseph Fenelon OFM Cap. to Fr. Peter Bowe OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, offering an update on the administrative and social growth of the Capuchin mission in Los Angeles during this period. He notes that Fr. Pacificus is being brought in to assist with the three (soon to be four) Sunday Masses, which are ‘all very well attended’. Father Fenelon affirms that work continues on the interior of the school in Watts, which is expected to be completed by March. He notes that furnishing it will cost an additional $5,000 to $6,000, though a promised bequest for this has not yet been ‘actualized’. He also mentions Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap. who is unwell and suspected to have appendix trouble; as it is his jubilee year, Father Fenelon has offered him a holiday.

Letter from Fr. Joseph Fenelon OFM Cap. to Fr. Peter Bowe OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, regarding administrative appointments and the continued growth of the mission in Watts. He notes that Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. has recently arrived and that Fr. Clement is expected the following week. There is a plan to move Fr. Albert to Santa Inez after he settles in, as Fr. Joseph believes it will be a better fit for his health and work. Fr. Fiacre Brophy OFM Cap. is moving to Mendocino. Father Fenelon also confirms that enrollment in the parish school in Watts has reached over 220 children. He is also working to establish a settlement for Mexicans in the parish, a project the Bishop and Catholic Charities strongly support.

Letter from Fr. Joseph Fenelon OFM Cap. to Fr. Peter Bowe OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, reporting on several administrative and community matters within the mission. Father Fenelon describes visiting ‘the whole ground with Luke’ to discuss plans for a new school and community house in Bend, Oregon. He relates that Fr. Albert’s health is deteriorating. He has undergone a second operation at Santa Barbara hospital, where a significant amount of water was removed from him. While he showed brief improvement, he is now reported as ‘somewhat weaker’ and is not expected to live much longer. He also notes that Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap. wishes to remain in Santa Barbara with Fr. Albert but Father Fenelon suggests that would not serve him well and that he should go back to Santa Inés and see Fr. Albert ‘now and again’. Fathers Raphael, Leo, and Brendan are mentioned as requesting to go home for the summer.

Letter from Fr. Joseph Fenelon OFM Cap. to Fr. Peter Bowe OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, giving a detailed account of the various problems and issues at the funeral of Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. in Mission Santa Inés in California. The majority of the letter is taken up with expressions of Father Fenelon’s intense dissatisfaction with how Fr. Albert’s burial was handled. Against his specific instructions for a simple burial, a metallic/steel casket was placed over the coffin. This was requested by a Mr. Murray on behalf of the Irish Society in Los Angeles. Fr. Joseph attempted to countermand this order, but upon arriving at the undertaking parlor, he found the body already sealed in the steel casket, which the undertaker claimed could not be removed without ‘blowing the seal’.

Fr. Joseph had instructed that the grave be dug behind the Sacristy at the Santa Inés Mission. However, he arrived to find the grave already started in a different location, near the old Tower. The justification given was that the original site was part of an old burial ground containing ‘a number of Indians’. He affirms that Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap. was master of ceremonies at the funeral service and that Fr. Gabriel Harrington OFM Cap. sang the Mass. The Watts Choir travelled to provide music and Father Fenelon said a few words at the conclusion of the service.

Letter from Fr. Cuthbert Hess OFM Cap, English Capuchin Provincial Minister, to Fr. Peter Bowe OFM Cap., Irish Capuchin Provincial Minister, expressing his hope that the Irish friars will soon be able to establish a house in New England. Father Cuthbert also provides a firm assurance that ‘strict injunctions’ will be given to English friars not to trespass on work or territory belonging to the Irish Province.

Letter from Fr. Thomas Dowling OFM Cap., St. Mary’s Church, Oakland, California, to Fr. Peter Bowe OFM Cap. enclosing a cheque and outlining his and Fr. Berchman Cantillon’s travel plans. He writes ‘I arrived here from Rio Vista last evening and as we have a full fortnight free now. We intend leaving this morning for Hermiston + Bend, and shall take in Yellow Stone National Park on our journey’.

Letter from Fr. Thomas Dowling OFM Cap. to Fr. Peter Bowe OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, reporting on mission work and fundraising activities in California. He refers to a successful mission just completed at St. Monica’s (San Francisco), noting it was the first mission ever held there. The Archbishop has assigned him to lecture at the Cathedral in June for the Society of the Holy Family. He mentions this is a ‘big occasion’ that usually raises about $6,000. Father Thomas notes that Monsignor Cantwell (then Bishop of Los Angeles) made inquiries about the Capuchins in Mendocino County and expressed great interest in their mission work.

Letter from Fr. Joseph Fenelon OFM Cap. to Fr. Peter Bowe OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, regarding the establishment of a Capuchin house in San Francisco. He writes ‘I reminded the Archbishop [Edward Joseph Hanna] of our San Francisco foundation which he promised to Fr. Sylvester. He spoke about Oakland as this would be a part of San Francisco shortly. Well, I said that our superior would wish very much to have a home in San Francisco itself, as a head house for the order so that the fathers could locate there for missionary work and also serve as a Retreat house for the Fathers in Mendocino County. He said that idea was very good and he would seriously consider the matter. Of course, I didn’t want to dictate to him but left it entirely to his own choice. At all events, I am pretty sure of a foundation in San Francisco or in Oakland before long’.