Letter from Fr. Edwin Fitzgibbon

Letter from Fr. Edwin Fitzgibbon OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, regarding appointments in the American mission and the necessity that superiors do not take on any supply work that would require religious remaining away from their communities for a prolonged period.

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Level of description: Item
Date: 16 Sept. 1931
Reference: 5
Extent and medium: 1 p.; typescript
Scope and content: Letter from Fr. Edwin Fitzgibbon OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, regarding appointments in the American mission and the necessity that superiors do not take on any supply work that would require religious remaining away from their communities for a prolonged period.
Repository: Irish Capuchin Archives
Context: Irish Capuchin Archives > Papers of the Irish Capuchin Mission in the United States > Missionary Correspondence > Correspondence of Fr. Edwin Fitzgibbon

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THE DEFINITORY APPOINTED V. REV. FR. JOSEPH AS SUPERIOR OF OUR AMERICAN HOUSES WITH V. REV. FR. THOMAS AND REV. FR. ADRIAN AS HIS CONSULTORS.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO MENTION TO SUPERIORS THAT THEY ARE NOT TO TAKE ON SUPPLY WORK THAT WOULD NECESSITATE ANY RELIGIOUS REMAINING AWAY FROM HIS COMMUNITY FOR ANY GREAT LENGTH OF TI…
FRATERNALLY YOURS IN CHRIST AND ST. FRANCIS

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Δημητ Καρμητινας, Σαπ βουλιευτάτη, Κορυφή. ST BONAVENTURE'S, CAPUCHIN HOSTEL, CORK. SEP. 16TH. 1931. DEAR FR. SUPERIOR: I HEREWITH ENCLOSE LIST OF THE RELIGIOUS IN OUR AMERICAN HOUSES. THE NECESSARY CHANGES ARE TO TAKE PLACE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THE DEFINITORY APPOINTED V. REV. FR. JOSEPH AS SUPERIOR OF OUR AMERICAN HOUSES WITH V. REV. FR. THOMAS AND REV. FR. ADRIAN AS HIS CONSULTORS. THESE ARE TO MAKE ANY FURTHER CHANGES THAT ARE NECESSARY DURING THE COMING THREE YEARS. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO MENTION TO SUPERIORS THAT THEY ARE NOT TO TAKE ON SUPPLY WORK THAT WOULD NECESSITATE ANY RELIGIOUS REMAINING AWAY FROM HIS COMMUNITY FOR ANY GREAT LENGTH OF TIME. SHOULD THIS BE NECESSARY IN EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES, THE SAME RELIGIOUS SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO DO THE WORK. OWING TO THE FEWNESS OF THE FRIARS IN SOME OF OUR AMERICAN HOUSES, I HAVE KNOW THIS MAY BE DIFFICULT TO DO, BUT I WOULD ASK SUPERIORS TO SEE THAT THIS IS CARRIED OUT AS FAR AS POSSIBLE. I KNOW YOUR WORK IS DIFFICULT AND IN MANY WAYS DIFFERENT FROM WORK DONE IN THE HOME PART OF THE PROVINCE, BUT DURING MY TERM OF OFFICE I WILL ENDEAVOUR TO HELP YOU IN EVERY WAY IN THE GOOD WORK YOU ARE DOING FOR GOD AND THE PROVINCE. WISHING YOU EVERY BLESSING FRATERNALLY YOURS IN CHRIST AND ST. FRANCIS SIG: W. Edwin F. Castlen onty MIN. PROV. P.S. KINDLY MAKE KNOWN THIS LETTER TO ALL THE RELIGIOUS. F.E.