19 September - Regarding Grace Walsh's position as Deputy Chairman.

Letter to the Archbishop from Maureen Walsh.

9 - Series Letters to the Archbishop from Maureen Walsh

Includes; typed and handwritten letters. Letter from Joseph Dixon, Rome, to Mrs Daly, dated 27 October 1854, concerning the ring for the Presentation Sisters; letter from M. Aloysius de G. Fulham, Ursulines, Blackrock, to Rev. Mother dated 2 October 1837, two copies of letters from Mother M. Louis Moylan, 19 October 1833 to 5 November 1835; letters from Sister M. Borgia McCarthy (Charleston), dated 27 February 1836, detailing life on the mission; letters from Sr. M. Charles Moloney; photocopied pages from Annals 1782 to 1825; letter from Sr. M. Peter, Ursuline Convent, Blackrock, to Father Walsh, dated 23 June 1955, mentioning that she is enclosing a list of the first twenty-seven members of the Ursuline community, the list is not enclosed; letter from Sr. M. Scholastica, Ursuline Convent, Cork, to Rev. Mother, dated 20 November 77; letter from Sr. M. Peter, Ursuline Convent, Blackrock, to Dr Guryun, dated 13 October 1954, explaining the history of the schools run by the Ursuline Sisters; photocopied page of cemetery prior to 1825 Nano’s Tomb; typed pages from the Ursuline Annals 1784 detailing the life and death of Nano Nagle; an account of the visit of the Ursuline Sisters to South Presentation Convent on 4 May 1986; postcard from Sr. M. de Sales, Ursuline Convent, Blackrock, Cork, to Mother, dated January 1976, mentioning the copies of the precious letters; note from Sr. Bernard to Sr. Rosario, dated 31 May 1986 concerning the loan of the books; photocopy of an agreement made by Nano Nagle with the Ursulines re property, c. 1780; and letter from Sr. M. Paul, Ursuline Convent, Blackrock, Cork, to Sr. Rosario concerning the grave of Sr. Veronica Bowen.

Includes; transcripts of talks on the union of the Presentation by Archbishop Meyer [Secretary of the Sacred Congregation for Religious], Mother Thaddea ???, Sister Lucy [Troy], Father Walsh, Father Molinari, Presentation seeking "… advice and help from the Congregation for Religious … towards unity in the Congregation."

Includes; statement that Union "… is for the Spiritual good and missionary good of the Church.", details of what a common Novitiate should do for the Congregation, reference to sections with the "Renovationis Causam [Renovation Debate]" as applicable to the Presentation, how would the Missions fit into the new systems?

Includes; letters relating to foundations in the United States of America made in San Antonio, Texas, in 1952; Globe, Arizona in 1956; the booklet for the centenary of the arrival of the Sisters in California in May 1955; letters from Sr. M. Patrick Rupert Looney, Presentation Convent, 281 Masonic Avenue, San Francisco, California, to Rev. T.J. Walsh, [Canon T.J. Walsh] St. Finbarr’s South, Cork 23 November 1954 and in 1957 to Father Walsh, [Canon T.J. Walsh], Rev. Mother M. Ignatius [Hartnett], and Sr. M. Catherine[Condon]; notes on Outline of Studies – Presentation Convent Schools Saint Joseph High School, Berkeley, California; list dated 12 January 1912, Mother House, Presentation Convent, San Francisco, California giving details of the foundations in the Archdioceses; list of Presentation Convents and Institutions throughout the world, 25 March 1955; reports on schools; application form to enter novitiate from 281 Masonic Avenue, San Francisco, California; and newspaper cuttings with the headings: ’Presentation Sisters celebrate 100 Years in United States’, ’Presentation Nuns Mark Centennial’,’ In the Limelight’,’ Mule Train, ‘Shanty’ Living, Marked Early Presentation Days in America’ from The Monitor 5 November 1954 and ‘Nano Nagle Foundress of the Presentation Order’, from The Leader, San Francisco, 13 November 1954; extracts from letter from Presentation Convent, Fargo, North Dakota, 22 April 1957, typed noted on ‘The Presentation Order in North Dakota’; letters from Aberdeen, South Dakota in 1956 and 1957 and notes on ‘The Aberdeen Foundation of the Congregation of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary’; ‘ Sermon delivered by the Most Reverend William O’ Brady, Archbishop of St. Paul, on 19 September 1961, on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the coming of the Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Aberdeen, South Dakota, on 4 October 1886; and letters to Sr. Catherine in 1956; letters from Mother M. Estelle, Dubuque, Iowa in 1936 and 1957 giving details of the Sisters, convents and schools.

Includes; letters written between 1955 to 1959, to Rev. Mother, Sr. Catherine, and Father Walsh, [Canon T. J. Walsh], from Presentation Convents in Ireland including Bagenalstown, Baltinglass, Bailieboro’, Portadown, Doneraile, George’s Hill, Dublin, Galway, Kilkenny, Killarney, Killina, Lismore, Maynooth, Oranmore, Rahan, Terenure, Tuam and Waterford; black and white photos of the convent in Waterford; lists of the foundations in Ireland and worldwide; information on the convents in County Kerry; information concerning the South Presentation Convent, Cork, the students, the school and the subjects and extras which were taught; lists giving details of the Presentation Schools in Ireland; and Conspectus of the Presentation Order from its foundation in 1777(1775) to the year 1875.

Includes; prayer card for the ‘Beatification of Nano Nagle’; negative of the map of the Ballygriffin area; ‘A Bookkeeper's Prayer’; Review of Nano Nagle’s life by Fr. O’ Carroll, CSSP; article from ‘The Fold’ magazine, ‘The Sisters of Mercy in Cork’; booklet ‘In the tradition of St. Finbarr’ by Rev. T. J. Walsh, [Canon T. .J. Walsh]; letter from A.M.O’ Sullivan, Subiaco, Roma, 1 March 1912 to Sister Mary Joseph; letter to Mr. Lynam, British Museum, London, W.C.1.on 18 January 1933 concerning C. Turner’s painting of Nano Nagle; Nano Nagle Ode for Presentation day written in 1911; A Funeral Sermon Preached at a Solemn High Mass Celebration in Cork 12 November for Marie Antoinette, Her Late Most Christian Majesty by the Rev. F. McCarthy, 1793; a Sermon preached on 8 August 1810 of the late Rt. Rev. Florence Mac Carthy by the Rev. John Ryan; and notes on the South Monastery and the use of the buildings over the years.

transcript of a lecture given by Father Walsh on the source of Authority in religious institutes.