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Draft recollections of deceased Irish Capuchin friars compiled by an unknown author (but certainly by another friar). The texts are titled ‘Some who have gone before’ and ‘Predecessors / A Capuchin Reverie’. The text includes personal recollections of:
Fr. Leonard Brophy OFM Cap. (1869-1930)
Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. (1877-1925)
Fr. Matthew O’Connor OFM Cap. (d. 27 Apr. 1930)
Br. Felix Harte OFM Cap. (d. 11 Jan. 1935)
Fr. Fidelis Neary OFM Cap. (d. 22 June 1932)
Fr. Sebastian O’Brien OFM Cap. (1867-1931)
Fr. Paul Neary OFM Cap. (d. 20 June 1939)
The text also refers to several friars who have been given pseudonyms such as ‘Philemon’, ‘Junius’, and ‘Marcion’. The text includes references to Fr. Albert’s role in the 1916 Rising and in the later revolutionary period. It reads: ‘He felt, as few did, the piercing griefs of the young widows of Easter Week. Often would he visit them of an evening. … He made friends with the wistful little son and daughter who were orphaned by the bullets that took [Thomas] MacDonagh’s life away, and who were made motherless by the cruel waves that closed over the drowning body of the patriot’s bride [Muriel MacDonagh drowned in the sea off Skerries, County Dublin, on 9 July 1917]. For them he had a special corner in his affections. All his heart went out to that wee pair, so tragic, so utterly lonely’. The file also includes an attached clipping referring to the re-interment of the bodies of Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. and Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap. in Rochestown Capuchin Cemetery on 14 June 1958

DRAWER THREE:

FILE SEVEN: No title

FOLDER ONE: RECOGNITIO CORPORIS, 1963 (HOME OFFICE)

A letter, 1 May 1963, from the Home Office, Whitehall, to Mgr Derek Worlock, Westminster about the exhumation and removal of the remains of Ven. Dominic Barberi CP in St Anne’s, Sutton, St Helens

A letter, 3 May 1963, from Mgr Worlock to Fr Hubert [Condron CP] about application to the Home Office for the exhumation and removal of Ven. Dominic’s remains

A letter, 14 May 1963, from Mgr Worlock to Fr Hubert about a meeting in London on 22 May to discuss the application to the Home Office

A copy of a letter, 16 May 1963, from Fr Hubert to Mgr Worlock about the application to the Home Office

A letter, 16 May 1963, from Mgr Worlock to Fr Hubert regarding their meeting in Westminster on 22 May with plans of St Anne’s Church, Sutton and of where the remains would be put

Reasons supporting the petition to the Home Office for the exhumation and transfer of the remains of Ven. Dominic Barberi

A letter, 27 May 1963, from Mgr Worlock to Fr Hubert about the application to the Home Office

A copy of a letter, 31 May 1963, from Fr Hubert to Mgr Worlock about the Recognition and the Home Office

A letter, 12 June 1963, from Mgr Worlock to Fr Hubert about the glass casket of St Maria Goretti, the closed tomb of Pius XII and the Recognition of Ven. Dominic and the Home Office

A brown envelope containing photos of Italian modes of exposition of remains of saints, to submit to the Home Office and Mgr Worlock, June 1963

A letter, 25 June 1963, from Mgr Worlock to Fr Hubert about the removal of relics; and enclosing a letter, 24 June 1963, from the Home Office

A copy of a letter, 3 July 1963, from Fr Hubert to Mgr Worlock about the Recognition, the Home Office and relics of Ven. Dominic for the Beatification in Rome
A letter, 10 July 1963, from Mgr Worlock to Fr Hubert about the Recognition and the Home Office

A letter, 15 July 1963, from Fr Hubert to Mgr Worlock about the extraction of relics from the remains of Ven. Dominic

A letter, 29 July 1963, from the Passionist Provincial to Archbishop John Carmel Heenan, Liverpool regarding the exhumation and Beatification and Heenan’s making the formal application

A letter, 14 August 1963 from Fr Hubert to Archbishop Heenan of Liverpool regarding the date of the Beatification if it is decreed

A copy of a letter, 17 August 1963, from Fr Hubert to Mgr Worlock, regarding the communication with the Archbishop of Liverpool

A letter, 21 August 1963, from Mgr Worlock to Fr Hubert regarding the latter’s visit to the Archbishop of Liverpool about the application to the Home Office. Enclosed a letter, 9 August 1963, from the Home Office to Mgr Worlock

A carbon copy of a letter, 23 August 1963, to Mgr Worlock [from Fr Hubert Condron CP?] about Archbishop Heenan’s letter of application, written by Fr Hubert in fact, and the £2 fee for the licence

A draft of a letter, August 1963, to the Home Office from Archbishop Heenan of Liverpool: the formal application for the exhumation etc.

