Correspondence and other records relating to the staging of bingo competitions at Father Mathew Hall, Church Street. The file includes letters from P.J. Walsh & Company, solicitors, regarding applications for the renewal of licenses from the courts for the promotion of lotteries and other gaming activities. Correspondents include Br. Kevin Crowley OFM Cap., Fr. Senan Dooley OFM Cap. and Br. Daniel O’Brien OFM Cap. With promotional fliers, advertisements and notices regarding bingo meetings in the Hall.
Mass notice book for St. Mary of the Angels, Church Street. The volume contains lists of announcements particularly in relation to Padre Pio prayer groups, Secular Franciscan Order meetings, and various charitable collections.
Prospectus for the Capuchin formation and studies house in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The institute was open to Capuchin friars, Comboni fathers, Consolala fathers and Lazarist fathers.
Register of masses at the Church of St. Francis, Kilkenny. The volume includes the number of masses said by various celebrants and the monthly totals of masses offered for the house, for benefactors, for brothers and for various suffrages. The entries are periodically signed by the guardian and by the Provincial Bursar.
List of cup and prize winners at the Father Mathew Feis. The entries are listed under competitor number, personal number, marks, place, name of competitor and teacher.
Photographic prints showing the visit of Nelson Mandela to the Church of St. Mary of the Angels, Athlone, Cape Town, South Africa, on 12 September 1993. Mandela was accompanied by Allan Boesak. Some of the photographs are annotated on the reverse by the donors: James P. Rigney and Fr. Macartan Hyland OFM Cap. The photographs were printed in 'The Cape Argus' newspaper. The file also includes: • A description of the circumstances surrounding Mandela’s visit to Athlone Parish Church by Fr. Wilfrid Aherne OFM Cap. (1923-2004). • An annotated copy of the sermon preached on the occasion by Fr. Wilfrid Aherne OFM Cap. A copy of Mandela’s brief address after communion referring to the support offered by the local congregation during the apartheid era • The welcome address given by Huxley Joshua, a prominent member of the ANC in the locality. • Documents (including a copy newspaper cutting from 'The Southern Cross', 26 Sept. 1993) referring to the controversy over Mandela’s taking of communion during the Mass.
Photographic print of Fr. Flavio Roberto Carraro OFM Cap., Minister General, with the friars of the Capuchin community at Ard Mhuire Friary. The group includes Fr. Fidelis O’Connell OFM Cap. Fr. David Kelleher OFM Cap., Fr. Benjamin O’Connell OFM Cap., guardian, Fr. Silvester O’Flynn OFM Cap., and Fr. Joachim Lyttle OFM Cap. The file also includes a newspaper clipping of the photograph with caption details.
