7 - Letter from Fr. Sylvester Mulligan

7

Letter from Fr. Sylvester Mulligan

1 p.; typescript

Letter from Fr. Sylvester Mulligan OFM Cap. to Fr. Kevin Moynihan OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, addressing the ongoing dispute regarding the Bishop of Wilmington’s restrictive alms clause. Father Sylvester reports that the Definitory met and decided the Father Kevin may accept the condition restricting their right to quest (beg for alms), as Father Brendan confirmed the friars can sustain themselves through preaching. However, he warns that inserting these specific local conditions into the official petition to the Sacred Congregation could cause Rome to refuse the ‘Beneplacitum’ (papal approval), as it might look like a surrender of Capuchin rights. To resolve this, Father Sylvester provides a short, simple Latin template for the bishop to sign, which grants standard entry permission without listing local restrictions.

ISAD(G) 2nd edition