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The report provides the following statistics in respect of the Irish Capuchin custody in the United States:
Hospices: 13
Students: 2 studying Philosophy, 1 studying Theology.
Members: 23 Sodalities of the 3rd Order with approximately 800 members.
Aspirants: 1 pupil in the College is an aspirant to the Order.
Current Novices/Postulants: None at the time of the report.
The report also details two specific properties recently added to the Custody, at Flintridge in California and McKenzie Bridge in Oregon.

‘Report of Triennate 1928-1931’ for the St. Francis Hospice in Bend, Oregon, compiled by Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap., superior. It details extensive renovations, structural expansions, and religious additions totalling thousands of dollars, including church decorations, flooring, chapel roofing, a new baptistry, and altered dwelling quarters to establish a Canonical Enclosure. The report also tracks the addition of side altars ($1,840.75), specialized sanctuary installations, and several donated items like a Lourdes shrine and electric altar chimes, noting that property holdings valued over $7,500.00 are held under the Franciscan Capuchin Order (Diocese of Baker City). It concludes with a local economic assessment from December 1930, stating that a parish school remains impossible because parents cannot afford to send children, school upkeep is too high, and public tax inquiries predict Bend has ‘passed its zenith’ with local lumber mills expected to last fewer than 15 years.

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’.

A report (dated 3 August 1921) compiled by Fr. Anthony Holmes OFM Cap. summarizing the parish status and regional demographics for Our Lady of Good Counsel Church in Fort Bragg, California. The report reveals a debt-free parish valued at $12,000, serving a growing Catholic population of 1,500 comprised primarily of Italian, Portuguese, and Slavonian immigrants. The records detail local sacramental counts since 1910 (including 368 baptisms and 76 marriages) and note that early local services were supported by a private chapel 30 miles away in Greenwood (Elk). Additionally, the accompanying ledger outlines Mendocino County’s broader demographics, estimating a total county population of 20,000 (including 4,000 Catholics) split across key municipal hubs like Fort Bragg, Ukiah, Mendocino, and Greenwood.