Letter from +Cushing to +McQuaid stating he will look after Terence O’Rafferty while he is in Boston. 1 item
Letter from +Cushing to +McQuaid regarding the suffragan Seas of the Boston Diocese, Springfield and Worcester. Bishop Wright will manage the latter. He mentions their Pilgrimage to Rome in August and recounts his time in Ireland.
Letter from +Cushing to +McQuaid regarding the Boston Pilgrimage. Over 600 people are travelling. He wishes to confirm times of communion and Masses. 1 item
– 11 File relating to Fr. Patrick Byron. Refers to his November 1962 appointment as a hospital chaplain in Dublin during his recovery from tuberculosis. Boston
Copies of the brochure for the Boston Archdiocesan Pilgrimage to Ireland. 2 items
Letter from +D’Alton to +McQuaid stating he will preside at the Mass in Westland Row. He mentions the new list of Cardinals and states Boston must be rejoicing.
Invitation card from + McQuaid to lunch to meet + Richard Cushing, Archbishop of Boston.
Letter from +Cushing to +McQuaid wishing him a Happy Christmas. He encloses a page from the official news service which is sponsored by ‘Confraternity of Christian and Jew’. Canon Duggan from Cork has been in Boston collecting money on behalf of Bishop Lucey to help expand his Diocese. 1 item
Letter from William McCarthy, Executive Secretary, Catholic Travel League to +McQuaid regarding the Boston Pilgrimage to Ireland. 1 item
Copy letter from +McQuaid to +Wright regarding the Boston Pilgrimage. He has heard nothing from +Cushing who he invited to stay at his house. He has learned that the travel plans have been altered and that the pilgrims will spend only two days in Dublin. He mentions a lunch at Clonliffe and a garden party, to be hosted by the Government, at Iveagh House. He hopes these arrangements will prove suitable.