Identity area
Reference code
IE CA WA/1/11/8
Title
Letter from Fr. Edwin Fitzgibbon to Fr. Sylvester Mulligan
Date(s)
- 5 May 1937 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 p.; typescript and manuscript
Context area
Name of creator
(26 January 1874-24 June 1938)
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Letter from Fr. Edwin Fitzgibbon OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, to Fr. Sylvester Mulligan OFM Cap., General Minister. Father Edwin relays a concern from Father Eunan Buckley, the Master of Novices in America. Father Eunan believes that, according to the Order’s rules, the Novitiate (the training period for new friars) must be held in a regular Monastery rather than a smaller Hospice. marginal note from Father Sylvester clarifies the canonical position.