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- 12 Oct. 1952 (Creation)
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2 pp; typescript
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Baptismal name: Henry Carroll
Religious name: Fr. Eugene Carroll OFM Cap.
Date of birth: 21 Oct. 1889
Place of birth: 84 Rathmore Buildings, Cork
Name of father: Eugene Carroll (Cooper)
Name of mother: Mary Carroll (née Buckley)
Date of reception into the Capuchin Order: 23 Oct. 1907
Date of first profession: 8 Dec. 1908
Date of final profession: 19 Dec. 1912
Date of ordination (as priest): 16 May 1916
Educational attainments: MA (1934)
Leadership positions: Provincial Definitor (Councillor): 1934-7, 1937-40, 1940-3, 1943-6, 1946-9; Master of Novices; Rector of Seraphic College, Rochestown, County Cork, 1934-55
Date of death: 29 Oct. 1967
Place of death: South Infirmary, Cork
Place of burial: Cemetery, Rochestown Capuchin Friary, County Cork
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Circular letter from Fr. Eugene Carroll OFM Cap., College Rector, to various house guardians in the Irish Province. Father Eugene notes that due to the demanding nature of internal college activities, the academic staff are largely precluded from broader ministry works (such as missions, retreats, and parish work) that naturally facilitate vocational encouragement. To underscore that recruitment is a duty devolving upon the entire province, he quotes a substantial Latin passage from the ‘Analecta Ordinis’ (Vol. XXXIV, Fasc. VIII / IX) concerning the procurement of candidates for Seraphic Schools.
He provides a statistical overview of the college’s success since 1936 –
when the Leaving Certificate Examination was established as the qualifying test for the Novitiate – noting that 104 candidates from the college had been sent to the Order, averaging 6 to 7 per year. Citing the growing commitments of the Irish Capuchin Province in Africa and America, he argues this flow must be expanded. He requests the letter be read and discussed by local priests.