Return from Belgium 7-9-1919
Return from Belgium
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- Monastery
- Glenstal Abbey, Murroe
- Creator
- Glenstal Abbey
- Place
- Murroe, Limerick, Cashel Diocese, Diocese of Cashel
- Language
- English
- Date
- 1919-1926, 1920's, 20's
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- When in France hunt to sp t
- Rheins to hunt for records of Hartly
- monument to Stapleton is.
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before many of the bishops whom I met a Queens town. Tome come very sympathetic. (and mercies is risit to U. S. A is for help. In the discussion of Brugs there are 150 Churches in mins bout of use. St. Authour's Franciscan Convent is about to be sold. If the Trist Province take up the mat- ur shall nely to buy it. We do you say to that idea? Say. I heard you were at Doford. I hope you had offleasourd to profitable so yours there. When in France hunt to sp t Rheins to hunt for records of Hartly but the library is not accessible. I God's workes. Jury very sincerely J. H. Hapert. The death of Mys I know and a son was to me. we had blessed that he would spend later days here when he was to return. THE HERMITAGE, CABRAGH, THURLES. 2022-02-07/278 7 Sept. 1999. My dear Fr. William, I have returned from a trip in Belgium. I have seen the demastication of altars, homes, fields. The sights are sittening the records of in human cruelties are resolving. I spent a few days with farmers, who motor- ed me to some scenes of desolation. About a third of Louvain. was destroyed. If the library not a paper was When are you done for expansion? I saw a signature of your Bishop at direction.
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was saved. In every case the burning was systematic & were planned. The librarian house, where partial duplicate Catalogue was kept, was also burned inside Chapels of S. Peters, at one arise, were fined up to that of S. Charles Box, where the monument to Stapleton is. The Chapel is injured, but the monument is intact. I quote instructions to a photographer of my acquaintance to send me we some photos of it. You shall have one when they come. The University of Louisiana is in a distressful condition. Hundrese badly needed to keep the institution going. I have on hands a scheme to help the Library under the patronage of the Candidal & Arch: bishops was forming the Committee already representative of burch laily, when the Abb. of Dablin suggested to me that I should see Louisiana the Authorities. The Rector begged me to get help for the present Greening wants of the University I defer an appeal for the Library. Spent the appeal before