Fr. Dominic O.F.M. on the reply of the Bishop of Cork

Letter is not dated, but the context suggests that it is a part of the correspondence from July 1936 regarding the approval of the society. Being between the 20th and 24th of that month.

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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
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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sign that he could not see his way to accepte to Miss Martin's request .

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vision ; that approval follows . emphasised before the public . 2021-09-08 ( 172 . The prolonged silence of the Bishop here was a clear I would have replied sooner but I had to wait the opportun- ity of m eating his Lordship . Fr. Dominic O. F.M. your Excellency . I . That a Diocesan religious Society starts without any Episcopal approval ing his Lordship on the matter . The following is the reply he gives her : " provision for the education , both literary and medical , - including mentality of the people . is an enlargement of the building of the African Sisters , and a better Your Excellences " respectful servant sign that he could not see his way to accepte to Miss Martin's request . maternity , but so that the maternity training should not be two 2 . That a religious Institute which would have as its principal or lead- cork . purpose , The Maternity training of Nuns would , at present , offered the I could not write you a definite answer for Miss Martin without approach - with kindest regards , St. Francis . J. Mo.F. that it starts to meet some Diocesan need ; that it works under super- I remain That the most pressing need in Cork , from the Missionary point of view