Letter from Fr. Sylvester Mulligan to Fr. Brendan O’Callaghan
Letter from Fr. Sylvester Mulligan OFM Cap., General Definitor, to Fr. Brendan O’Callaghan OFM Cap. reflecting on the announcement of his appointment as Archbishop of Delhi and Simla in India. Fr. Sylvester also expresses sadness over the death of ‘poor Mr. Kelley’, whom he describes as a ‘great old friend of the Friars’. He fondly recalls a trip they took together to Buffalo and Niagara Falls, promising to remember him in his Masses.
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- 4 May 1937
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- 5
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- 2 pp; manuscript
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- Letter from Fr. Sylvester Mulligan OFM Cap., General Definitor, to Fr. Brendan O’Callaghan OFM Cap. reflecting on the announcement of his appointment as Archbishop of Delhi and Simla in India. Fr. Sylvester also expresses sadness over the death of ‘poor Mr. Kelley’, whom he describes as a ‘great old friend of the Friars’. He fondly recalls a trip they took together to Buffalo and Niagara Falls, promising to remember him in his Masses.
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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. Brendan O’Callaghan
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- I am sorry to hear that poor Mr Kelley has gone - he was a great old friend of the Grians - I once him a
- You have by this heard of what his hespallen me - God help me! in my old age to begin anew is no easy task - the well long is about the remaining space of life will be given to God…
- And now May I ask you to give me a memento in your daily thacks - We have always understood each other from the day when you were a student and if our spheres of labour drive us ap…
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Curio Generalis Ff. Minorum Capuccinorum VIA BONCOMPAGNI, 71 ROMA (125) 4: 5: 37 My Dear G. Brendan You have by this heard of what his hespallen me - God help me! in my old age to begin anew is no easy task - the well long is about the remaining space of life will be given to God for what it is worth. Your letter reached me about the time I got the news - since Saturday - I have ordered the Latin martyrship for you - the Misses you must surely have by now - I am sorry to hear that poor Mr Kelley has gone - he was a great old friend of the Grians - I once him a trip to Nuffalo and Niagra - R. I. P. I shall remember him in my thacks - And now May I ask you to give me a memento in your daily thacks - We have always understood each other from the day when you were a student and if our spheres of labour drive us apart in hot of, we ought remain united in spirit and in grayer - I shall have so much need of spiritual help in the future - and I shall feel grateful for a remembrance in Mars - My Conservation is fixed for the 23rd Trinity Sunday - Praying Go to bless you always and thanking you for many kindnesses I am Yours always faithfully G. Erleste