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Letter from Fr. Anthony O'Kelly, Minister Provincial,to Mother Mary Gabriel Skerrett, Abbess of the Poor Clares of Galway giving the faculty of "betaking yourselves to some catholic region."

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Fr. Antonius O Relly Ord. Min. Strictioris Observantiae S.T.L. necnon Almae Pro-
vinciae Hyberniae Minister Provincialis et servus, Revdae Dominae Mariae Cabrieli
Skerrett Pauperum Clarissarum Galviensium Abbatissae eiusque Monialibus professis
et Novitiis, Salutem.
Quandoquidem permittente supremo Numine huic praesenti Gubernio visum fuerit expedire
omnes Moniales e regno isto ante proximas Calendas Mayas in exilium religare sub gra-
vissimis paenis tum his tum harum
ubs tentationibus
agtE quibus omnium bonorum jactura et con-
fiscatio decreta et sancita est, si vel intra vel extra domus suas eas manutenuerint.
Hinc est quod vobis literas nostras obedientiales concedamus, facultatem impertientes,
quatenus Ia oblata transfretandi opportunitate, ad regionem aliquam catholicam vos
conferatis, commendatae Reverendis Admodum Patribus Ministris Provincialibus istarum
respective Provinciarum ad quas perveneritis, et Abbatissis Monasteriorum ad quae
diverteritis, ut vobis de loco residentiae, ubi Deo et Ordini vestro famulari valeatis
charitative providere dignentur.Omnibus interim christifidelibus, sive de populo
sive de Claro, ad quos diverteritis, tanquam pauperes et exules filias charius in
Domino commendamus. Dat. in loco nostri refugii hac die
fr. Antonius O Kel ly
Mr Proalis
De mandato
R. adm. Plis Sup.
Fr. Patricius Fahy S.T.L.
et Provinciae secretarius

Fr. Anthony O Kelly of the Order of Friars Minor of Stricter Observance, S.T.L. and
Minister Provincial of the beloved Province of Ireland and Servant, to the Rev. lady
Mary Gabriel Skerrett, abbess of the Poor Clares of Galway and to her professed
nuns and novices, greetings.
Since, by permission of the most high God, the present Government has judged it ex-
pedient to send into exile from this kingdom all nuns, before the next Calends of May,
under gravest penalties bothnon them and on those who support them, whereby the l0SS
and confiscation of all goods has been decreed and sanctioned, if they maintain them
either within or outside their houses. Hence we grant you our letters of obedience,
imparting the faculty of betaking yourselves to some catholic region, on the first
available opportunity of travellinq, commending you to the Very Reverend Father Min-
isters Provincial of these respective Provinces which you reach, and to the Abbesses
of the Monasteries which you turn to, so that they may charitably provide for a place
of residence for you, where you may be able to serve God and your Order. Meanwhile
we commend you to all the faithful, vhether lay folk or cleroy, to whom you turn,
as poor exiled daughters, lovingly in the Lord.
Given in our place of refuge this day
Fr. Anthony o xel ly
Minister Provincial
By mandate of
Very Rev. Paovincial Superior
Fr. Patrick Fahy, S.T.L.
and Secretary of the Province

Bethlehem: Licence to found in Galway.
Fr. Antonius Geoghan, Minister Provincial.

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Fr. Anthony Geoghegan, Minister Provincial of the Province of Ireland of the Order of Friars Minor of Stricter Observance, to our venerable Mother in Christ Mary Gabriel otherwise Martin, professed nun of the Order of St Clare and Abbess elect for the convent to be erected of the Poor Clares in Galway, and to the other sisters, namely Clare Anthony, Margaret Francis, Catharine Bernard, Mary Bonaventure, Catharine Francis, Catharine Thomas, Catharine Michael, Helen Louis, Catharine Chrysostom, Lucy Clare, Mary Andrew. To the Novices also, Sabina Byrne and Mary Kelly, everlasting greetings in the Lord, etc.

Since on the part of our many special friends and benefactors, it has often and earnestly been proposed to us and humbly to you, view of the disturbance of these times, we should grant you permission to go to Galway, and there initiate and erect a convent, in the first place for God’s glory and your welfare and consolation, and the propagation of your Order and the sanctification of neighbours. Having considered these matters maturely from every angle, yielding to their devout wishes, by tenor of these present letters we grant and bless the said permission to you. Commanding you in virtue of the obedience you bequeath yourselves at the first opportunity, proceeding obediently and religiously, to the edification of all who meet you, so that in what we praise in his handiwork, and may most mercifully grant you the grace of the God who inspired you, to whom we propose you may efficaciously recommend us, and all of us in your holy prayers.

Given at Bethlehem on the thirtieth day of January 1642.

Fr. Anthony McGeoghegan
Minister Provincial

fr. Antonius Geogheganus Ordinis Minorum strictioris observantiae Provinciae Hiberniae Minister Provincialis venerandae nobis in Christo Matri Mariae Gabriellis alias Martin, moniali professae Ordinis reformat. Sanctae Clarae nec non Abbatissae electae pro Conventu Clarissarum Galviae erigendo et ceteris sororibus, viz. Clarae Antoniae, Margaritae Francisci, Catharinae Bernardi, Mariae Bonaventurae, Catharinae Francisci, Catharinae Thomae, Catharinae Michaelis, Everlinae Ludovici, Catharinae Chrysostomi, Luciaae Clarae, Mariae Andreae. Novitiis vero Sabinae Byrne, et Mariae Kelly, eas concomitantibus salutem in Domino sempiternam, etc.

Cum ex parte multorum (?) specialium nostrorum et benefactorum saepius et sedulo nobis propositum fuit, et tuo semel iterumque, tum ob vexationem habitatualium (?) huius urbis Galviae, tum pro supplicum quatum quietem, ibidem a Dei in primis gloriam, vestrorum aedificationem, consolationem, Ordinis vestri et sanctae Clarae propagationem conventus aedificatione, conventum inchoandi et erigendi. Ea mature ex intimis votis annuentes, tenore praesentium dictam licentiam concedimus et benedicimus. Quod nostra benedictio una cum omnibus quibus obviam fueritis aedificatione, ut Deus lucidae in ancillis suis, et suam largam benedictionem vobis clementissime impertiatur, ut quod fideliter intentis efficaciter obtineamus ipsius gratia(i?) sumus per vos nobis orate. Datum Bethlem die trigesimo Januarii 1642.

Antonius (?)
fr. Antonius Geogheganus
Minister Provincialis

No year given

Letter from the Archabbot of St. Martin's abbey in Beuron, Germany

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