Letter from +McGeough to +McQuaid stating that the Osservatore Romano will be published for the first time in English in April 1968. This publication will be of great use and should be supported. The subscription will be approximately £3 per annum.
File relating to a fire at Tranquilla school and its subsequent refurbishment.
Typed letter to Fr. McKernan on behalf of the City Manager and Town Clerk, regarding the sites reserved for a Church and schools in Ballyfermot and Sarsfield Road Housing area.
Typed letter to +McQuaid from Eamon de Valera. The fuel position in the non-turf areas will be so critical next winter. Asks assistance by causing an appeal to be made in the parishes where turf is harvested, urging private producers to increase productivity.
Copy letter from +McQuaid to +Sensi regarding the S.V.D. foundation at Donamon. There are questions regarding the building of churches by religious and +McQuaid states that in this case the foundation is a novitiate only and that the Superior is making a declaration of intention by saying he will not build a public church. Religious will not break their word and if they did change their minds, they would have to firstly get the approval of their Bishop and they also know they would loose all respect. The situation has never arisen in the Diocese of Dublin.
Copy of ‘Statement of Evidence’ by William J. Elliott, Director of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.
File relating to the church in Ballybrack. 20 items
Letter from John J. Flaherty, Kilmainham to +McQuaid regarding the need for social care at the B & I port Dublin. He recounts the story of a recent encounter with a poor young girl and her baby.
Letter from Mgr. Paro to McQuaid forwarding correspondence from the Secretariat of State to Mrs. Thompson, 10 Eaton Square, Terenure. His Holiness thanks her for the Spiritual Bouquet on the occasion of his Golden Jubilee.
Letter from +McCann to +McQuaid thanking him for his kind message of congratulations. The letter has been published in the ‘Southern Cross’. 1 item