Letter from +Ryan to +McQuaid thanking him for his recent visit. He thinks the letter on Liturgical matters is clear and admirable. He is also impressed by his works for Good Stephens Sunday. The announcement that the definitive missal is to be published is also welcome news. 1 item

Letter from +Ryan to +McQuaid thanking him for the letter and stating Fr. Doolan’s death has been a great shock to him. Fr. Graf, C.S.Sp. has also died in Port of Spain. He congratulates him on his letter on ecumenism.

Letter from +Ryan to +McQuaid thanking him for the copy of the liturgical directives. He hopes the Archbishop will ‘not substitute a table for the altar’. 1 item

Letter from Finbar Ryan, O.P., former bishop of Port of Spain, to +McQuaid saying his recent letters and Lentan Regulations are models of precision and authoritative Teaching. Shocking to hear the attacks on + McQuaid. Mentions Fr. Hurley, Schikllibex, and Sean O’Riordan,

Letter from +Ryan to +McQuaid thanking him for his correspondence and recent visit. He is delighted he has reprinted his teachings on contraceptives. He also thanks him for the Mater Dei prospectus. He had a visit from Dr. John Kelly of Indiana who is deeply involved in the anti-abortion drive in Chicago and New York. He hopes to lecture on this subject in both Cork and Dublin. He mentions a group of ‘counsellors’ in UCD who are providing information to pregnant girls on travelling to the UK for abortions. He suggests that one of the chaplains may be able to find out about this. Venezuela

Letter from +Morris to +McQuaid regarding the release of Fr. Conor Ryan from Clogher Road Parish to teach in St. John’s College, Waterford. Clogher

Note of congratulations from +McQuaid to Mgr. Thomas Ryan, Rome on his Episcopal appointment.

Letter from Mgr. Thomas Ryan to +McQuaid thanking him for his welcome to the Hierarchy.

Note from +Ryan with respectful greeting and good wishes.

Handwritten letter from Fr. Ciaran Ryan, Ardagh and Clonmacnoise, to + McQuaid. He is to take up a position as lecturer in Mathematical and Theoretical Physics in UCD and in the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies. Seeks his permission to reside in Dublin.