5 - Copy letter from Fr. Kevin Moynihan

5

Copy letter from Fr. Kevin Moynihan

1 p.; typescript

Copy letter from Fr. Kevin Moynihan OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, to Fr. Sylvester Mulligan OFM Cap., Definitor General, on the question of whether the Capuchin friars in America should be required to wear beards. Father Kevin notes that many priests in America, particularly the younger ones, objected to the beard. They argued it caused a ‘grave incommodum’ (serious inconvenience) to their missionary work. Reference is made to America’s ‘peculiar customs’ and ‘extraordinary views on Hygiene’.

ISAD(G) 2nd edition