A Christmas greeting card from Canon Patrick Rogers. The card has an illustration of the exterior of Trench House (later known as St. Joseph’s College), a Catholic teacher training college, located on Stewartstown Road in the Andersonstown area of Belfast. Canon Rogers was principal of the college.
A Christmas greeting card from Con Cremin, Ireland’s Ambassador to France. The card has an illustration of the main entrance to the Irish College in Paris (Collège des Irlandais). Founded in the late sixteenth century, the college (located on Rue des Irlandais) was a Catholic educational institution in the French capital. The building is now used as a cultural center, known as the Centre Culturel Irlandais.
A New Year card (‘Herzliche Neujahrsgrüße’ translates as New Year’s greetings) from Eduard Hempel, a diplomat who served as Germany’s minister to Ireland (his official title was ‘envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary’) from 1937 to 1945.
A card from Eric Gill, Pigotts, High Wycombe, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. thanking him for the copy of ‘The Capuchin Annual’ which he describes as both interesting and valuable.