Letters from Fr. MacMahon to Dr. O’Connell and +McQuaid regarding the parish hall on the Navan Road. 2 items
Handwritten letter to +McQuaid from Dermot J. O’Flynn, Milltown, enclosing a Memorandum on The Censorship Board.
Letter from +Staunton to +McQuaid regarding a Novena for the Silver Jubilee of Blessed Oliver Plunkett’s beatification. This has been approved by the Standing Committee of the Hierarchy. 1 item
Letter from +Moynihan to +McQuaid enclosing a cheque for the recent Italian appeal. 1 item
‘Dr. Browne replaced by Mr. Costello: Minister’s Scheme Killed By Hierarchy Ruling’, and other articles. The Irish Times.
Letter from Cardinal Bernard Griffin, Benedictine Abbey, Kylemore, Clifden, Co. Galway to +McQuaid thanking him for the invitation to Archbishop’s House and to lunch at Notre Dame. His brother, Fr. Basil will also be able to attend. He has hoped to keep his visit private but was photographed by someone ‘snooping round’. Cardinal Griffin was Archbishop of Westminster and Fr. Basil was his twin brother.
Letter from +O’Hara to +McQuaid offering his sympathies for all those on pilgrimage in Lourdes who are affected by a travel strike.
Letter from +O’Hara to +McQuaid acknowledging receipt of the copies of the Relation Status which will be sent to Rome. He admires the manner in which they are prepared. He also confirms the exemption from the visit ad limina.
Typed letter to +McQuaid from J.P. Walshe, Ambasciata D’Irlanda, Roma. Says that their present difficulty is that they have no single all embracing Catholic body from which to draw the lay elite for such international contacts. Encloses five Paris press cuttings concerning Our Lady’s Choir.
Letter from +Joseph Parecattil to +McQuaid asking for his help in securing two places on a medical course in U.C.D. He is hoping to send two religious Sisters as they could be given free board and tuition.