A clipping of an article titled ‘Stray Gleanings’ by ‘Poulnasagart’ [an anonymous Irish Capuchin] referring to Rochestown Capuchin Friary in County Cork. On the reverse is an article by Fr. James O’Mahony OFM Cap. titled ‘Intellectual Charity’. Published in ‘The Tribune’ (11 December 1924).
A photograph of Fr. Virgilio de Valstagna OFM Cap., Minister General, with a group of Irish friars on board a ship at Dún Laoghaire in County Dublin. The group includes Fr. Edwin Fitzgibbon OFM Cap., Fr. Eugene Carroll OFM Cap., Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap., Monsignor Killian Flynn OFM Cap., Archbishop Sylvester Mulligan OFM Cap., and Fr. Charles Brophy OFM Cap.
Canoncial visitation report compiled by Fr. Stephen Murtagh OFM Cap. for the Irish Capuchin custody in the United States. The report includes extensive commentary on the spiritual, physical and financial condition of various churches and friaries in Oregon, California, and Delaware. Father Murtagh expresses deep gratitude for a letter from Fr. James O’Mahony OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, who pledged the home province’s duty to nurture the American Custody toward maturity and successfully called for two Irish volunteers to reinforce the depleted American staff – a crucial intervention given that one-third of the custody’s priests were incapacitated. Despite these ongoing personnel shortages, the report records excellent spiritual observance and notes high praise from Archbishop Cantwell of Los Angeles and Archbishop Howard of Portland. Most notably, it records a major reconciliation in San Francisco, where Auxiliary Bishop Connally confirmed that previous administrative tensions had been completely resolved. The document also notes various personnel matters detailing the wartime reappointments of Father Cornelius to Hermiston, Father Celestine to Old Mission Santa Inés, Father Finnian to Elk, and Father Donatus to Willits.
Photograph of a group of Capuchin friars taken on the occasion of a visitation by Fr. James O’Mahony OFM Cap. The group includes (standing) Fr. Fergus Lawless OFM Cap., Fr. Laurence Dowling OFM Cap., Fr. Conleth Killian OFM Cap.; (seated) Fr. Joseph Fenelon OFM Cap., Fr. Joseph O’Mahony OFM Cap., and Fr. Thomas Dowling OFM Cap.
A group of Capuchin friars in Livingstone. The group includes Bishop Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap., Fr. Albeus McQuillan OFM Cap., Fr. Salvator Quinn OFM Cap., Fr. Ultan Weldon OFM Cap., Fr. James O’Mahony OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, Fr. Alfred O’Mahony OFM Cap. and Fr. Capistran Singleton OFM Cap.
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.
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.
Photograph of Capuchin friars at the Provincial Chapter in St. Mary of the Angels, Church Street, Dublin.
Copy correspondence of Fr. Melchor a Benisa OFM Cap., Fr. Clement Neubauer OFM Cap., and Fr. Paschal Rywalski OFM Cap., General Ministers, to Fr. James O’Mahony OFM Cap., Fr. Conrad O’Donovan OFM Cap., and Fr. Berard Creed OFM Cap., Provincial Ministers, re the status of the Irish Capuchin missions in Africa. Reference is made to the request made by Bishop John Colburn Garner, Vicar Apostolic of Pretoria, seeking more priests to work in South Africa (see CA AMI/1/6/7). Fr. James O’Mahony OFM Cap. wrote: ‘We felt that this arrangement with Bishop Garner will lead to an expansion of our work in South Africa’ (21 Dec. 1948). The possibility of separating the mission in Cape Town from that in Rhodesia is also discussed (31 Oct. 1950). Fr. Clement Neubauer OFM Cap. later referred to the establishment of Cape Town as a ‘separate mission’ and to the appointment of a Regular Superior (25 Nov. 1968). See also CA AMI/2/5/7.
A volume containing copy and draft correspondence of Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. Gilt title to spine reads ‘Minute Book’. Contains copies of Fr. Senan’s personal letters and correspondence relating to the Capuchin Publications Office. Manuscript annotation on the first page reads ‘Father Senan OFM Cap. / Private / 1954’. However, the volume includes copy letters from 1944 to 1957. Includes Fr. Senan’s copy letters to Fr. John Bosco Lennon OFM Cap., (4 Sept. 1957, refers to Archbishop John Charles McQuaid, Alfred Chester Beatty and Éamon de Valera), Sister M. Conception (Presentation Convent, Doneraile, County Cork), Paul Martin Dillon (‘The Evening Times’, Cumberland, Maryland, United States), Doran Hurley, Fr. Peter Keane OMI, Seán Neeson, Domhnall Ó Corcora (Daniel Corkery), Bishop Denis J. Moynihan, Fr. Donal O’Connor (Fossa, Killarney, County Kerry), Sister M. Dolorine, Fr. Pacificus