1 - Verbal Process of the Canonical Visitation of Rochestown

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Verbal Process of the Canonical Visitation of Rochestown

2 pp; typescript

A ‘Verbal Process’ documenting the canonical visitation of the Convent of St. Joseph, Rochestown, County Cork, conducted by Minister Provincial Father Aloysius Travers OFM Cap. in March 1916. Following inspections of the church, sacristy, library, cells, and individual interviews with the community, the document outlines six binding directives for the Father Guardian to implement and report upon within three months. These mandates require regular spiritual conferences for the Brothers, the conversion of the former school refectory into an infirmary for the sick, and liturgical repairs including a new tabernacle lock, new veils, and mended vestments. Additional instructions address improved sanitation across the friary, regular laundering of bedclothes, repairs to the ground-floor bathroom and lavatory, and arrangements for the Brothers to take regular walks. The record concludes with an exhortation on monastic observance.

ISAD(G) 2nd edition