Another copy of Archbishop Heenan’s application

A letter, 26 August 1963, from Mgr Worlock to Fr Hubert saying he had forwarded Heenan’s formal application to the Home Office with a covering letter

A typed carbon copy of a letter, 26 August 1963, to the Home Office from Mgr Worlock as a covering letter to Heenan’s application

A letter, 28 August 1963, from Mgr Worlock to Fr Hubert, enclosing an acknowledgement from the Home Office, 27 August 1963, of the letter from the Archbishop and the formal application

A letter, 16 September 1963, from Mgr Worlock to Fr Hubert about the issue of the licence within 48 hours

A letter, 17 September 1963, from Father Hubert to Monsignor Worlock in reply to his letter of 16 September 1963

A letter, 18 September 1963 from Fr Hubert to Mgr Worlock telling him the Home Office Licence had arrived

An envelope addressed to Fr Hubert CP containing:

1. A copy of a letter, 16 September 1963 from the Home Office to Mgr Derek Worlock enclosed with the Licence for the removal of the remains of Ven. Dominic Barberi
2. The Licence, 16 September 1963, for the removal of the remains of Ven. Dominic Barberi to be carried out before 16 December 1963
3. A letter, 17 September 1963, from Mgr Worlock to Fr Hubert, enclosing the Home Office Licence
4. A letter, 14 October 1063, the Certificate issued by Dr G. O’Brien, Medical Officer of Heath, St Helens authenticating the relics Fr Hubert had to forward to Rome

A typed carbon copy of Notes for the Medical Panel. Undated but used in 1963.

A letter, 9 December 1963, to Fr Hubert Condron CP from Dr G. O’Brien, Medical Officer of Heath, St Helens, saying that he would be willing to endorse a statement from Fr Hubert to the Home Office that the exhumation was carried out with strict regard to the terms of the Licence. Attached: a letter, 20 December 1963, Minsteracres [presumably from Fr Hubert] to Mgr Worlock about the notification to the Home Office

A letter, 24 December 1963, from Mgr Worlock to Fr Hubert about the final Report on the exhumation to be sent to the Home Office. Attached: a letter, 6 January 1964, from Mgr Worlock to Fr Hubert regarding the draft of his Report for the Home Office. Enclosed: a carbon copy of Fr Hubert’s Report for the Home Office.

DRAWER THREE:

FILE EIGHT: No title

FOLDER ONE: RECOGNITIO CORPORIS, 1963 CORRESPONDENCE

A letter, 28 May 1963, from Fr Conrad Charles CP, Rome to Fr Hubert Condron CP about the exhumation etc. and detailing the documents in the Liverpool Archdiocesan Archives

A carbon copy of a letter, 23 July 1963, from Minsteracres [Fr Hubert?] to Fr Federico Menegazzo CP, Rome about the date of the Beatification of Ven. Dominic

A typed letter, 17 August 1963, from Fr Conrad to Fr Hubert about the type of coffin. He also asks Fr Hubert if he has seen the file on Dominic Barberi in the Liverpool Archdiocesan Archives with the records of earlier recognitions

A carbon copy of a letter, 19 August 1963, from Fr Hubert to Mgr D. Worlock at Archbishop’s House, Westminster about the coffin for Ven. Dominic’s remains

An empty, long brown envelope inscribed ‘Letters from Fr Conrad about replacement of clothing on remains of Ven. Dominic’. Undated but presumably 1963.

A bill from the undertakers, 5 December 1963

A letter, 9 September 1964, from Fr Federico to Fr Hubert. Italian.

A letter, 12 October 1964, from Fr Federico to Fr Hubert. Italian.

