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Overseas Missions: Vicariate: South Africa: Botswana: Oblates and Jesuits: booklet entitled Missions De La Congregation Des Oblates De Marie Imaculee - N* 132 - Decembre 1895, published in Paris

Overseas Missions: Vicariate: South Africa: Oblates and Jesuits: Kimberley Vicariate: Copy letter from Bishop Meysing, O.M.I., Vicariate of Kimberley, to the General of the Oblates: being his observations on the General's letter of 19/09/1949 to the Apostolic Delegate and the A. D's reply of 12/10/1949 concerning the Kimberley and Southrn part of Bechuanaland Protectorate. (Copies of the General's reply or the letter from the Aostolic Delegate that provoked it are not to hand. The Apostoloc Delegate's letter of 12/10/1949 9 is located at 8/1/1/5, serial no. 6776.) . Bishop Meysing takes issue with the apparant determination of the Apostolic Delegate to proceede with the division of the Vicariate of Kimberley within six months to the exclusion of the German Province. He suggests that the General Administration informs the Cardinal Prefect that it adheres to its decision that it is prepared to send some English-speaking missionaries to Bechuanaland next year, and in the event that the German Province is unable to send missionaries to Kimberley in the future, the General Administration will send other Irish Fathers to the Bechuanaland. That being the case, it would then consent to the seperation of the Southern Part of Bechuanaland Protectorate from the Kimberley Protectorate.

Overseas Missions: Johannesburg; photocopy of letter from the Secretary General for the Missions Caspar Caulfield C.P., to (?) the Cardinal Prefect of Propoganda Fidei, informing him that the Apostolic Delegate to South Africa had requested that the Province of St. Patrick permit its Missionaries to remain in the Diocese of Johannesburg at least until the end of the year. The Provincial has directed his missionaries to remain pending further instructions. The Secretary General summarises the reasons for the decision to recall the Fathers, It briefly boiled down to the fact that the Passionist have not obtained permission for a canonical foundation. The proposed acceptance of the Bechuanaland ( Botswana ) Protectorate as an independent mission make it imprudent for the Province to accept extensive parish obligations outside the boundries of the Protectorate. A Passionist centre in the Union of South Africa is of the utmost importance to the Bechuanaland Mission. A list of conditions from the Provincial relevant to the continuance of the Fathers in the Diocese is appended, THIS ITEM IS INCLUDED AT A4 OF THE DOCUMENT "OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE RE SETTING UP OF HOUSE IN TRANSVAAL" LOCATED AT 8-1-4-1 SERIAL NO 6821)

Overseas Missions: Johannesburg: photocopy of letter from the Mission Secretary General Caspar Caulfield, C.P., to Fergus Loughrey, C.P., enclosing copy of letter from Bishop Boyle to the Cardinal Prefect of Propaganda Fidei referred to and summarised in Caspar's letter of 25-07-1958 (see 8-1-4-15 seerial no 6828). Remarks that it is evident from letter that Boyle does not wish to admit any more religious to the City of Johannesburg. Two aproaches to the matter are adverted to by him. NB THIS LETTER IS MENTIONED AT A6 IN DOCUMENT "CORRESPONDENCE RE SETTING UP OF HOUSE IN TRANSVAAL" LOCATED AT 8-1-4-1 SERIAL NO 6821

Overseas Missions: Johannesburg: photocopy of letter from Caspar Caulfield, C.P., the Missions Secretary General to Fergus Loughrey, C.P., Propoganda Fidei has instructed that the terna for the election of the Prefect Apostolic for Bechuanaland ( Botswana ) be taken up. Voting will not take place until written consent of the local Ordinary is obtained for the erection of a Passionist house in one of the most favourably situated cities of South Africa. There is deadlock in these negotiations at the moment, so Caspar writes to examine the whole question from all sides to enable Fergus and Consultors can determine what course of action to take. The whole problem is then discussed in detail and certain suggestions made. NB THIS LETTER IS MENTIONED AT A8 IN DOCUMENT "CORRESPONDENCE RE SETTING UP OF HOUSE IN TRANSVAAL" LOCATED AT 8-1-4-1 SERIAL NO 6821

Overseas Missions: Johannesburg: photocopy letter from Caspar Caulfield, C.P., the Missions Secretary General acknowledging letter of 14-11-1958 from Fergus Loughrey, C.P., conveying the decision of the Capitular Fathers (concerning the question of a religious house in South Africa ?): copy of which is not extant here. Caspar, at Fergus's request, advises on how to proceed in dealing with the Bishop. Our version of the proposed contract should be sent to the Bishop before he gets out his own version, and this version should be sent by Caspar to the Bishop.

Overseas Missions: Johannesburg: copy letter from Fergus Loughrey, C.P., to the Bishop Of Johannesburg concerning the acquisition of a canonical foundation in South Africa, as a prerquisite to the establishment of a Prefecture Apostolic in Bechuanaland ( Botswana ). This letter was forwardwd to the Missiuons Secretary General, at his suggestion, for alteration etc., if necessary, (see 8-1-4-19 serial no 6842 and 8-1-4-20 serial no 6832)

Overseas Missions: Vicariate: carbon copy of a document entitled NOTES ON BECHUANALAND PROTECTORATE. Items covered are geography: history (including missionary history); statistical survey (including those on Catholics): works (missionary): accounts of the following periods, 1929 - 1952 and 1952 -1957, The final page is a staistical survey showing the missionary progress between 1950 and 1957.

Overseas Missions; Johannesburg: letter from Bishop Hugh Boyle of Johannesburg in reply to that of 14-01-1958 from 1936078 Fergus Loughrey, C.P., (see 8-1-4-11 serial no 6823 where Fergus submits a preliminary draft of a contract). Bishop Boyle sets out the conditions for the establishment of a Passionist Retreat in the Diocese. THIS ITEM IS INCLUDED AT A2 OF THE DOCUMENT "OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE RE SETTING UP OF HOUSE IN TRANSVAAL" LOCATED AT 8-1-4-1 SERIAL NO 6821)

Overseas Missions: Vicariate: South Africa: Botswana: Oblates and Jesuits: copy letter from Bishop M.H. Lucas, Apostolic Delegate, Pretoria, to the Fr. General of the Oblates, answering the General's reply to a report from H.E., regarding the divison of the Kimberely Vicariate. (Copies of that rerporet or the General's reply are not to hand.) H.E., sets out the reasons why any division is ever necessary and answers points raised by the General: (a), he is not dissatisfied with the German missioinaries - the mission is too vast and understaffed: (b) England has not asked that the German missionaries in Bechuanaland be replaced, but the authorities would be pleased to have Englsih-speakers: (c) it is not the policy of the government to make the missionary peresonnel undesirable because they are Catholics. He would welcome the idea of the Irish Province taking over this part of the province. He also deals with the Training College in the Reserve and discusses certain rumours heard by the General. He trusts that the General will be able tio interest the Irish Province in Bechuanaland