Copy agreement regarding the administration of Paradise Parish, Abbottstown, Pennsylvania

A copy of an agreement submitted to the Right Rev. J.W. Shanahan, Bishop of Harrisburg, on behalf of the Capuchin Fathers of the Irish Province. It discusses the pastoral charge and administration of Paradise Parish (Abbottstown, Pennsylvania) and its attached missions. Under the terms of the agreement the Irish friars are to assume responsibility for an indebtedness of approximately $5,875 on the Paradise Rectory.

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Date
c.1910
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2 pp; manuscript
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A copy of an agreement submitted to the Right Rev. J.W. Shanahan, Bishop of Harrisburg, on behalf of the Capuchin Fathers of the Irish Province. It discusses the pastoral charge and administration of Paradise Parish (Abbottstown, Pennsylvania) and its attached missions. Under the terms of the agreement the Irish friars are to assume responsibility for an indebtedness of approximately $5,875 on the Paradise Rectory.
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Irish Capuchin Archives
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Irish Capuchin Archives > Papers of the Irish Capuchin Mission in the United States > Mission Personnel, Statistics and Directories

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  • 5 1/2 That the Protectory Farm supply and deliver each year free of charge Feed for one horse.
  • The following points are respectfully submitted to the Right Rev J. W. Shavahan. Bishop of Hamisburg on behalf of the Superiors of the Franciscan Capuchin Fathers of the Irish Prov…
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The following points are respectfully submitted to the Right Rev J. W. Shavahan. Bishop of Hamisburg on behalf of the Superiors of the Franciscan Capuchin Fathers of the Irish Province, embodying the terms of agreement on which the Fathers of the aforesaid Province shall assume Pastoral Charge and perpetual administration of Paradise Parish and the mission attached thereto. 1° The Limits of Parish and Missions here to be Specified &c. 2° That Ias Usus fractus of. Paradise Rectory " Church " Cometery 3° Spring Grove Mission, and two acres of land adjoining Rectory at Paradise be granted to the Fathers of the Irish Province of the Franciscan Capuchin Order in perpetuity. 4° That the Fathers while presenting holding the aforesaid night (Vide 2°) be responsible for the present indebtedness (viz $5875 or thereabouts) on the Paradise Rectory. 4° That the Annual Remuneration for Chaplainey Paradise of Protectory - such Chaplainey be served by the Fathers. be Five hundred Dollars 5 1/2 That the Protectory Farm supply and deliver each year free of charge Feed for one horse. 6° That any Church to be hereafter built or established within the limits of the aforesaid Parish and Mission be subject to the like Administration of the aforesaid Fathers unless otherwise maturally agreed upon.