Letter from b. Wilfrid Benning, St. John of God Hospital, Stillorgan to secretary at Archbishop’s House stating they are unable to help the Bishop of St. John. The Order is already sending Brothers to Australia and the States. They have also promised help to Mgr. Killian Flynn in Rhodesia (modern Zimbabwe). 1 item St. John’s, Newfoundland

Letter from +Cantwell to +McQuaid regarding the St. John of God Brothers. He mentions the work being carried out by Br. Matthias and asks the Archbishop to allow two more Brothers to travel to California from Dublin.

Letter from Br. Norbert McMahon to +McQuaid returning correspondence sent by the Archbishop to the Superior General of the St. John of God Brothers in Rome.

29-20 May 1957 Correspondence between +Levame & +McQuaid regarding the suppression of the St. John of God Brother hospital in Mulhuddart. +McQuaid states it is ‘…gravely unsuitable’ and has sanctioned the purchase of Celbridge Abbey.

Letter from +Joyce to +McQuaid thanking him for the St. John of God Brothers. He also thanks him all the other help Ireland has provided. 1 item

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18 August 1942 - 4 March 1969
Archbishop required letters in support of a sister travelling to England during wartime. Invitation to open a day secondary school in Donnycarney area, with a primary school to follow. House acquired in Donnybrook Sisters at Rockwell College, (see File St. Joseph of Chambrey No. 1)

Correspondence with Pere Andre and M. Charles Emmenecker: the Institute holds on precariously to life. Fears of suppression unfounded but changes in structure introduced by the Bishop of Beauvais. Problems of Pere Denis (Shiels - subsequently of St. John of God, Dublin). Pere Andre becomes Prior. Cause of Pere Lamy encounters skepticism in powerful circles of Langres. An Irish novice disappears without notice causing great commotion. M. Charles Emmenecker dies. Archbishop McQuaid continues to support the Institute. Reference to Marie Reine. Servites (O.S.M)

Letter from +Conway, Bishop’s House, Dundalk to +McQuaid stating he has accepted an invitation to give a paper on disability at Obelisk Park for the St. John of God Brothers. Annotated by +McQuaid. 1 item

Letter from +Victor Foley to +McQuaid regarding Fr. Peter Lu, who is with the St. John of God Brothers in Stillorgan. He hopes Fr. Lu can be released and allowed to work in Figi. He has already contacted +Carlo van Melckebeke, Apostolic Visitor to South East Asia, whose task it is to find work for refugee Chinese priests. Annotated by +McQuaid.

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8 August 1951 - 30 November 1956 72 items
History of Institute in diocese to permission to make foundation Negotiations to purchase property at Edenmore, Raheny Archbishop facilitates Rockwell College in getting Institute to undertake domestic duties there. Court case Reference to Ballina, Co Mayo school dispute. (cf Files Marist Brothers and Hierarchy). (cf file St John of God, letter February 1967.)

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4 February 1957 - 3 June 1970 64 items
Edenmore is acquired as a nursing home
2 cases exclaustration
Letter of complaint from ex-patient Institute acts to set up a Governing body for Edenmore, draft Constitution supplied Archbishop's interest in Scandinavian bishop where the Institute have a mission (cf file St. Francis Xavier, Sisters of)