1 - Canonical Visitation Report for 1951

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Canonical Visitation Report for 1951

7 pp; typescript

Canoncial visitation report compiled by Fr. Stephen Murtagh OFM Cap. for the Irish Capuchin custody in the United States. The report includes commentary on the spiritual, physical and financial condition of various churches and friaries in Oregon, California, and Delaware. The report records two simply professed friars, three current novices, and another prospect is contemplating joining the Order. At the Seraphic School in Flintridge (La Cañada), enrolment has grown to 141 day boys and 19 seminarians, all adhering strictly to a supervised spiritual horarium. Furthermore, targeted appeals and sermons across Los Angeles parishes have successfully inspired five local girls to join the convent and two more boys to enter Flintridge. The document also relates a strong desire for the custody to establish its own independent house of studies as soon as possible.

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