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.
Typed letter to Fr. Thomas O’Donnell, St. Mary’s, Rathfarnham, from E. O Nuallain, for the City Manager and Town Clerk, informing him that the numbers requiring Emergency Meals is declining and requests the views of his Organisation on the matter.
Copy of typed letter to Mgr. P. Boylan from +McQuaid. His anxiety over the appointment is for spiritual reasons. Mr. Derrig agreed to hold up the publication until he sees him.
Letter from +Mulligan to +McQuaid enclosing document of Incardination for Fr. John Burke. Annotated by +McQuaid. Incardination letter in Latin.
Letter from +Alfonso Carinci, Titular Archbishop of Seleucia (later Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation of Rites) to +McQuaid regarding the Movement of the Perpetual and Daily Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament for Diocesan Priests. Diocese of Treviso
Typed note on the inter-departmental committee examining the detention and prevention of crime and delinquency.
Letter from +Morris to +McQuaid discussing the proposed training centre for Gardaí in Templemore and the question of special facilities for Mass and Sacraments. Also mentions Acts of the New Zealand parliament which enable Bishops to hold property after the manner of a corporation sole. Annotated by +McQuaid.
Letter from +Staunton to +McQuaid regarding the forthcoming Bishop’s meeting. There will be discussion on the Department of Education’s proposal to raise the school leaving age. He also offers a priest to the Dublin diocese for one year. Annotated by +McQuaid. 1 item