Father on retreat
Father on retreat
Details
- Monastery
- Glenstal Abbey, Murroe
- Subject
- Monastery, Monks, Religious Life
- Creator
- Glenstal Abbey
- Place
- Murroe, Limerick, Cashel Diocese, Diocese of Cashel
- Language
- English
- Glenstal Abbey
- Morther Mary Martin Collection, Religious Sisters, Correspondence, Medical Missionaries of Mary Foundation, Foundation, Sister Novices
- Glenstal Abbey
- Letters, Prior, Medical Missionaries of Mary
- Religious Sisters
- Medical Missionaries of Mary, Mother Mary Martin, Foundation
- Subject
- Nuns, Sisters, Religious Congreations, Religious Life, Foundation of a Congregation, Monastic Life, Mother Superiors
- Date
- 1930-40, 1930's-1940's, 30's, Thirties
- Place
- Murroe, Monkstown, Dublin, Limerick, Cashel, Diocese of Cashel
- Topic
- Religious Life, Religious Formation, Spiritual guidance
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- Cook. This may help matters
- When may we expect
- may I allow look down
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+ Caretus ① Pleurtal Prory Murroc - 8.7.3 2021-09-01/161 My dear Father, As your retreat is drawing to an end which shops has been a time of peace & rest from the natureal side of life. Things are going on well here, my great goy is to find Miss Leyden & O'Rourke I think progressing so much in their spiritual life & so willing to face anything. Cook is my anxiety, she has got very careless, so is improving but it nears constant supervision, patence & fact.
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② 8/7/35 His week I mean to try her highly letting nothing pass. If she is not prepared to take correction well & carry out orders as wished by you under my direction it is Letter for her to go- I would neither have the time or strength for doing things myself in the ketchen & for humouring her- I have already told her that I must Le atte to rely on her carrying out our wishes & doing the cooking up to the standard require for the College & Monastery, with great eccomony- Miss O'Rourke tells me there is the greatest difference since my return, well I must say
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(3) 8/7/35 Things must have seen fairly sad if that is the case, as I am any thing but satisfied. Rome was not full in a day so I try 8 practice patience. This week I have taken Nary out of the kitchen. & put Miss O'Rourke with Cook. This may help matters & make Cook do a little more of her own work. Nary is I think very happy & have me sack. She is a good girl & good worker but a lit tried. Yesterday we celebrated her Sirth day, Don David gave us permission & have a cake, we all had ten in the kitchen & getter.
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(9) 8/7/35 Shop. & Law his Breen with no either at the end of this seek or monday of week. Le has lad great respects, please feel we shall if not this term at least week term Le ash & law the kitchen in our own lands. It would be a little set of deaver for me & M. M. M. Sut I must be fairly sare of my subjects first. I have lad no worry since I came these domestic troubles are part of a Womens life & I am as a matter of fact glad when things are not too easy - You Harbert I fear is
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(5) 8/7/35 seriously ill, so I unobstanced very thing. He must be a great anserity to Don David. The cross is never far absunt from flustak so it presses my great courage to persuade. When may we expect to see you, should you not be sack this week may I allow look down for her holidays on Monday used. Mai has lad a very fad time with her fugition. Shops it will be well enough to allow her sack to greenbank in a few weeks. Please pray much for me. I see so much I should do & love to be
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