Identity area
Reference code
IE CA WA/7/1/1
Title
Note re the Abbottstown Foundation Dispute
Date(s)
- c.1930 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
2 pp; manuscript
Context area
Name of creator
(1615-2023)
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
A note outlining two administrative rulings from the Capuchin General Definitory regarding the Irish Capuchin mission in the United States during the 1920s. The first refers to the Irish friars having to leave Abbottstown, Pennsylvania (Diocese of Harrisburg). The second relates to the mandatory wearing of beards (1929).