Letter from +Ryan to +McQuaid regarding the Patrician Congress and he is delighted Cardinal Agagianian now knows the work carried out by the Irish in South America. They are celebrating the first feast day in their new seminary, St. John Vianney’s.
Letter from +Ryan to +McQuaid thanking him for taking his new student. He mentions the age gap between himself and his clergy which makes dialogue difficult. He also mentions National Independence Day which is to take place at the end of the month. 1 item
Letter from +Ryan to +McQuaid thanking him for meeting with him in Cork. He is having many difficulties with the Dominican Provincial and this has filtered down to the clergy in diocese. There have also been other issues in relation to Anglican Bishops and lectures on contraception and issues with mixed marriages.
Letter from +Ryan to +McQuaid regarding the projected Education Ordinance.
Wording of telegram from +McQuaid to +Ryan, Cork thanking him for his good wishes. 1 item
Letter from +Ryan to +McQuaid stating his resignation has been accepted on both sides of the Atlantic. +Fitzgerald has been named Apostolic Administrator. 1 item
Wording of telegram from +McQuaid to +Ryan stating he is most welcome in Dublin.
Letter from +Ryan, Bon Secour’s Hospital, Cork to +McQuaid stating he has been inundated with greetings from Trinidad. The Holy See has finally ended the association between the Port of Spain Diocese and the Dominicans. He mentions the birth prevention programme announced by the Trinidad government. The new Archbishop will be busy answering questions relating to this. 1 item
Letter from +Ryan to +McQuaid delighting in the two recent addresses by the Archbishop. He also mentions Fr. Doolan O.P. who is no longer welcome in the Dominican Houses in Dublin and is to go to Nairobi. He feels very sorry for him He states he has been awarded the highest honour Trinidad and Tobago can give.
Letter from +Ryan to +McQuaid thanking him for an unabridged copy of his Communications letter. He shares his distress at the rejection of the Rosary. 1 item