This file contains the private diaries of Brother Vincent Corcoran.
Personal cheque from William Pearse’s personal bank account with the Terenure branch of the Royal Bank of Ireland Limited, for the payment of £2 to Percy C. Webb. The cheque is signed by Pearse.
A draft of an article titled ‘Personal characteristics of Newman mirrored in his style’ by Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. The article refers to the writings of Cardinal John Henry Newman.
Brother Vincent Corcoran
This file contains personal booklets belonging to Brother Vincent Corcoran concerning “Will-Power”, “Nervousness”, “A Cure for Shyness” and booklets regarding electric shavers.
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letters referencing the Breaking of Morn, the Cause, family history projects, correspondence with the Archdiocese of Armagh.
Permission from the Sacred Congregation of Rites to use a thurifer in the absence of a deacon and sub-deacon. The thurifer is a object used in the liturgy to incense. It normally required a deacon to be present to help the principal celebrant.
In this case a brother would have assisted. Many of the priests may have been absent saying Masses in parishes.
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Document signed by Archbishop of Dublin, John Charles McQuaid, granting permission to set up a semi-public oratory with reservation of the Blessed Sacrament for the Retreat House at Blackrock, with reply of thanks from Saint Joseph’s, Blackrock, probably by the Provincial.