Item 13 - Rector's notes for Sacred Heart Community, Limerick

Loose-leaf A5 pages with handwritten entries, accompanied by handwritten, typewritten and printed insertions. Kept together in a ring-binder (discarded for preservation reasons), and divided alphabetically by subject with tabbed sheets of card. Subjects relate to Church, school and community matters. Many entries relate to the arrangement of liturgy and devotions, eg, Feast days, confessions, novenas, benediction etc. Some relate to the need for clarification on some point or other of canon law and other regulations in relation to powers and faculties, e.g., the proper date for the celebration of a feast, the transfer of faculties etc. Others relate to customs regarding the daily lives of community members, eg. the movements of priests, brothers and scholastics outside the house, talking at table, fast days, the consumption of wine etc. School-related subjects include boys' retreats, school dramas, property (including the football field), membership of groups such as sodalities, and the Apostleship of Prayer. Insertions include correspondence the Provincial, various bishops and others.