Letter from Fr. Edwin Fitzgibbon to Fr. Sylvester Mulligan
Letter from Fr. Edwin Fitzgibbon OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, to Fr. Sylvester Mulligan OFM Cap., General Minister. Father Edwin relays a concern from Father Eunan Buckley, the Master of Novices in America. Father Eunan believes that, according to the Order’s rules, the Novitiate (the training period for new friars) must be held in a regular Monastery rather than a smaller Hospice. marginal note from Father Sylvester clarifies the canonical position.
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- 5 May 1937
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- Letter from Fr. Edwin Fitzgibbon OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, to Fr. Sylvester Mulligan OFM Cap., General Minister. Father Edwin relays a concern from Father Eunan Buckley, the Master of Novices in America. Father Eunan believes that, according to the Order’s rules, the Novitiate (the training period for new friars) must be held in a regular Monastery rather than a smaller Hospice. marginal note from Father Sylvester clarifies the canonical position.
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- Irish Capuchin Archives
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- Irish Capuchin Archives > Papers of the Irish Capuchin Mission in the United States > Missionary Correspondence > Correspondence of Fr. Edwin Fitzgibbon
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- May 5th 1937.
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St Bonaventure's, Cork, May 5th 1937. My dear Father Sylvester, I have just received a letter from Father Eunan the master of Novices in America and he says that he believes the Novitiate must be in a regular Monastery and not in a Hospice. Would you please let me know how the matter stands? He also requires a ceremonial so would you please forward one to him. I remain fraternally yours, Father Edwin Per I. Huron P.S. In Provident I am sending you a relief for Parbara next morning I thus The master of Novices in America and he says that he believes the Novitiate must be in a regular Monastery and not in a Hospice. Would you please let me know how the matter stands?