Copy letter from +McQuaid to +Mageean regarding Fr. Kavanagh. He has already committed Fr. Kavanagh to teaching a 3rd year course of Social Science in the Rathmines Technical Institute. 1 item
Copy of typed letter to Fr. Kavanagh from the Secretary asking him to act as Chairman in the study- group on the Credit Union Movement.
Copy of typed letter to Fr. Kavanagh from + McQuaid thanking him and the Committee for their document. He accepts the idea of a priest being trained and asks if he could indicate a suitable priest.
Copy letter from +McQuaid to +Kavanagh stating the experience of difficulties with religious Sisters in Dublin. He makes some suggestions on how best to deal with the issue. 1 item
Letter from +Kavanagh to +McQuaid regarding the Little Sisters of the Poor. The Mother General has departed and is to be replaced by an Australian. The order will then become part of the Australian province. 1 item
Letter from +Kavanagh to +McQuaid regarding the use of the Irish catechism by the New Zealand Hierarchy. He mentions Bishops Whyte and Liston.
Copy of a letter from +McQuaid to Fr. Kavanagh saying he is willing for him to take rooms in St. Andrew’s on a temporary basis.
Letter from +Mageean to +McQuaid regarding a vacancy in the Department of Scholastic Philosophy Queen’s University. Dr. Daly, the assistant lecturer, has suggested Rev. James Kavanagh, a curate at Crumlin, as a possible candidate to fill this position for a year. 1 item
Handwritten letter to +McQuaid from J.P. Walshe, Ambasciata D’Irlanda, Roma. Refers to Fr. Kavanagh who will do great work; Mgr. Pavan, Professor of Sociology at the Lateran; the election – hopes that the Department of External Affairs will be under to the Taoiseach. Something has gone wrong since ‘our friend’ came into External Affairs. Appalled at this man’s insincerity.
Handwritten letter to Liam (Fr. Martin) from Jim Kavanagh. The Committee feels it is not in a position to make a detailed report at this stage. For their Interim Report the following statement should be made: ‘that in the light of our investigation to-date we do not think it desirable that the Archdiocese of Dublin should be officially associated with the Credit Union Movement as advocated by the visiting Australians.’ Church could be in difficulty if it supported one form of co-operation rather than another.