Letter from +McGeough to +McQuaid thanking him for the reports which will be sent to the Sacred Congregation of the Sacraments.

Handwritten minutes of ‘V’ Committee meeting. The following items are mentioned in the report. A lengthy report on the history of the IRA was submitted by Fr. Kent, S.J. The full report is to be sent to Fr. Tuohy. Governor Kavanagh told the Chairman that all IRA prisoners were “most faithful to their spiritual duties. Fr. Kent submitted a full report on Professor Thompson and agreed to look for information on Seamus Sorohan.

Letter from Gino Paro to + McQuaid thanking him, on the Nuncio’s behalf, His Grace’s letter addressed to the late Cardinal McRory to the Sacred Congregation of the Sacraments.

Typed minutes of ‘V’ Committee meeting. The following items are mentioned in the report: T. Graham, K. Nolan and C. Clarke of The Plough to be investigated. A full report on the Czech/motor trade for next meeting. A discussion on the International soccer match between Czecho-Slovakia and the Irish Republic was held. Felt Irish public should be educated in implications of such fixtures with Communist-dominated states. Suggested this could be done by an article in the newspapers facts should first be ascertained, maybe from Douglas Hyde. Letter in The Irish Times concerning the proposal of having US bases in Ireland. Fr. Tuohy to find out if de Courcey Ireland was leaving for Australia. Could Australian Authorities be warned?

Letter from +Levame to +McQuaid enclosing a Circular from the Cardinal Prefect of the Sacred Congregation of the Sacraments concerning candidates for priesthood.

Letter from +Levame to +McQuaid enclosing a copy of a Circular from the Sacred Congregation of Sacraments directed to the Orindaries of Italy and to priests working among emigrants, concerning the celebration of the marriages of Italian emigrants.

Letter from Fr. Michael J. O’Halloran to Fr. Mangan reporting the numbers receiving the sacraments. 1 item

Letter from +McQuaid to Mgr. Felici enclosing a copy of the correspondence sent to each church concerning 1st November. The day was celebrated with great devotion, and ‘not since the Eucharistic Congress of 1932 has any similar reception of the Sacraments been experience by the Diocese’. The forthcoming celebrations will again meet a vast and silent exhibition of devotion.

Copy of a handwritten letter to Mr. Walshe, Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs, from +McQuaid assuring him that an unceasing crusade of masses has been in progress. The day of special atonement was comparable with the Eucharist Congress for reception of the Sacraments.

Letter from Mgr. Augusto Fidecicchi, Prelato Uditore de Rota, Rome, to Mgr. Richard Glennon, The Chancellery, enclosing two rescripts from the Sacred Congregation of Sacraments granting dispensation upon matrimonial impediments. The tax of 10 shillings has been paid on each one. The Bulls will be forwarded in due course.