Letter from +Sensi to +McQuaid thanking him for the copies of the Acts of the recent meeting of the Bishops of the Province of Dublin which proposed the names of those ecclesiastics who would be considered suitable for the Episcopacy. This information will be sent to the Sacred Consistorial Congregation.
Note from the Secretary, Archbishop’s House to Mgr. Cassidy forwarding a cheque for two guineas being a year’s subscription to the Bulletin ‘Nuntius’.
Copy of letter from +Joseph Sensi to Mother informing her that in consideration of the renewal all Religious Institutes are carrying out with regard to their Constitutions the Sacred Congregation for Religious has deemed it opportune to suspend temporarily the sending in of the Quinquennial Report.
File relating to special collections taken up in the parish.
File relating to special collections taken up in the parish.
Copy of newspaper cutting from the ‘Sunday Mirror’ entitled ‘The new Irish’ by Derek Jameson.
Preparation for first session including correspondence% Nunciature re attendance & also Bishop Dunne, first schemata. Cardinal Cicognani referring to Council procedures% Cardinal Michael Browne re meeting on subject of membership of the church% Letter to priests of diocese% Fr. Michael O’Connell on first schemata.
Typed letter to +McQuaid from John A. Costello, enclosing a copy of the letter he received from Dr. Rodgers and the reply he sent. The issue was the Court case of the Attorney- General v. Rev. Patrick Ryan, C.C., Clonlara, regarding a complaint of assault by a Mr. Miller, a Jehovah Witness.
Copy of typed letter to + Rodgers from John A. Costello pointing out that there is lawful, orderly and effective method of dealing with matters of this kind.
Handwritten notes on Communist activities. Camp at Giles Quay, Dundalk for boys and girls aged 16 – 30. They come from Ireland, England and Scotland. Main work at present is selling The Irish Workers’ Voice. Everything immoral is encouraged. At least four couples living together. Regarding education one is taught to despise everything to do with religion. At present there are training cells for youths in Cashel Road, Clonliffe Road and Bray run by a Jew called Jackson. There are several Jews in the movement. Their paper is called The Jewish Democrat. Six members in Kilkenny, 9 – 12 in Cork, one in North Kerry and about 300 in Dublin. 20 – 30 girls in whole outfit.