Framed National Total Abstinence Society pledge card of Mathew Gorman dated 3 Oct. 1830. The pledge reads ‘I voluntarily agree to abstain from all intoxicating drinks (except by medical direction) and will not give or offer, and to discountenance the cause and practice of intemperance’. A small seal is attached to the card.
BLESSED DOMINIC BARBERI CP: FRAMED PICTURES
Original Letter (Brief) by which His Holiness, Pope Paul VI, 27 October 1963 declared Father Dominic (Barberi) of the Mother of God ‘Blessed’ plus a photograph of Cardinal Cicognani, Papal Secretary of State, signing the Brief. The Letter is in a separate frame.
A framed, enlarged photostat of Blessed Dominic’s ‘Note ‘, in his own writing, before his death, as the Introduction to the English translation of the Life of Paul of the Cross, published in 1853 by the Oratorians. NB The glass was found broken in December 2000.
A painting of Myddelton Lodge, Ilkley, visited by Blessed Dominic
Church of St Anne and Blessed Dominic, Sutton, 1973
Shrine of Blessed Dominic in the Church of St Anne and Blessed Dominic, Sutton, 1973
Painting of Blessed Dominic of the Mother of God CP
Blessed Dominic kneeling before the Virgin and Child
Colour print showing Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC administering the pledge (probably at the Custom House, Dublin). The caption reads: ‘The Very Revd. Theobald Mathew / Administering the Temperance Pledge / I promise to abstain from all intoxicating drinks &c except used medicinally, and by order of a medical man, and to discountenance the cause and practice of intemperance / Prayer / May God bless you and enable you to keep your promise’. The frame backing has a printed flier from the ‘Association of Men of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus / Church of St. Kevin, Harrington Street, A.D. 1914’.
Two framed temperance medals. Both of the medals have ribbons attached (purple and green). The purple ribbon has the following inscription: ‘Approach them once a month / Live worthy of them the entire month / They loose and bind in heaven’. The medal with the green ribbon has an image of St. Patrick with the motif ‘Apostle of Ireland / Pray for Us’. The inscription above reads ‘Temperance / Perseverance’.
An original framed total abstinence pledge card of Mary Farrell dated 18 Nov. 1840. The pledge card is signed by Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC. The certificate has been colour tinted by hand.
An original total abstinence pledge card of Jonathon Murphy dated 4 Nov. 1839. The card is signed by Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC. Manuscript annotations on the card indicate that the pledge was renewed on 31 Aug. 1860 and 17 Mar. 1864.
An original framed total abstinence pledge card of Timothy Shea dated 21 Sept. 1848. The certificate is signed by Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC.
An original framed total abstinence pledge card of Patrick Byrne dated 22 Jan. 1849. The certificate is signed by Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC.
An original total abstinence pledge card of Walter Walsh dated 28 Feb. 1842. Manuscript annotation on frame reads ‘Presented by J. Walsh, 38 Killeen Road, Rathmines, grandson of the recipient’. The frame backing has a manuscript annotation: ‘February 1936’.
An original total abstinence pledge card of Mary Anne O’Reilly dated 4 Apr. 1840. The card has been hand-coloured.