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Mrs Georgina Farr/Parr seeks help in tracing a relative whose surname is Bevan. Gives family history of nervous tic.

File relating to parish finances. Includes correspondence regarding the financial difficulties surrounding the building of the new church at Bluebell and the reluctance of the parish priest to organise a Planned Giving campaign.

Letter from Fr. Thomas O’Reilly, North William Street to Fr. Mangan regarding a leaflet by Charbel Press on St. Philomena. It was produced under the direction of Fr. Paul O’Sullivan, O.P. Annotated by +McQuaid.

Letter from +O’Hara to Cardinal D’Alton regarding the International Congress of Catholic Doctors which is to be held in Dublin in June. The Holy See is anxious that this be an opportunity for proclaiming Catholic teaching in the field of medicine.

Letter from +O’Hara to Cardinal D’Alton regarding Catholic principles and policies in relation to UNESCO. He states the Holy See is concerned with the activities of the programme and policies of OMEP as they deal with the education of children of pre-school age. This is a delicate matter ‘…since there is considerable Masonic influence at work in OMEP, which is tinged with communism’. The Holy Father wants Ireland to bring its influence to bear at the Congress in Rome in August. He also asks that a competent ‘layman’ to establish contact with the International Catholic Co-ordinating Centre for UNESCO in Paris. He also suggests that the Irish Hierarchy establish a National OMEP Committee in Ireland.

Letter from Joseph A. Carroll to +McQuaid submitting a manuscript. He will not issue a licence without first referring the booklet to the Archbishop. Annotation by +McQuaid refusing official authorisation.

Copy of letter from +McQuaid to Fr. J. Masterson concerning the threatening litigation about his hall seeking a reply.

Copy letter from +McQuaid to Cardinal D’Alton regarding the 80th birthday celebrations of the Pope.

-30 August 1971 File relating to parish finances.

Correspondence regarding the progress of their existing foundations. Golden Jubilee of Wicklow community is celebrated. Agreement to open a secondary school at Roebuck; project later encounters difficulties. A project for Kilbarrack. Provincialate transfers to Kilmacud from Castletown, county Laois. A Brother’s hostel is envisaged for Maynooth. A centre for young adolescents in difficulty gets under way at Finglas. The first Sisters of Christian Schools arrive in the diocese to help.