The file contains the following edition of this local newspaper: 23 Oct. 1948 (Vol. 55, No. 43). The edition carries reports on the celebrations of the tercentenary of the arrival of the Capuchin Order in Kilkenny including a sermon preached by Fr. James O’Mahony OFM Cap. on the history of the Capuchins in the city. The celebrations were attended by the Most Rev. Patrick Collier, Bishop of Ossory, Fr. Bonaventure McCafferty OFM Cap., Fr. Angelus Healy OFM Cap., F.J. McGeary, editor of the Irish Independent and Mr. T.F. De Loughrey, Mayor of Kilkenny.
A volume containing newspaper clippings mostly relating to Irish Capuchin friars. The clippings are pasted into a copy of the ‘Record of Waterpark College, Waterford’ (c.1913). The clippings include obituaries for various friars, articles taken from ‘The Father Mathew Record’, ordination entries, and reports on sermons and retreats given by various friars. Also includes some typescript and manuscript notes.
The volume includes the following clippings:
Fr. Luke Sheehan OFM Cap. ‘The New Monks of the West’. c.1915. An article on the early history of the Irish Capuchin mission in the Western United States.
Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap., ‘Saint Francis and his message’. ‘Irish Catholic’ (2 Apr. 1927).
A report on the annual Corpus Christi procession to Rochestown Friary in County Cork. (c.1920).
Irish priests bound for the United States on board the SS ‘Bremen’ off Cobh in County Cork. (Oct. 1926).
Fr. Columbus Murphy OFM Cap., Fr. Sylvester Mulligan OFM Cap., Fr. Aloysius Travers, and Fr. Canice Bourke OFM Cap. with Irish tertiary pilgrims in Assisi in Italy. ‘Weekly Examiner’ (16 Oct. 1926).
The funeral of Fr. Fiacre Brophy OFM Cap. at the cemetery in Rochestown Friary in County Cork. ‘Weekly Examiner’ (16 Oct. 1926).
The departure of Fr. Thomas Dowling OFM Cap. for the United States. (2 Feb. 1925).
Father Theobald Mathew Anniversary / Observance in Cork. (1926).
Obituary for Br. Felix Brennan OFM Cap. (1842-1925). ‘The Franciscan Annals’ (1925).
Memorial card for Fr. Cyril O’Sullivan OFM Cap. (d. 9 Dec. 1921).
Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap., Br. Bonaventure McCafferty OFM Cap. with Seán French, Lord Mayor of Cork, in Rochestown. (1924).
The death of Fr. Peter Bowe OFM Cap., former Provincial Minister. ‘Cork Examiner’ (26 Nov. 1926).
A poem titled ‘Father Albert OSFC’ by Rev. Columba Downey OCC. ‘The Monitor’ (New Jersey). (Feb. 1925).
Lecture by Fr. Bernard Jennings OFM Cap. on the life and labours of Fr. Theobald Mathew, the Apostle of Temperance. ‘Cork Examiner’ (18 Oct. 1897).
Ordination of priests at Holy Trinity Church, Cork. (29 June 1925).
The death of Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. ‘Cork Examiner’ (16 Feb. 1925).
Franciscan centenary celebrations at St. Saviour’s Church, Dominick Street, Dublin. (1926).
The Late Rev. Fr. Fiacre Brophy. (Oct. 1926).
Ordination souvenir card for Fr. Colman Griffin OFM Cap. (30 May 1910).
Letter from Fr. Albert Bibby, Capuchin Friary, Kilkenny, to Fr. Bonaventure Murphy OFM Cap., referring to arrangements for his departure to the United States. He writes ‘I probably shall remain on here until at least [the] end of this month, possibly longer. All will depend on [the] letter from Provincial’. He also refers to his feelings re his imminent departure. He adds ‘I have now got over 1st effects of announcement. They feel it very much at home. But in this part of [the] world there is a very intense feeling or attitude of "ecclesia" towards all of our friends. This feeling is even more marked here than in Dublin'. He also refers to Br. Bonaventure McCafferty OFM Cap. who, he suggests, is 'under a microscope' following a recent meeting in Cobh.
A photograph of Br. Bonaventure McCafferty OFM Cap.
A clipping of a photograph of Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap., Br. Bonaventure McCafferty OFM Cap. and Seán French, Lord Mayor of Cork, at Rochestown Friary in 1924. The clipping is taken from ‘The Monitor’, a Catholic newspaper printed in New Jersey in the United States (21 March 1925).