Signed ‘Hopeless’. Says there is a shortage of priests to hear Confessions on weekdays.
London. An Irishwoman is at a loss to know what is happening in Ireland, with 2,000 illegitimate born in England. Encloses newspaper cuttings.
Signed ‘Lonely Orphan’. Since so much is being done for the French children by the Red Cross surely something could be done for the nameless and homeless waifs in Ireland.
‘Miscellaneous’. Asks the Archbishop for £60 to help clear debts.
Signed ‘Observer’. He has made a study on prostitution in Dublin and is irritated at the hypocricy of the Garda allowing them to do their business with impunity.
Signed ‘One of your loyal subjects’. Requests the Archbishop to ask the Parish Priests to encourage people to put lighted candles in windows.
Signed ‘A Parishioner’. She wishes to bring to the attention of the Archbishop the practice of young women to enter churches with uncovered heads.
Ringsend. The people protest at the failure of the curate to start Mass on time as he is late getting up.
Zealous Members of our Holy Church. Begs the Archbishop to use all his influence to prevent the Duke and Duchess of Windsor from taking up residence in Eire.
Handwritten letter to + McQuaid from somebody who speaks in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.