Letter from +Conway to +McQuaid regarding the fire at the Convent of the Sacred Heart. 1 item
Note informing the Archbishop that Mr. Gilford asked if Church in Dublin had taken an official attitude to the proposed intervarsity debate, which has been cancelled, on the subject ‘Guinness has done more for Ireland than St. Patrick.’
Copy of newspaper letters responding to Peter Lennon’s articles on censorship.
Address given by +McQuaid at the annual meeting of National Film Institute and letters from the public re the same. Includes letters from John Horgan, journalist, Peter Lennon, journalist, and Bishop Fergus. 26 March 1965
Letter from +Philbin to +McQuaid regarding Opus Dei who wish to establish a house in the Diocese. Annotated by +McQuaid.
Typed note from + P. Dunne to Brendan enclosing an account of Rome ‘in the old days.’
Note from Fr. James Ardle MacMahon to +McQuaid stating that he had contacted Fr. Kevin Mullen at the Nunciature asking if there was no longer a Lenten fast apart from Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. He stated he did not know anything except what was in the letter of the Nuncio. He was informed that the Lenten Regulations were being posted to the printers and there may not be any practical difficulty as +McQuaid had dispensed from the day after Ash Wednesday to Passion Sunday.
Copy of circular letter from +O’Grady regarding an appeal for teaching Sisters. The Sisters of Mercy from Callan went to work there over a decade ago but with the need for more Sisters is now as great as ever. Sr. Emmanuel will travel to Ireland in the hope of finding new recruits and he hopes every assistance can be given to her.
Letter from +McGeough to +McQuaid thanking him for the information on the Sisters of Bon Secours.
Copy letter from +McQuaid to Cardinal Conway regarding the Irish Theological Association.