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A photograph of a group of Capuchin friars outside a house in Whitegate in County Cork. The group includes Fr. Edwin Fitzgibbon OFM Cap., Fr. Ignatius Collins OFM Cap., Fr. Colman Griffin OFM Cap., Fr. Chrysostom Sutton OFM Cap., and Fr. Bonaventure Murphy OFM Cap.

(Seated, first on the left) Fr. Chrysostom Sutton OSFC (1876-1918) with other Capuchin friars (and novices) in the Kilkenny Friary garden.

A photograph of Fr. Chrysostom Sutton OFM Cap.

A portrait photograph of Fr. Chrysostom Sutton OSFC (1876-1918). Fr. Chrysostom was a victim (he died on 11 November 1918) of the influenza (‘Spanish Flu’) pandemic.

An image of Fr. Kevin Moynihan OSFC (1896-1959) and (seated) Fr. Chrysostom Sutton OSFC (1876-1918).

Letter from Fr. Luke Sheehan OFM Cap., Bend, Oregon, referring to the influenza pandemic. Father Luke reports ‘through some secular source the news that Fr. Chrysostom Sutton had died (from influenza) in November. He reveals that he personally had a ‘touch’ of the flu at the beginning of October but ‘did not know it at the time’, only remaining in bed for a few days. He expresses gratitude that he and his companions ‘all escaped the flu so far’. He writes ‘I suppose now that the war over on the sea I peace it will be an easy matter to send him some help right after Xmas’.

A photograph of a group of Capuchin friars on their ordination day in September 1902. The group includes Bernard Clark OFM Cap., Vicar Apostolic of Arabia, Fr. Kevin Moynihan OFM Cap., Fr. Casimir Butler OFM Cap., Fr. Francis Hayes OFM Cap., Fr. Peter Bowe OFM Cap., Fr. Finbarr O’Callaghan OFM Cap., and Fr. Adrian Sharkett OFM Cap.