Typed note to +McQuaid. Archbishop Damiano of Camden, New Jersey and Fr. Mazzantini of the Scallopian Fathers, Florence, wish to meet him; the Minister for External Affairs invites the Archbishop to dinner in honour of Nuncio Sensi.
– 2 May 1964 Correspondence between Fr. James Ardle MacMahon, Bishop Zuccarino & +McQuaid regarding a copy of ‘Columba’. It contains a list of the Committee of Honour and +McQuaid’s name has been inserted without his permission. Annotated by +McQuaid. Diocese of Florence 3 33a/2c. 28 June 1952 Programme for the International Conference on peace and ‘civilta cristiana’ sent by Giorgio La Pira, Mayor of Florence. He has invited + McQuaid to attend, but the archbishop is unable to do so. Diocese of Gaeta
Handwritten letter to Eamon de Valera from +McQuaid. He begs to inform him that as a result of the verdict of the Florence Court against the Bishop of Prato he has cancelled the celebration of the Anniversary of the Coronation of the Pope as a mark of sympathy with the Pope in his grief at the injustice done to the free exercising of the spiritual jurisdiction of the Church.
File relating to ‘Laharna’, Florence Road, Bray, a bungalow donated to the parish for the use of priests by Margaret Murphy.
Letter from Florence Ryan, Munster and Leinster Bank, Crumlin to +McQuaid asking if +Crawford can attend their annual sale of work in the Mansion House. Annotated by +McQuaid.
Handwritten letter to +McQuaid from J.P. Walshe, Ambasciata D’Irlanda, Roma. Refers to the ignorant article in the Sunday Independent by Liam Skinner on the Columban Chapel; the health of the Holy Father; the political situation in which the Christian Democrats are showing up very badly; La Lira, Mayor of Florence, who is the modern day St. Francis regarding his concern for the poor.