27 - Letter from James J. Ryan to Fr. Peter Bowe

27

Letter from James J. Ryan to Fr. Peter Bowe

2 pp; manuscript

Letter from James J. Ryan to Fr. Peter Bowe OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, updating him on the status of his request to Archbishop Ryan. Having recently dined with the archbishop, Ryan reports that a decision is still delayed because the archbishop has not yet consulted his committee. Ryan suspects that while the archbishop personally favours granting the request, he is facing pushback from his counsellors. To overcome this, Ryan advises Father Peter or a superior of the order to submit a formal, direct application explicitly clarifying that they do not seek a parish and will keep all funds locally in America rather than sending them back to the mother house in Ireland or Rome.

ISAD(G) 2nd edition