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11 January1941 - 18 December 1942 53 items
Due to wartime conditions, novices cannot be sent to France, hence permission for temporary novitiate at Clonsilla is requested and granted. Changed to Roebuck with condition that a home for the Aged Poor will be established on the site. The Hermitage, Roebuck, is acquired.
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22 April 1943 - December 1945 60 items
The Hermitage, Roebuck, opens as a home for Aged Men. The Grange at Clonsilla is sold to the Daughters of Charity (cf Daughters of Charity, File No.1, letters 27 June 1943 and 29 August 1943.) Roebuck Castle is acquired and received the residents of the Hermitage leaving that property exclusively for use as a novitiate. Permission for permanent novitiate at Roebuck Castle is granted with the condition of its use as a home for the aged.
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10 January 1946 - 15 December 1955 60 items
Correspondence re routine details of community life and apostolate. Holy See sanctions permanent novitiate at Roebuck. New wing at Roebuck is blessed.
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24 March 1956 - 15 December 1964 74 items
Correspondence re routine details of community life and apostolate. Archbishop suggests another home for the aged; a sites is purchased in Raheny. Appropriate accommodation for chaplain on foot of fire in furnished house (cf File Refuge, Sisters of Our Lady of Charity, letters 9 - 10 December 1959.)
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23 June 1965 - 1 February 1972 81 items
Correspondence re routine details of community life and apostolate. Archbishop suggests another home for the aged. Development of plans for home in Raheny. Correspondence re setting up of committee of lay people to raise funds without prior permission of the archbishop who forbids advertising, and fund raising in connection with same without previous sanction of the Vicar-General.
