13 - Copy letter from Fr. Edwin Fitzgibbon

13

Copy letter from Fr. Edwin Fitzgibbon

1 p.; typescript

Copy letter from Fr. Edwin Fitzgibbon OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, to the superiors of all the American houses, outlining an eight-point directive enforcing strict administrative, religious, and academic discipline among the friars. The mandates dictate meticulous financial ledger tracking for parish funds and Mass stipends, require daily morning study periods for priests, encourage the stocking of theological books for sermon preparation, and schedule annual examinations for young priests. Fr. Edwin concludes by thanking the community for their hospitality and requiring all superiors to formally read these directives to their households and report back within three months.

ISAD(G) 2nd edition