3 - Canonical Visitation Report for 1939

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Canonical Visitation Report for 1939

13 pp; typescript

Canoncial visitation report compiled by Fr. Stephen Murtagh OFM Cap. for the Irish Capuchin custody in the United States. The report includes extensive commentary on the spiritual, physical and financial condition of various churches and friaries in Oregon, California, and Delaware. Father Murtagh notes that while the previous 1938 visitation was highly detailed – marking the first comprehensive inspection since the mission was elevated to a Custody – conditions changed very little over the following year, allowing this 1939 report to remain brief. He commends the friars for maintaining a high level of spiritual observance, pastoral work, and cooperation, describing the visitation as a pleasant experience akin to a ‘triumphal tour’. Reference is made to death of Father Laurence Dowling OFM Cap., who died in June 1939 and was buried in a newly acquired plot at Calvary Cemetery in Los Angeles.

ISAD(G) 2nd edition