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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.

Photograph of Fr. Thomas Dowling OFM Cap., Fr. Clement Connolly OFM Cap., and Fr. Berchmans Cantillon OFM Cap. in Watts, Los Angeles.

Photograph of Fr. Clement Connolly OFM Cap., Fr. Joseph Fenelon OFM Cap., and Fr. Thomas Dowling OFM Cap. outside the Capuchin friars’ residence in Watts, Los Angeles.

Photograph of (from left) Fr. Ambrose Brunton OFM Cap., Fr. Anthony Holmes OFM Cap., and Fr. Clement Connolly OFM Cap.

Photograph of Fr. Ambrose Brunton OFM Cap., Fr. Anthony Holmes OFM Cap., and Fr. Clement Connolly OFM Cap. on a boating excursion.

A clipping of an article reporting on the opening of a religious mission at St. Gertrude’s Church in Stockton, California, led by two Capuchin friars, Father Joseph Fenelon and Father Clement Connolly. The mission began with a High Mass sung by Father Clement. The opening sermon was delivered by Father Joseph, using the text: ‘Blessed are they who hear the word of God and who keep it’. The article notes that Sunday services were ‘largely attended’ by both Catholics and non-Catholics. The clipping is taken from the ‘Stockton Daily Evening Record’ (23 April 1923).

Photograph of Fr. Clement Connolly OFM Cap. and Fr. Thomas Dowling OFM Cap. outside the Capuchin friars’ residence in Watts, Los Angeles.

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).

A clipping of an article reporting on arrival in Cork of Fr. Thomas Dowling OFM Cap. on board the White Star Line ship ‘Baltic’ after spending six months performing missionary work in the United States. He travelled with two other friars, Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap. and Fr. Clement Connolly OFM Cap. After landing at the Deepwater Quay, the trio departed for Cork by motor car.