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Chronicle entry documenting the administrative appointments and formal religious milestones of the Capuchin Franciscan Order at Rochestown, County Cork, between 20 August and 17 September 1907. The upper portion of the page details executive decisions made during a Provincial Chapter held at St. Mary of Angels, Church Street, Dublin, assigning key roles at Rochestown to friars: Very Rev. Father Kevin, B.A., D.Ph. (elected Guardian); Very Rev. Father Jarlath (appointed 3rd Definitor, Vicar, and Master of Novices); Very Rev. Fr. Edwin, B.A., B.Ph. (appointed 1st Definitor and Rector of the College); Rev. Fr. Adrian (Vice Dean of the College); Rev. Fr. Bonaventure (Assistant Vice Dean and Professor of Drawing and Mathematics); and Fr. Chrysostom (Vice Master of Novices). The lower entry records a ceremony held on the Feast of the Sacred Stigmata and officiated by Father Jarlath, during which six cleric brothers (Br. Patrick, Br. Daniel, Br. Raphael, Br. Killian, Br. Ferdinand, and Br. Antony) made their Simple Profession at the friary.

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.

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’.

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

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.

A photograph of Fr. Chrysostom Sutton OFM Cap.

Newspaper clippings documenting the death, biographical history, and public mourning surrounding Father Chrysostom Sutton OFM Cap., who succumbed to the influenza pandemic at the age of 41 on 11 November 1918. The first clipping records a solemn meeting of the Kilkenny Corporation where the Mayor, Alderman Potter, and Councillor Wall pass a vote of condolence to the priest’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sutton of Cork, and the Franciscan community. The civic leaders hail Father Chrysostom as a ‘martyr’ who sacrificed his own frail constitution by selflessly visiting and comforting the poor night and day in Walkin Street and adjacent virus-stricken districts.

The second column features an extensive personal obituary detailing his life milestones, including his early education by the Christian Brothers in his native Cork City, his 1898 entry into the Capuchin Novitiate at Rochestown, his higher studies at the University of Louvain in Belgium, and his final roles as Master of Novices and Director of the Third Order in Kilkenny. The record concludes by noting his final interment beneath a simple Celtic Cross in Foulkstown Cemetery, County Kilkenny.