Letter from Fr. Peter Bowe to Fr. Antonine Wilmer
Letter from Fr. Peter Bowe OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, to Fr. Antonine Wilmer OFM Cap. expressing his gratitude for the care provided to Irish Capuchin students in Rome. He agrees to pay 200 Lire monthly for Brother James O’Mahony and requests that all college and Curia expenses be billed directly to the Provincial Fund to simplify bookkeeping. The letter references an agreement sanctioned by the Father General allowing the English Provincial to send friars to the Irish headquarters at Abbott
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- 13 Nov. 1923
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- Letter from Fr. Peter Bowe OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, to Fr. Antonine Wilmer OFM Cap. expressing his gratitude for the care provided to Irish Capuchin students in Rome. He agrees to pay 200 Lire monthly for Brother James O’Mahony and requests that all college and Curia expenses be billed directly to the Provincial Fund to simplify bookkeeping. The letter references an agreement sanctioned by the Father General allowing the English Provincial to send friars to the Irish headquarters at Abbottstown, Pennsylvania. Fr. Peter admits he is ‘not too sure that the arrangement will work harmoniously’ but hopes for the best, noting that precautions have been taken to avoid friction. Father Peter reports the death of Fr. Nicholas Murphy, an ex-Definitor, who died on All Saints’ Day after celebrating Mass. He requests that an obituary notice be placed in the ‘Analecta’ (the Order’s official periodical).
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- Very grateful thanks for your kind letters, and for your interest in, and provision for our students, etc. We shall pay the 200 Lire for Brother James monthly, and whatever other e…
- Our dear good Father Nicholas of Kinnagh, ex-Definitor, died on All Saints' Day, just after celebrating Holy Mass, and he is entitled
- Very grateful thanks for your kind letters, and for your interest in, and provision for our students, etc. We shall pay the 200 Lire for Brother James monthly, and whatever other e…
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FRANCISCAN CAPUCHIN URLARY, CHURCH STREET, DUBLIN. Tuesday, November 13th 1923. Most Rev. and dear Fr. Antonine, Very grateful thanks for your kind letters, and for your interest in, and provision for our students, etc. We shall pay the 200 Lire for Brother James monthly, and whatever other expenses are incurred for our students while they are with you. If convenient I would prefer that all expenses incurred for the College, or with the Curia, be paid from the Provincial fund. If you see no objection to that, kindly mention it to the departments concerned, and I shall see that they have wherewith to meet expenses and they can then furnish the bills as paid. I think it would save trouble and expense, if it suits the departments concerned. The students may need books or articles of clothing, etc., and you are the best judges there of their wants. The monies they brought with them should go through you to the Provincial fund, and you supply them as you think fit, when they apply to you. As I suppose you are aware, we allowed the Provincial of England with Most Rev. Fr. General's sanction, to assign to our house at Abbotstown Pa., the fathers of his Province who go to give missions in the U.S.A., pro tem. Although the arrangement is but technical, and all possible precautions are taken to prevent friction or misunderstanding between them and our fathers in the States, I am not too sure that the arrangement will work harmoniously. However, we must wait and see and hope for the best. Our dear good Father Nicholas of Kinnagh, ex-Definitor, died on All Saints' Day, just after celebrating Holy Mass, and he is entitled to a triplex suffrage from the Religious of the Province. -R. I. P. Our building at Rochestown is externally complete, notwithstanding the trouble of strikes, etc. We are all well at home and abroad. I shall send the detailed Report, required before the end of the year, later on. I enclose Cheque for £194 : 9 : 3. for one thousand five hundred and eighty three (1,583) Masses. I am sending through you the obituary notice of Fr. Nicholas' death for the "Analecta", and I shall be grateful if you hand it to Father Fredegand for insertion. The luggage for the three students is on its way to Rome, so that their patience will not be too much taxed. With all good wishes and best regards, Believe me, dear Fr. Antonine, Respectfully and obediently yours, H. Petrus a Vullaroan Irvin Porr