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1846034 Blessed Charles Houben, C.P., Writings: McEvoy Family: transcripts of two letters written by Blessed Charles to Mrs, McEvoy, and one by him to her daughter, Pauline. Mrs. McEvoy lived at Tobertynan House, Longwood, Co, Meath and the family was visited by Fr. Charles on several occasions. In gratitude for the gift of a baby daughter - some maintain as a result of intercession by Fr. Charles - they erected a shrine to Our Lady of Lourdes in the woods at their house in 1868. Fr. Charles may have blessed this shrine. For interesting developments re this shrine see correspondence located at 4/4/3/20-25. The daughter, Pauline, named after St. Paul of the Cross, may also have been cured in later life by Blessed Charles. She married the Duke de Stacpoole in 1883. These typescripts were made by Fr. Oliver Kelly, C.P., from the originals, loaned by Major George Stacpoole in 1961,
NB. SINCE THE ABOVEN ENTRY WAS MADE, THE ORIGINALS OF THE LETTERS REFERRED TO HAVE COME TO HAND AND ARE ENTERED UNDER SERIAL NUMBERS 8411, 8412 AND 8413. THE TYPED COPIES (REFERRED TO ABOVE) HAVE BEEN ATTACHED TO EACH ORIINAL. THE ABOVE RECORD CONCERNING THE TYPED COPIES HAS, THERFORE, BEEN CANCELLED.

1846034 Blessed Charles Houben, C.P., Writings: 34 pages entitled transcript of The Writings of the Ven. Servant of God, Fr. Charles of St. Andrew. It consiste of Meditations on (1) the end of a Christian, (2) the end of a Religious Person, and the remaining pages contain different thoughts on religious subjects. At present it is not possible to locate the orignal. It may be Blessed Charles's note book which is located in the Museum.

1846034 Bl. Charles Houben - Life:- copy of article published in February, 1893, less than a month after the death of Fr. Charles. Unfortunately, the title of the publication is not distingushable.

Bl. Charles Houben - Life:- this is in fact a letter, written on 3 postcards forty years after Charles's death, taking issue with a statement that had been made to the effect that the memory of Charles seems to have been forgotten. The writer is not identifiable

1846034 Bl. Charles Houben - Life:- 2 copies of a typed MS entitled "The Boyhood Of Fr. Charles - His Vocation To The Passionist Life. The First Year Of His Priestly Life Before He Was Appointed To The Passionist Retreat, Mount Argus, Dublin" The envelope in which these copies are located states, in Herman Nolan's writing, that they are by Fr. Louis Mary, C.P., (Dermot Carroll, C.P.,).

1846034 Blessd Charles Houben, C.P.,Relics: Writings: McEvoy family: 2 envelopes containing relics of Blessed Charles which were returned to Fr. Oliver Kelly, C.P., Vice-Postulator for the Cause, by the McEvoy family. One contains a lock of Blessed Charle's hair and the other a card containing part of the habit worn by him. Both items are certified by Fr. Dominic O,Neill, C.P.,, Provincial Councillor. Also included in this folder are two envelopes in Blessed Charles's handwriting, which were posed from St. Helen's to Mrs. McEvoy

1846034 Bl. Charles Houben - Life:- seems to be notes prepared on Bl. Charles, principally on how he came to know about the Passionists and their form of life.

1846034 St. Charles of Mount Argus: Miscelaneous: Memorabilia: Sign: typed note, on an envelope, by Fr. Oliver Kell;y, C.P. It gives details of how an original letter from Fr. Wilfred O'Hagan, C.P., concerning the sign, which was on St. Charles's body while he was lying in state, was given to Mount Argus, along with the sign itself, on 28 October, 1980. The letter accompanied the sign, which Wilfred sent to Miss Ada Sheehy on 10 January, 1893. This is authenticated by a letter from the donor,Michael Sheehy, Coolemount, Rhode, Offaly. (a nephew of Ada Sheehy), who inherited both letter and sign. The Michael Sheey's letter of autnebtication, together with Wilfred's letter (with some safety repairs), are included in this arrangemet Also included are photocopy of Wilfred's letter and a typed copy of the text. THE SIGN IS NOW LOCATED IN THE ST. CHARLES MUSEUM.

1846034 Bl. Charles Houben - Life:- .photocopy of a document titled Passport (in 2 parts) 3w333, which is, in fact, the document issued to John Andrew Houben on 10 March, 1845 as his final release from army conscription. The title, "Passport", may be significant. Whilst it certifies that John Andrew Houben was now free of all military obligations, it also requsts all civil and miitary authorities to allow John Andrew Houben "free and unhindered passage, and to help and assist him, if necessary". He arrived at the Passionist Monastery of Ere in Belgium on 5 November, 1845 and was clothed as a novice on 1 December, 1845, so this document was most probably the passport used for his travel to Ere and elsewhere. It also contains a detailed description of him as at the time of issue, i.e., 10 March, 1845, as follows: "tall 1 ell, 7 palms and 1 inch; long face, covered forehead, black eyes, moderate nose, thick mouth, dimpled chin, brown hair, brown eyebrows, no further distingishing marks" (see document titled, " Explalatory Remarks" by Joop Bekkers, Leigraaf 146: 6651 GJ Druten, Holland, who suplied a translation of the passport documnet - which also see - for an explanation of John Andrew's hight details: in essence from 163 to 172 entimetres, i,e. from 5ft 5 inches to 5ft 8 inches).

1869019 O'Hagan, C.P., Wilfred ;1846034 Bl. Charles Houben - Life:- photocopy of letter from Fr. Wilfred O'Hagan, C.P., to Ada describing to her the scene at the funeral of Fr. Charles, and enclosing for her the sign that Charles wore while he was waking. He can't say whether it is the sign he wore when he was alive. This sign was later recovered by Fr. Oliver Kelly, C.P., and is on display in the Blessed Charles Museum together with the original of this letter.