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Invoice statement for Downes’ professional services account.

The Irish College at Paris had existed at various locations in the city since 1677. In 1858 the Irish Bishops entrusted it to the Vincentians, who governed it until 1984. It took in no Irish students for the priesthood after 1939, though the then Rector, Father Patrick Travers CM, remained in residence until 1945, and was non-resident Rector until 1972. After the Second World War, the Irish Bishops made the College available to the Seminaire Polonais de Paris. When they left in the late 1980s, the College was redeveloped as an Irish Cultural Centre.

Some of the material will have come into the Archives from the Provincial files, but a large amount seems to have come from the Irish College, Paris, itself: probably brought to Ireland on the closure of the College as a seminary, or afterwards, when confreres were non-resident rectors up to 1984.

The collections in the Vincentian Provincial Archive

Two letters from James Pepper, Moyola, Dundrum, County Dublin, to Father Thomas Morrissey CM, regarding some property at Rathangan, County Wicklow. James Pepper is collecting rents on behalf of James Pepper who is deceased.
Also a note on documents that were stored with the letters.

Three letters from Jane LB Pilsworth, 29 Clarence Square, Cheltenham, regarding regarding sale of her property at Blackrock to the Vincentians. Her son-in-law is the Reverend John Ellershaw.

Letter to Father Edmund Comerford CM from Joseph Vincent Downes, Architect, enclosing revised plans [which are not now present].

Judgement issued from the High Court of Justice, regarding the entitlement of 'funds in court' to Cornelius Hickey, Daniel O'Sullivan, Joseph Geoghegan, Malachi O'Callaghan, and Thomas Morrissey, all CM. Mary Cavanagh is entitled to £162 3 shillings and 9 pence.

"Kalendarium Congregationis Missionis pro Anno 1922". 3 copies - 8 pages in each.

Admin History
The Vincentians initially came to Lanark in 1859, when the new Church of St Mary’s, Lanark, was opened. When the parish of Lanark was handed over to the Vincentians it comprised, Carstairs, Kirkfieldbank, New Lanark, Ponfeigh and Douglas. The first Superior was Matthew Kavanagh CM. The church built in the 1850’s was destroyed by fire on 13th April 1907 and a new building was later opened on the same site in 1910.

St Mary’s Hospital, Lanark, was run in connection with the Community.

In 2006 the decision was made for the Vincentians to withdraw from the Parish of St Mary’s, after almost 150 years service. A Farewell Mass was held on the 11th June 2006 at St Mary’s Church, Lanark.

Scope and Content
This collection contains material relating to the Vincentian community in the Parish of St Mary’s, Lanark, Scotland. Items include: Correspondence (1855-2006), Photographs (1950-1978), Copy Deeds (1870), Lanark Teinds (1883-1907), Visitation Reports (1976 & 1980), Annual Return of Income & Expenditure (1963, 1993 & 1998), Minutes (1888, 1963 & 1980), Inventory of Property (1961), Architects Drawings (1977), Publications (1910, 1959 & 1990), Statements of Accounts (1925-1990), Receipts & Vouchers (1868-1954) Ordnance Survey Map (1947).

Letter from John Connolly regarding late payment of rent by three tenants.