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A note outlining two administrative rulings from the Capuchin General Definitory regarding the Irish Capuchin mission in the United States during the 1920s. The first refers to the Irish friars having to leave Abbottstown, Pennsylvania (Diocese of Harrisburg). The second relates to the mandatory wearing of beards (1929).

Note (possibly by Patrick Pearse or William Pearse) on St. Enda’s School-headed paper. The note refers to the need to obtain the ‘creditors’ money’.

A financial report from the St. Francis Parochial School committee in Bend, Oregon, recommending halting plans to purchase a new school site due to the heavy tax and debt burden it would place on parish members. Because the committee fell short of its $1,500 quota by collecting only $1,017, they advise transferring the funds to Father Luke Sheehan to reduce existing church debt. However, a handwritten note by Father Luke challenges this decision, stating that he had successfully convinced the parish leadership to proceed with the school project anyway despite the committee’s inability to collect the remaining balance.

A note regarding a jurisdictional dispute between the Irish Capuchins and the local Pennsylvania Province regarding the mission in Abbottstown. It is stated that a decree from the General Definitorium (Gen. Def.) dated 19 February 1926, ordered the Irish Capuchins to leave the place and hand the hospice over to the Province of Pennsylvania. The reason given was that it was ‘situated in the territory of the latter province’.

A short account detailing the early days of the Irish Capuchin mission in Oregon.
The Mission’s Origins: Reference is made to Fr. Thomas Dowling OFM Cap. returning to Ireland to report his and Father Luke’s investigations into this ‘neglected portion of the Lord’s Vineyard’.
Official Acceptance (1910): The text records that at a Provincial Chapter held at St. Mary of the Angels in Dublin in 1910, the work in Oregon was officially accepted by the Irish Capuchins.
The First Three Missionaries: Three priests (all from Kilkenny) were chosen to join Father Luke in Bend:
Father Leonard (Brophy)
Father Benignus (Brennan)
Father Casimir (Butler)

A note by Fr. Edwin Fitzgibbon OFM Cap. providing a concise administrative report on the status of the mission in Bend, Oregon. Father Edwin notes that Bend is entirely free of debt and features a ‘splendid’ church and hospital within the parish. However, he highlights that there is currently no school and describes the parish as having a very large Catholic congregation. The mission maintains a local branch of the Third Order of St. Francis and several sodalities, making it a strong parish overall. Additionally, the priests from Bend attend to two outlying churches, and the community is currently staffed by three priests.