Wording of telegram from +McQuaid to +McCarthy stating two Sisters are ready to travel. 1 item

Letter from Mgr. P.J. Dalton to +McQuaid asking him to preside at his consecration in Maynooth in September. The co-consecrators are +McCarthy of Kaduna and +Hagan of Makurdi. Annotated by +McQuaid. Rhodesia

Telegram from William McCarthy to +McQuaid stating people will be at a special Mass and he wishes to confirm if this is possible. He mentions lunch and garden party at Iveagh House. The final programme is being printed and he hopes the Archbishop will reply with the information he seeks.

Letter from J. McConnell, St. Patrick’s, Maynooth to Chris stating that he had discussed the reception of the new Nuncio at the College with the President. He mentioned the ceremony and asked what instructions were being given to the Hierarchy to which the President replied ‘…they should appear in choir dress. As far as the actual ceremonies are concerned, he intended to follow the directions of the Archbishop of Dublin and that he was already in touch with Fr. Cathal McCarthy in order to obtain the relevant information’.

Handwritten letter to +McQuaid from Thomas J. Coyne, Dept. of Justice. Miss Connolly will lose no time in contacting + McCarthy.

• Typed letter to Bill (Fr. Liam Martin) from Fr. McCarthy. He will arrange to have the servers’ list down.

Note to +McQuaid in regard to the 4th centenary celebrations of the Tridentine Reform of seminaries. Canon McCarthy suggests that lectures could be given on the lines of the lectures suggested by the letter of the Sacred Congregation. The latter calls for the attention of the people to be drawn to the celebration. There is also mention of Press information.

Copy letter from Fr. James Ardle MacMahon to Fr. McCarthy regarding the ceremony of reception for the new Nuncio. He is seeking his guidance in relation to certain aspects of the ceremonies.

Copy of note saying Fr. McCarthy would be opposed to any organised take-over of his church by a group who wished to hold a prayer meeting without the Archbishop’s consent.

Copy of letter from + McQuaid to Mgr. Charles Hurley asking him to instruct Fr. McCarthy to remove the Blessed Sacrament at 2 p.m. on Sunday, take away the veil and open wide the two tabernacles. He should not be in the Church around 3.30 p.m.