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Statement of Masses for the Capuchin Friary in Abbottstown in Pennsylvania from November 1922 to April 1925. The document tracks the number of Masses ‘Received’ (requested by the public, often with a donation) and ‘Said’ (actually celebrated by the friars). The document is signed by Fr. Brendan O’Callaghan OFM Cap. among others.

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, 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, discussing church appointments and visitations in California. He writes ‘I was present in Ukiah, when Archbishop Hanna blessed the Corner Stone of the new Church there and a deputation again waited on him and on me for a Father to be appointed to the district of Willits. The Archbishop appealed to me to put a Father there, accordingly I have appointed Fr. Ambrose to the position, who is a very safe man, and as I have no Brother to go with him there, arrangements are being made to get an old lady as Housekeeper for the present. I was thinking of taking Fr. Sebastian to let Brother Paschal go there for some time, but as he is an old man he requires the help of a Bro. Fr. Urban will be in Ukiah with Fr. Raphael, and Hopland can get Mass every Sunday now, and also Willits’.

Letter from Fr. Joseph Fenelon OFM Cap. to Fr. Peter Bowe OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, referring to arrangements for the Capuchins to take over Mission Santa Inés in California. He writes ‘As regards Sta. Inez the pastor who preceded the present man had retired but not resigned and the Bishop received a letter from him saying he was able again to resume the work of the parish, whereupon the Bishop wrote to me that he could not put us in charge for the present, but that it was a fait accompli that the Capuchins were to have the parish when the old man would fail or die, and this cannot be very long.

I was making arrangements to put Fr. Casimir and Bro. Didacus there, I asked Fr. Casimir would he mind or have any regrets if I asked him to take on St. Inez, not the slightest he said, so I had the matter nicely arranged when I received the note from the Office. Probably by the end of Summer old Fr. [Alexander] Buckler will give up’.

A clipping of an article documenting the arrival of several Irish friars back in Ireland after a successful missionary tour of the United States. The group disembarked from the White Star liner ‘Arabic’ at Cove (Cobh, County Cork). Three ‘distinguished Cork Capuchin Fathers’ are highlighted for their work conducting missions in New York and California; Fr. Thomas Dowling OFM Cap., Fr. Clement Connolly OFM Cap., and Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap. They were accompanied by Mr. J. J. Hanley, famously known as the ‘Baron of Broadway’. The article describes Hanley as a self-made Irish success story from County Limerick who became one of America's wealthiest and best-known men through ‘sheer grit’ and ‘keen intellect’. The clipping is taken from the ‘Cork Weekly Examiner’ (18 July 1925).

A clipping of an article reporting on a three-week mission at St. Gabriel’s Church (then located at 37th Street and Second Avenue, New York City) led by Irish Capuchin friars. The mission was led by Fr. Brendan O'Callaghan OFM Cap., Fr. Thomas Dowling, OFM Cap., Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap., and Fr. Clement Connolly OFM Cap. The clipping asserts that the Irish Capuchins have the oldest association of any religious institution with New York City. It provides several key historical facts to support this: The cornerstone of the first Catholic church in New York (St. Peter’s Church on Barclay Street) was laid on 5 October 1785. Father Charles Whelan, an Irish Capuchin, purchased the ground for St. Peter’s and served as its first pastor. The clipping is taken from ‘The Catholic News’ (28 February 1925).

A clipping of an article detailing a series of religious missions planned across the Northeastern United States. Led by Fr. Brendan O’Callaghan OFM Cap. of Paradise, Pennsylvania, the group included three priests who had recently arrived from the Capuchin Friary on Church Street in Dublin, Ireland: Fr. Clement Connolly OFM Cap., Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap., and Fr. Dr. Thomas Dowling OFM Cap. The tour was scheduled to last twelve months, covering the Dioceses of Philadelphia, New York, Harrisburg, Brooklyn, and Trenton. The clipping is taken from the ‘Philadelphia Record’ (14 February 1925).

Group photograph of Capuchin friars at Holy Trinity Friary in Cork, marking the golden jubilee of Fr. John Butler OFM Cap. The group includes Fr. Kevin Moynihan OFM Cap., guardian of Rochestown Capuchin Friary, Fr. Colman Griffin OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, Fr. Flannan Downing OFM Cap., Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap., Fr. Reginald O’Hanlon OFM Cap., Fr. Eunan Buckley OFM Cap., Fr. Brendan O’Callaghan OFM Cap., Fr. Thaddeus Field OFM Cap., Fr. Clement Connolly OFM Cap., Fr. Malachy Hynes OFM Cap., Fr. Edward Walsh OFM Cap., Br. Bernard Perry OFM Cap., Br. Crispin Brennan OFM Cap., Fr. Anslem Griffin OFM Cap. One of the prints is mounted on card and has a newspaper clipping identifying the friars present in the photograph. Photographer/Studio: 'Cork Examiner'.

Newspaper clipping of a photograph of a group of Capuchin friars with Fr. Venancio de L'Isle-en-Rigault OSFC, Minister General, in the garden of Holy Trinity Friary in Cork. The printed title reads '"Cork Weekly Examiner" and "Weekly Herald Supplement", July 1st 1916 / The Capuchin Fathers, Cork, with the Superior-General of the Order / Standing: Brother Aidan, Brother Angelus, Rev. Father Angelus, Rev. Father Joseph, Rev. Dr. Edwin, Rev. Father Bernardine, Rev. Father Clement, Brother Egedius, Rev. Father Leonard, Rev. Father Finbarr; Sitting: Very Rev. Father Matthew, Guardian, Cork, Very Rev. Father Aloysius, Provincial; Most Rev. Father Venantius, Minister General, Minister General; Very Rev. Father Bernardine, English Provincial Minister, Father Fredigand, secretary to Superior General’.
Photographer/Studio: 'Cork Examiner'.