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Notebook compiled by Fr. Angelus Healy OSFC detailing the missions and retreats given by him and other Capuchin friars from c.1903-08. The opening page notes that he was ordained on 23 Feb. 1902. An index is extant at the start of the volume. Information is given in respect of the location of the retreat or mission, the date, and the number of confessions heard and sermons preached. Occasional reference is made the subject of sermons and lectures such as ‘charity’, ‘the mercy of God’, and the 'dangers of drink’. The file also includes a separate typescript listing of missions, retreats and special sermons given by Fr. Angelus from 1903-40.

List of Royal Irish Constabulary members who took the pledge during the temperance crusade. The name of the individual and whether he took the pledge for life or one or two years is given.

Schedule for a temperance mission organised by the Capuchin friars in Belfast from 3-5 Feb. 1907.

Listing of individuals who took the total abstinence pledge in the parish of Taghmon and Turin (located in County Westmeath and in the diocese of Meath) in 1913. The total is noted as 542. Information is given under the headings of name, residence and period for which the pledge was taken.

A record of temperance badges circulated by the Capuchin friars from 1 January 1911 to 31 July 1913.

Listing of temperance badges circulated from September 1906 to 9 April 1914. The listing distinguishes between life and time-limited badges and those awarded to children. The total number of badges is noted as 1,039,149.

Correspondence of the Most Rev. Richard Alphonsus Sheehan (1845-1915), Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, with Fr. Paul Neary OSFC, Provincial Minister, re the resolution of the Irish Catholic hierarchy that ‘the Capuchin Fathers be asked to set apart a certain number of their body for the preaching of a Temperance Crusade in the Country’. A manuscript addition on one copy of the letters reads: ‘Copy of above sent to Fr. Finbarr’s, Cork, at his request (Fr. Albert Bibby, 26 Feb. 1918)’. With copy replies to Bishop Sheehan and the Most Rev. Patrick Foley (1858-1926), Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, and several copies of 'Suggestions for temperance work submitted to the standing committee of Bishops' (January 1906).