Series 2 - General Missions and Retreats

37 files and 9 items; Bound volume; Manuscript; Typescript; Photographic print

The series includes records relating to general missions, retreats and tridua given by the Capuchin friars to parishes, lay confraternities, sodalities and associations, working men’s clubs, and (particularly) religious congregations and societies. The series contains administrative records including mission lists, schedules and reports. A large assemblage of correspondence is also extant.

The digital image above is an illustration titled ‘An Seanmóinidhe’ by Somhairle McCann (1901-1975) who had two younger brothers who were Capuchin friars, Fr. Gerald McCann OFM Cap. (1910-1958) and Fr. Cuthbert McCann OFM Cap. (1906-1991). This illustration of a Capuchin preacher appeared in ‘The Capuchin Annual’ (1936). A biography of Somhairle MacCann can be accessed at http://www.soirlemaccana.com/ The 1936 edition of ‘The Capuchin Annual’ can be read online at https://designrr.page/?id=315557&token=3418061244&type=FP&h=5090