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19 January 1941 - 28 November 1949

Correspondence to routine details of community life and apostolate. Permission to open a novitiate is refused. Permission to open a novitiate in Clondalkin is granted. Centenary commemorative booklet from Cork convent.
Irish Province to make a foundation at Holywell (Wales) in English Province; no objection from Archbishop. 78 items

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7 December 1950 - December 1959
Correspondence regarding routine details of community life and apostolate. New house in Ballyfermot. Archbishop queries foundation in New Zealand made from Dublin without consulting him. Monsignor Boylan urges permission for sisters to use bicycles, granted by Archbishop.
100 items

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26 January 1960 - 25 November 1971
Correspondence regarding routine details of community life and apostolate. Monsignor Glennon, PP, wants the sisters in Finglas; declined by Archbishop. Superiors proposed and insists on Visiting Sisters being professionally qualified. He recalls the Assumption was the only cong. ever to refuse "to assist me in providing amenities for the poor". But permission to Finglas is granted. A sister is dispensed from vows. Archbishop does not like proposed new habit- photograph included.
99 items

XLIV/2 Bon Secours Sisters

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10 March 1941 - 14 May 1963
Correspondence from superiors of various convents of the Institute in the Archdiocese relating to: routine details of their apostolate; sale of their convent in Lower Mount Street to Sisters of Neves as suggested by the Archbishop, filed as "Sisters of Charity of Nevers", dated 30/12/49; aspirations to establish a separate Irish province of the Institute, and Archbishop's advice on this, draft copy of suggested changes to Constitutions of the Institute; visitation by Mother General subsequent to establishment of the Irish Province, continuing tension between Irish Province and Paris Mother-House. Occasional references to development of convent and hospital at Glasnevin of "Hospitals" file.
43 items

Correspondence relating to routine details of community life and apostolate. Draft memorandum on civil legislation regarding marriage contracts of Catholics in Ireland. General House in Paris seeks copies of Archbishop’s Bulls of Appointment for their archives. Reference to Fr. Le Hoch C.S.Sp.

An Ordinance of Louis XVIIIth concerning the Irish College, Paris, in reply to a request ef the Irish bishops, that it be administered separately from the other Colleges in Paris; tbe Minister of the Interior shauld see that the financial affairs of the Cellege are in correct order. (4 copy, in french)

The terms of the Will of Dr. Jacques de Lennan, native of Cashel. in favour of the Irish College in France and Belgium. Attached are the directions governing the special foundation to be made in the Lombard College, Paris. (In French)

B. to Dr. David Henegan Gives final instructions about the Burses which he has founded in the Irish College Paris for Cashel students, and for members of his own family. Attached are copies of Documents, in French, relating to these 3 Burses. Letter 3 pp.; (document 17 pp.)

Letter from +O’Hara to Cardinal D’Alton regarding Catholic principles and policies in relation to UNESCO. He states the Holy See is concerned with the activities of the programme and policies of OMEP as they deal with the education of children of pre-school age. This is a delicate matter ‘…since there is considerable Masonic influence at work in OMEP, which is tinged with communism’. The Holy Father wants Ireland to bring its influence to bear at the Congress in Rome in August. He also asks that a competent ‘layman’ to establish contact with the International Catholic Co-ordinating Centre for UNESCO in Paris. He also suggests that the Irish Hierarchy establish a National OMEP Committee in Ireland.

15-19 April 1958 Correspondence between +Levame, +McQuaid & Fr. Mouly, Sacred Heart Fathers, Cootehill, Co. Cavan. Fr. Mouly wishes to ascertain if there is any information in the Archives on the Irish College, Paris and in particular Fr. Higgins from Ardagh. +McQuaid replies that a new Archive has recently been opened and Mgr. O’Regan and Mgr. Curran will be asked to see if any items of relevance exist. One letter in French.

• 11 October Notices of meetings of Hierarchy with some minutes. Includes information on the teaching of the catechism, the Catholic Information Bureau and the need for a conference of convent primary schools. Finances and the state of buildings at Maynooth College discussed by the Maynooth Trustees. Also Irish Colleges Paris and Salamanca. 1950

Letter from +John McCarthy, Holy Ghost Fathers, Paris to +McQuaid thanking him for his help towards the Cathedral. He has given the documents by hand to Mr. MacCauley at the Irish Embassy, Rome.

Letter from +Craven to +McQuaid thanking him for the gift of a book which he has ordered from Paris.