Typed minutes of ‘V’ Committee meeting. The following items are mentioned in the report: police have failed to find Kinninmouth after seven weeks search. A report in The Sunday Express, 21 February, reported that a kidnapped boy and his teacher, Mr. Treacy, are being granted asylum in the Earl Shilton Catholic School in Ireland. Find out if school exists.
Letter from +Murphy to +McQuaid. He writes about the Little Sisters of the Assumption and his hopes for them in his diocese.
File relating to 181 & 151 Swords Road. Also mentions 131 Swords Road.
Letter from Desmond Hand to +McQuaid thanking him for the gift of £100 for the National Film Institute.
Letter from Fr. R.J. Glennon to +McQuaid regarding his Pastoral letter. 1 item
Typed minutes of ‘V’ Committee meeting. The following items are mentioned in the report: the Russian Trade Union Movement approached Mr. R. Roberts, Secretary, Irish Congress of Trade Unions to seek active co-operation between the two unions. An enquiry will be made to the International Catholic Federation of Trade Unions for their opinion of this approach. The Workers’ Party of Ireland is active. Mick O’Riordan has resigned from CIE to devote himself to development of the Party. It is now clear that the Irish Workers’ Party is the Communist Party in the Republic of Ireland.
Copy of typed letter to the Editor, New Statesman, regarding Proinsias Mc Aonghusa’s article entitled Ecumenism in Dublin. + McQuaid’s sermon of December 9 is not remembered accurately.
Letter from Fr. Matt Farrell, Congregation du Saint Esprit, Paris, regarding the correspondence from +de la Bruneliere which he states is very out of character. He believes the writer may be the Officialis of the Diocese, Fr. Verhoeven as he has had similar begging letters in the past. He then remarks on the situation on the island and an earlier appeal to the French bishops which was so poor it was described as the ‘silent church’. Mexico 111a./1. 24 February 1971 Letter for +McQuaid from +Joseph Salazar Lopez introducing Francis Xavier Orendain, a prominent Catholic in Guadalajara, who wishes to send his daughter to a Catholic school. He asks if the Archbishop can recommend a suitable school. Letter from the father also enclosed. Peru
Letter from +Browne to +McQuaid congratulating him on the success of his intervention. 1 item
Letter and enclosure from +Theophile Mbemba, Congo to +McQuaid seeking help in establishing the ‘Pere Daniel Brottier’ centre. Annotated by +McQuaid. 2 items