DRAWER THREE:

FILE SIX: BARBERI: RECOGNITIO CORPORIS, 1963

FOLDER ONE:

A typed copy of the Instructions of the General Promoter of the Faith, Fr Ferdinand Antonelli OFM, 5 February 1963, about the Beatification and Canonisation of Ven. Dominic of the Mother of God

Typed Sacred Congregation of Rites Instructions for the Recognition of Ven. Dominic, 5 February 1963

A letter, Rome, 7 February 1963, from the Secretary of the Sacred Congregation of Rites about the Recognition of Ven. Dominic

Provincial Curia Note, signed by Fr Arthur, May 1963, regarding the Remains of Ven. Dominic

A letter, 30 September 1963 from Dr G. Sanderson, Liverpool to Fr Hubert about the doctors at the Recognition of Ven. Dominic

A letter, 8 October 1963, from Dr G. Sanderson, Liverpool to Fr Hubert

Handwritten details of the measurements of the coffin etc. No Date

Rite of the Canonical Recognition of the Remains of the Ven. Dominic of the Mother of God, 14 October 1963

The first page only of the Rite of Recognition, 14 October 1963

Medical Report on the Canonical Recognition of the Ven Dominic carried out on 14 October 1963

The Passionists’ Record of the Canonical Recognition of the Remains of Ven. Dominic of the Mother of God, 14 October 1963

A small, blue envelope inscribed ‘Medical Officer of Health’s Testimony regarding relics’; and containing a letter, 14 October 1963, from G. O’Brien M.B., Ch.B., Medical Officer of Health, St Helens, certifying the authenticity of the relics in the possession of Fr Hubert Condron CP

Ecclesiastical Report on the Recognition of Ven. Dominic, 9 June 1964. Latin.

FILING CABINET 010: BARBERI PAPERS:

DRAWER THREE:

FILE FOUR: No title

FOLDER TWO: RECOGNITIO CORPORIS (TESTIMONIES RE RELICS FOUND)

A circular letter, 4 September 1936, from the Provincial, Highgate, to the Rectors regarding the Apostolica Recognitio of Ven. Dominic on 22 September 1936 and ordering prayers for his Beatification

A letter, 27 September 1936, from Fr Adamson, Secretary of the Archbishop of Liverpool, to Fr Provincial about the exhumation on 13 October 1936

An envelope, 4 November 1936, from the coffin of Ven. Dominic

Testimony, 5 November 1936, of E.T. Hamilton

Testimony of Sister Berchmans CP, 1 July 1937

Testimony, 23 April 1938, of Confrater Ignatius of Jesus Crucified

FILE TWO: BARBERI: RECOGNITIO CORPORIS, 1936

FOLDER ONE: No title

Instructions, 9 December 1935, from the Sacred Congregation of Rites, drawn up on 16 November 1935 by Fr Salvator Natucci, General Promoter of the Faith, to the Archbishop of Liverpool about the exhumation, examination and reburial of Ven. Dominic’s body

A letter, 5 May 1936, from Fr Egidio CP, Postulator General to Fr Urban Young, Vice-Postulator, regarding the exhumation and identification of Ven. Dominic’s body

A record of a meeting concerning the Cause of the Ven. Servant of God, Ven. Dominic of the Mother of God, held in St Anne’s, Sutton, Monday, 14 September 1936 with Home Office officials about the procedure of exhumation and identification.

A record of a meeting at the Curial Offices, Liverpool, Tuesday, 20 October 1936, fixing 4 November 1936 for the exhumation and identification of Fr Dominic’s body

Typed papers detailing the procedure to be followed on 4 November 1936

A typed Latin MS., 4 November 1936, recording the recognition of Fr Dominic’s body in 1936, in the presence of Archbishop Richard Downey

A letter, 5 August 1936, from solicitors, London to Fr Gribben, St Joseph’s, Highgate, about a letter from the Home Office

A letter, 11 August 1936, from solicitors to Fr Provincial, St Mary’s Retreat, Carmarthen, S. Wales, regarding the Home Office

A letter 21 August 1936, from solicitors to Fr Provincial, Highgate about the Secretary of State’s Licence

A letter, [?] August 1936, from the Home Office, Whitehall to the solicitors about the conditions on which they will allow the exhumation to take place

A letter, 20 August 1936, from the Home Office to the solicitors regarding the exhumation

A letter, 2 September 1936, from solicitors to Fr Provincial about the licence from the Home Office

A letter, 24 September 1936, from Fr Egidio CP, Postulator General to Fr Provincial about the translation of Ven. Dominic and the Home Office. Latin.

A letter, 20 October 1936, from the Home Office to the solicitors

A letter, 21 October 1936, from solicitors to Fr Leo Gribben CP about the Home Office Licence

A letter, 23 October 1936, from solicitors to Fr Leo Gribben CP, Highgate, about the Home Office Licence

The Home Office Licence for the removal of Ven. Dominic’s body before 1 December 1936

A typed copy of a letter to the Home Office from the solicitors regarding a properly built shrine

A handwritten MS. of a letter to the Home Office from the solicitors regarding a properly built shrine