Jennings OFM Cap., Kevin MacManus, Fr. Hugh Morley OFM Cap., John Joseph Hearne (Irish Ambassador to the United States), Thomas MacGreevy, R.F. Browne (Chairman, Electricity Supply Board), Joan Hammond, Fr. William Ferris (St. Michael’s Church, Ballylongford, County Kerry), John Alvin Feltis (Toledo, Ohio), Pádraig De Brún, John English & Co. (printers), Willem Sassen (Pedro Lagrave, Pilar, Buenos Aires, Argentina), Michael A. Bowles, Joseph Patrick Walshe (Irish Ambassador to the Holy See), Joseph O'Connor (Seosamh Ó Conchubhair), Fr. Donal Herlihy (Pontifical Irish College, Rome), Fr. Jerome Hawes TOSF (Mount Alvernia Hermitage, Cat Island, Bahamas), Maud Gonne MacBride, C.P. Curran, ‘The Irish Weekly’, Peter F. Anson, Fr. Percy Jones (Saint John’s, Clifton, Melbourne, Australia), Fr. Emil Heiring (Norwood, California), John J. Sheehy (25 Castle Street, Tralee, County Kerry), Seán Moylan, Sister Leonarda (St. Joseph’s, Toronto, Canada), Myles Farrell, A.J. Connolly (Principal Officer, Department of Industry and Commerce, Dublin), Fr. Louis A. Gales (Catechetical Guild, 128 East Tenth Street, St. Paul, Minnesota), Sister M. Leonard (Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin), Frank Saurin (Hospitals’ Trust Ltd., Merrion Road, Dublin), Barry Fitzgerald, James Mason, Bryan Walter Guinness, 2nd Baron Moyne, Brinsley McNamara, Maurice Walsh, Fr. Marius McAuliffe OFM (Franciscan Friary, Maryfield, Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia, refers to the death of his brother, Fr. Frank Moynihan, p. 63), Michael O’Higgins, Clyde Twelvetrees, Máirín Ní Chatháin, Pat Lawlor (Wellington, New Zealand), Joseph McGrath (Cabinteely House, County Dublin), Seán O’Duffy (50 Cashmir Road, Harold’s Cross, Dublin), Germaine Stockley, Sister M. Kevin (Convent of Mercy, Ardee, County Louth), Seumas MacManus, Denis MacDonald (Irish Embassy to the Holy See, Rome), John Hennig, Máirín Allen, Denis Gywnn, John Ford, Frank Fahy, Gerald Boland (Minister of Justice), Frieda Le Pla, Seán MacBride (Roebuck House, Clonskea, Dublin), Dr. Colm A. McDonnell, Jack Horgan (8 Ballymun Road, Glasnevin, Dublin), Fr. Maurice O’Dowd OFM Cap., Fr. Francis J. Tucker (Prince Rainer’s Palace, Monaco), Molllie Baxter (43 Seapoint Avenue, Monkestown, County Dublin), Robert Brennan, Fr. William Purcell CM (Rector, All Hallows College, Dublin), Sister Mary de Pazzi (Rosemount, Booterstown, County Dublin), Sister M. Agnes (The Convent, Larne, County Antrim), Bríd Breathnach (384 Clontarf Road, Dublin), Chief Superintendent Harry O’Mara, Bishop Daniel Mageean, D.L. Kelleher, Fr. Stephen J. Moloney O.Cist. (Mounty Melleray Abbey, County Waterford), Fr. Christopher Crowley OFM Cap., Fr. Vianney Cashell OFM Cap., Marie Kelly (67 Poodle Park, Kimmage, Dublin), Ann O’Connor (Fossa, Killarney, County Kerry), Jack Dempsey (61 Tolka Park, Finglas, Dublin), Archdeacon J. Lane (Presbytery, Cahersiveen, County Kerry), Michael F. Moynihan (2 Capel Street, Dublin), E. Nally (37 Terenure Road North, Dublin), Hector Legge, Fr. Anslem Moynihan OP (Dominican Priory, Cork), Teresa Cahillane (Duagh, Camp, County Kerry), Bernard Sheppard (Saint Conleth’s, Clyde Road, Dublin), Reginald Lawless (27 Arklow Street, NCR, Dublin), Monsignor Hugh O’Flaherty, Fr. Carmelo Durante of Sessano OFM Cap., Ida Monahan, Mariano de Yturralde (Spanish Ambassador to Ireland), Liam MacGabhann (Beaumont Estate, Churchtown, Dublin), Archbishop Gerald O’Hara, Paddy Reynolds, Peter F. Anson, Mary Wren, (Servite House, 17 The Boltons, London), Bartholomew Murphy (57 Booterstown Avenue, Blackrock, County Dublin), Francis McCullagh, Donal O’Cahill (27 High Street, Killarney, County Kerry), Sister M. Pius (Bon Secours Hospital, Glasnevin, Dublin), T.J. Molloy (art editor, ‘Independent’ Newspapers, Middle Abbey Street, Dublin), Ann Connor (384 Clontarf Road, Dublin), Fr. James O’Mahony OFM Cap., J.J. O’Leary (Gneeveguilla, Rathmore, County Kerry), C.J. Scarffe-Cody, Fr. J.J. O’Connor (Presbytery, Castlegregory, County Kerry), Seumas Rourke (Saint Aidan’s, Roebuck, Dundrum, County Dublin), Dr. George A. Little (28 Rathgar Road, Dublin), Kevin P. MacManus (art department, ‘Independent’ Newspapers, Middle Abbey Street, Dublin), Captain Eoin de Blacam, Michael J. Lennon, Ann O’Connor (Fossa, Killarney, County Kerry), Tadhg Gahan, Margaret McDonnell (Dalguise, Monkstown, County Dublin), Fr. Francis Regis (Bishop’s House, Kumbakonam, India), and Josephine Moynihan (Meenascarthy, Camp, County Kerry). Includes the draft a speech made by Fr. Senan for the Na Fianna hurling and football club in Dublin (20 Apr. 1956, p. 114-6), and a draft article titled ‘Tertiary Activities’ (3 May 1956, pp 121-4).