Letter from Fr. John M. Costello to +McQuaid informing him that he has inspected the O’Reilly house regarding the proposed private oratory.
File on the new church in the Parish of St. Joseph.
Warren, Eileen N., 14 Mountpleasant Square, Ranelagh. Asks the Archbishop to appeal to the representatives of Employers and Workers not to make outrageous demands and thereby prevent a strike in the building industry.
Kelly, E.A., Walmer, Port Elizabeth, South Africa. He finds the practice of offerings collected at funerals as grotesque.
Letter from Mgr. Benelli to +McQuaid enclosing a copy of the Papal Encyclical ‘Evangelii Praecones’, issued on 2nd June, being the 25th anniversary of ‘Rerum Ecclesiae’. The Holy Father wishes its contents to be made known as widely as possible.
Typed letter to Dr. O’Connell from G. W. Troy, British Embassy, marked ‘Confidential’. Thought + McQuaid might be interested to read an article taken from the Soviet Periodical “Science and Life” on the subject of the fight of Communism against religion. Refers to another article entitled “the Renaissance of Slavery”.
Copy letter to Fr. Joseph Purfield from the Chancellery regarding the number of churches to be visited for the Jubilee Indulgence.
File relating to parish schools.
McQuade, Thomas, Donaldton Crescent, Belfast, forwarding a letter from the Belfast Telegraph on the refusal of the directors of a racecourse to allow Fr. Peyton (Rosary priest0 use it for a meeting.
Typed letter to Leon O Broin from F. O hAnnrachain informing him of the talented Georges Minnes.