Letter from +O’Hara to +McQuaid thanking him for allowing Fr. Stephen Clancy leave the Clergy Retreat to accompany Fr. Moylan, former Vicar General to the Nuncio and from Atlanta, to Shannon Airport. Neither he nor Mgr. Alibrandi were available to accompany Fr. Boylan to Collinstown and hence he is very grateful to the Archbishop. He also discusses the merits of the complaints of Br. John O’Toole which will be sent to the Sacred Congregation for Religious and he has followed the advice and information provided by the Archbishop. He also mentions Professor H. Bruck who has been nominated for membership to the Pontifical Academy of Science. He mentions the new Nuncio who is leaving Cairo on 31 July and who plans on stopping in Rome before coming to Dublin.
Letter from Fr. Raphael Clancy to +McQuaid thanking him for the gift of £500 for the unemployed in the parish. 1 item
Letter from Stephen Clancy to Fr. Mangan partially replying to an anonymous letter received by the Archbishop over his silence on matters of grave importance.
Clancy, Basil, Bray Road, Foxrock. He has proposals for a Catholic School of Journalism.
File relating to the removal of a crib from Dublin Airport chapel. The figures in the crib, designed by Fergus O’Farrell, were described as being ‘beneath the level of human dignity.’ Letter from Basil Clancy, editor of ‘Hibernia’ among these. Newspaper cuttings attached.
Letter from +Dyer to +McQuaid regarding Fr. Alan De Lastic who will be studying at the National University and he hopes the Archbishop may be able to find a chaplaincy for him. 1 item 158/3.16 September 1963 Note for +McQuaid from Br. Clancy stating +D’Souza of Calcutta wishes to visit with him. Delhi
Letter from Mgr. Paro to McQuaid thanking him for the cheque for £4.5.0, which will be forwarded to Propoganda Fide, and will pay for the forwarding of the luggage of Fr. Stephen Clancy and Fr. William Martin from Rome to Lisbon.
Copy letters from Fr. James Ardle MacMahon to Mgr. T. O’Reilly, North William Street, and Basil Clancy, editor, regarding an article by Fr. John Kelly which will appear in the December issue of ‘Hibernia’.
Letter from Mgr. Paro to +McQuaid referring to a cheque for £32.10.0. paid in relation to travel expenses of Mgr. Dunne and Fr. Stephen Clancy. Further expenses have been incurred and £4.5.0 is now owing.
Letter from Basil Clancy, Foxrock to +McQuaid proposing the establishment of various Catholic bodies including a Catholic Press Guild; School of Religious Art; Institute of Social Science; specialised libraries; a Council to engage in promotion work abroad; a council to promote Catholic work; a Catholic Council to promote Christian ways of life.