Report by the Regular Superior on the verbal process at the canonical visitation of the parish of the Immaculate Conception, Parow, South Africa. Reference is made to the establishment of a separate fund for the erecting of a Friary in Parow.
Report by the Regular Superior on the verbal process at the canonical visitation of the parish of St. Mary of the Angels, Athlone, South Africa. Reference is made to the necessity of keeping the Order and mission accounts separate and to the sum of £825 refunded to the Bishop of Cape Town ‘in full settlement of money expended by the Vicariate in the Welcome Estate’.
Two examples of the ‘Vera Effigies Sacri Vultus Domini Nostri Iesu Christi’ (‘True image of the face of Our Lord Jesus Christ’. The ‘Sacri Vultus’ is a Holy Face relic (an effigy or drawing) created by touching the original of Veronica’s veil held in St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. An imprinted Papal wax seal is extant on each of the cloth items. One of the examples in the file is dated 1879.
An image of Pope Pius XII venerating the relics of Pope Pius X at the latter’s beatification ceremony at St. Peter’s Basilica. The photograph is credited to G. Felici, Pontificia Fotografia, Rome.
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A clipping of a report on the funeral of John McCormack at the Church of the Assumption in Booterstown in Dublin. The clipping is taken from the ‘Evening Mail’ (18 September 1945).
Letter from T F O'Connell Rooney & Company, solicitors, regarding costs of work associated with creating a Deed of Appointment for new trustees and carrying out an investigation of titles to see which lands in Blackrock were held by whom.
Letter from the solicitors regarding a clearance order for houses in Sweetman's Avenue, Blackrock.
Letter returning a list of original documents held by the solicitors which they would like to return to the Vincentians. The attached list appears to be CMI/X/H/BRK(4)/19/4.
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various receipts and one letter
Letters from editors and staff of The Cork Examiner, Irish News, the Belfast Telegraph, The Irish Catholic, Approaches, Radio Review, The Guide. Includes a copy of a letter from +McQuaid to Dr. John Watt (19/1/64) thanking him for his letter published in the Guardian in response to an article critical of +McQuaid.