4 - Canonical Visitation Report for 1954

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Canonical Visitation Report for 1954

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. Father Murtagh details the official relinquishment of an Oregon property alongside educational expansion efforts in California. Due to severe climate conditions, the foundation at McKenzie Bridge was deemed unfit for a novitiate or house of studies, prompting the superiors to approve its transfer to the Dominican Fathers for use as a summer residence. With the Oregon property legally transferred, Father Murtagh shifted his focus toward expanding the seminary and high school at Flintridge (La Cañada) to combat the ongoing vocations crisis. Despite navigating a competitive educational landscape and receiving a grudging permission from the Archbishop of Los Angeles for only four of eight proposed classrooms, plans for a complete eight-classroom and accessory building were ultimately finalized for imminent construction to accommodate the rising local student population.

ISAD(G) 2nd edition