D. Murphy Holy Ghost Fathers on Clarence Barry

D. Murphy, provincial of Holy Ghost Fathers on the admission of Fr. Clarence Barry to Glenstal

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Monastery: Glenstal Abbey, Murroe
Subject: Monastery, Monks, Religious Life
Creator: Glenstal Abbey
Place: Murroe, Limerick, Cashel Diocese, Diocese of Cashel
Language: English
Priors: Bernard o Dea, Bernard O' Dea

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possible in my reply to your letter of May 7th.
I feel, besides, in your beneficence, that, without his allegedly being aware of it, he may be yielding to subconscious motions of hard pride on account of the frictions which his…
What tends to cloud the issue, unfaturately, is that more than one member of the Council tout on the matter was we ferved wonder sice father leave without regret. But their opinion…

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Confidential Telephone: 95151. Holy Ghost Missionary College, Kimmage, Dublin. 2023-06-12 1638 10-5-'45. Very Rev. and dear father, I will be as subjective as possible in my reply to your letter of May 7th. line 2) I have always been of opinion that there are no 'accidents' in God's Providence; that it is not by accident the cases a person to one society rather than to another. That is why, in my dealings with people bound by wars who desire a change (those in our own Society, or those subject it). I always recommend them to stay where they are, unless they have very strong proof that You want them elsewhere. That was my reply to your letter where he first throached the question of a change. That is my opinion strict. I feel, besides, in your beneficence, that, without his allegedly being aware of it, he may be yielding to subconscious motions of hard pride on account of the frictions which his position of Duresar has entailed. When, however, he told me that he had the approval and encouragement of his Compessor - or rather, of his Director - I feel that he was an excellent firmen ground 'provided', as I told him 'that that Director is not for Dickside O'Carroll'. When he told me, laughingly, that it was, I was not underly impressed, as, visibly or wrongly,

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I consider the Pere o' Carroll in exalted. I hope I am saying nothing devogatory to the Conference, for whom I have a greater effection than for most, where I say that I sent consider him three the soundest judgment in this and kindred matters. If Garry committed that all the Directors he has consulted before meeting with P. o' Carroll - and he had consulted four or five - had tried to dissuade him from his project. If, however, he still persuases in his request, and you are prepared to receive him, we will put no stretches in his way. Waywe wonder plead for his acceptance, if we thought it was for good greater glory, and for his own sanctification. If matters little in what part of the land' vineyard our work, proveder one is failed sure of sorg this will, and of sorg it as we want it sure. What tends to cloud the issue, unfaturately, is that more than one member of the Council tout on the matter was we ferved wonder sice father leave without regret. But their opinion and may be based on purely persuade motives, and not be the result of Divine Suicide.

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