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Overseas Missions: Vicariate: Individual Personnel: 1939149 Urban Murphy, C.P., large envelope containing replies to invitations to attend the Consecration of Bishop Murphy. Most of them are acceptances.

Overseas Missions: Vicariate: South Africa: Botswana: Kimberley Vicariate: REPORTS: "Bechuanaland Prefecture: NEWSLETTER July, 1960" signed by Fr. Carthage Power, C.P. This is the second newsletter from Botswana. It is winter and vegetation to feed the cattle is very scarce. Poverty is rampant. Children flock to the schools, but there are few traditional Catholic families. The new convent of St. Teresa's Mission, Lobatsi was opened on the feast of St. Gabriel by Monsignor Murphy. An accouint of progress in Lobatsi is given, as is that at Ramoutsa. A progress report on St. Joseph's College, Khale, and accounts concerning Morwa. Malalapye, Francistown are su[pplied. Carthage appeals to his bretehrn to send on books suitable for priestly life.

Overseas Missions: South Africa: Botswana: Oblates and Jesuits: photocopy of a document from the General Curia of the Oblates entitled "Studium", mainly in German, but with three paragraphs in English stating that the German Province will scarcely for the time being be able to supply the necessary personnel; that Govenrment officials would not like to see more German missionaries sent to the Protectorate; that the writer is considering proposing that the Botswana Protectorate be seperated from the Kimberly Vicariate, and he would be pleased if the English, Irish or American Province "of your Society" were willing to take over the Protectorate.

Overseas Missions: Vicariate: South Africa: Botswana: Oblates and Jesuits: booklet entitled Missions De La Congregation Des Oblates De Marie Imaculee - N* 126 - Juin 1894, published in Paris

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: 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: 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 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.