The flier refers to the foundation by Fr. Benvenutus Guy OSFC of St. Joseph’s League which was approved by the Most Rev. William J. Walsh, Archbishop of Dublin, and provides details of its government and organisation. Article 6 notes that ‘members [are] to wear a badge to distinguish them from other boys. By the wearing of this badge they are expected to avoid the company of wicked boys, and to do all in their power to crush vice of every kind, especially evil speaking in those with whom they have to come in contact with’.
Copy probate and will of William Hogan, Kilkenny city. He bequeaths £20 to Fr. Edward Tommins OSFC and the clergy of the Walkin Street Friary for masses for the repose of his soul. The codicil is dated 19 Feb. 1880 and notes that Hogan died on 27 Jan. 1880. Certified copy by James Poe, District Registrar.
Report of the First Chapter of the Capuchins in Zambia held in St. Dominic’s Major Seminary, Lusaka. The table of contents is as follows: Introduction Chapter Personnel Opening address by Fr. Brendan O’Mahony OFM Cap., Provincial Minister Election Results Report of outgoing Regular Superior Some significant events of the past six years Capuchin life on the mission Vocations and formation Ongoing formation Relations between the Order and the Diocese Other Chapter decisions Closing address by Provincial Minister Appendix I: Elections in detail Appendix II: Addresses and contact details for friars at various missions in Zambia The report also contains a photographic print of the friars in attendance at the Chapter.
Declaration of the result for the canonical election of the discreet for the Capuchin community on Church Street. The declaration lists votes from the community members and declares that Fr. Benedict Phelan OSFC is elected enabling him to attend the Provincial Chapter. It is noted that there are seventeen friars present in the community. The declaration is signed by Fr. Angelus Healy OSFC and Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OSFC.
Copy Letters Patent to the Most Rev. Michael Boyle, Archbishop of Dublin, of amongst other lands a plot of inhabited ground ‘containing in breadth in the front 21 yards and in length backward 54 yards … the former property of Nicholas, Lord Viscount Netterville of Douth and his son Luke Netherville Esq., whereon was built stables and coachhouses and one stack of chimneys and all enclosed with stone walls lying and being in Oxmanstown, Dublin … to be held of the Castle of Dublin in free and common soccage … at the yearly rent of 6s 6d. The copy appears to have been made c.14 May 1868 for perusal by purchasers. The copy was compiled by Terence O’Reilly, solicitors, 18 Bachelor’s Walk, Dublin. There are several endorsements extant on the title page including a note indicating that this copy along with a case opinion and letter were sent to Mr. Reeves and Mr. O’Connell.
Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet Architectural front and back elevations and sections of the proposed Catholic priests’ residence in Athlone parish, Cape Town. With drawings of the ground and first floor plans. The plan was prepared by G. Muller, Cape Town.
A view of ‘Brookside’ on Lansdowne Road in Claremont, Cape Province, South Africa. The print shows a building used as a residence by the Irish Capuchin friars.
Official dedication of the foundation at Ard Mhuire to the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The document is signed by Fr. Kevin Moynihan OFM Cap., Provincial Minister. With manuscript and typescript copies.
Report on the prospects of the South African mission by Fr. Edward Walsh OFM Cap. and Fr. Canice Bourke OFM Cap., St. Mary’s, Cape Town for Fr. Kevin Moynihan OFM Cap., Provincial Minister. The report refers to a meeting with Bishop Bernard Cornelius O’Riley, Vicar Apostolic of the Cape of Good Hope, to discuss the areas (Athlone and Parow) which have been offered to the Irish Capuchins. A description of both districts and their populations is given. The financing of the proposed mission is also referred to. The report notes that ‘there is a well-disposed Catholic in Athlone, a Mr. Murphy, who came to the Cape during the Boer War, and settled here’. The report also affirms that ‘the people seem to want us badly in Athlone – there certainly is a hunger for a priest there’.
Date: 1740-1752 Author: Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Publisher: Romae: Typis Joannis Zempel austriaci Full title: 'Bullarium Ordinis FF. Minorum S. P. Francisci Capucinorum seu Collectio bullarum, brevium, decretorum, rescriptorum et oraculorum … quae S. Sede Apostolica pro ordine Capucino emanrunt'. Series: Published as a seven-volume series. Subjects: Collection of bulls and decrees
