A silver pyx (diameter: 4.8 cm) with the Christogram IHS engraved on cover. The initials ‘TM’ are engraved on case. With silver Holy Oils Stock. The stock has three parts engraved with ‘I, B, C’.
Silver memorial plaque presented to Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC. The inscription reads:
‘Presented to the Very Rev. Theobald Mathew by Messrs Dugdale and McClean in the name of the Catholic and Scottish Union for the Suppression of Intemperance / Patronized by the Right Hon. The Earl of Stanhope in token of their esteem for him as the honoured instrument under God for the Destruction of Intemperance and the Moral Renovation of Mankind / 29th Sept. 1847’.
The obverse shows a man and woman either side of a shield. The man bears a banner with the words ‘sobriety’. The woman bears a banner with the words ‘Domestic Comfort’. The shield is flanked with a ribbon with the words ‘Peace on Earth and Good Will to Men / Be Thou Faithful to Death’.
This section includes register books recording the names of Capuchin priests celebrating masses at the Church of St. Francis in Kilkenny.
Register of masses at the Church of St. Francis, Kilkenny. The entries include the signatures of the celebrants. Monthly totals of masses are added to some of the entries. The entries were routinely signed by the Provincial Minster at visitations. Masses for notable benefactors are also mentioned including John O’Connell (1843-1905) for whom 170 masses were said in 1905. A note on the final page of the volume specifies that a total of 400 masses are to be said for O’Connell. (See also IE CA KK/4/1/2).
Register of masses at the Church of St. Francis, Kilkenny. A manuscript annotation notes that the volume was ‘commenced after the Provincial Chapter of 1925’. The entries include the signatures of the celebrants. The entries were also routinely signed by the guardian.
Register of masses at the Church of St. Francis, Kilkenny. The entries include the signatures of the celebrants. The entries were also routinely signed by the Provincial Minister at visitations. Gilt title to front cover: ‘Ledger’.
Register of masses at the Church of St. Francis, Kilkenny. The entries include the signatures of the celebrants. With monthly totals. The entries were routinely signed by the guardian. The first portion of the volume is comprised of a ledger of income derived from mass stipends from April 1948-Sept. 1952. (See IE CA KK/1/1/3/6).
Register of masses at the Church of St. Francis, Kilkenny. The entries include the signatures of the celebrants. With monthly totals of masses. The entries were also routinely signed by the guardian.
Register of masses at the Church of St. Francis, Kilkenny. The entries include the signatures of the celebrants. The final pages of the volume contain monthly totals of masses said by individual priests for Apr. 1977-Oct. 1979. The entries are periodically signed by the guardian, the Provincial Secretary (16 Dec. 1976), and the Provincial Bursar.
Notebook containing a diary of Sunday mass celebrants at the Church of St. Francis, Kilkenny. Includes lists of preachers and celebrants of masses at the Black Abbey and at St. John’s, Kilkenny.