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Cote
IE CA WA/1/4/42
Titre
Letter from Fr. Joseph Fenelon
Date(s)
- 18 Nov. 1931 (Création/Production)
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1 p.; typescript
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Nom du producteur
(31 May 1875-20 April 1963)
Histoire archivistique
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Letter from Fr. Joseph Fenelon OFM Cap. to Fr. Angelus Healy OFM Cap., Provincial Secretary, Fr. Fenelon expressing his delight at hearing about the progress being made by the Capuchin mission in South Africa. This aligns with the arrival of the first Irish Capuchin friars in Cape Town in 1929 and their expansion into areas like Athlone and Livingstone around 1931. Father Fenelon refers to the request for ‘Mass Intentions’ (stipends for priests to say Mass for specific intentions). He regretfully notes that they are ‘very straitened out and hard pressed’ in the United States at this time, likely due to the economic impact of the Great Depression. He promises to seek other sources to help the brothers in South Africa.