Letter from Bishop Patrick McKenna to John Francis Hogan, 20 May 1916 Letters 1916-1923 Patrick McKenna

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This letter is addressed to Rev Dr John Francis Hogan (1858-1918). Hogan was a priest, author, and president of St Patrick's College, Maynooth. During the Easter Rising a group of Volunteers from the town of Maynooth entered the college to seek a blessing before setting off for Dublin. Hogan reputedly refused to give his blessing to their ‘foolish and most ill-advised expedition’ and urged them to return home. They in turn refused and Hogan blessed them, while remaining totally opposed to their activities. He subsequently addressed the students on the need to show proper respect for authority. This letter was written by Bishop Patrick McKenna (1868-1942). Mckenna was ordained as the Bishop of Clogher in 1909. In this letter McKenna is writing to Hogan about the result of the students from his diocese and states that overall he considers the results to be satisfactory. McKenna states that he will grant the students permission to be ordained and discusses their entrance into holy orders.

St Patrick's College, Maynooth John F. Hogan Papers, 21/5/10a https://letters1916.ie/item/2285 English Patrick McKenna 1916-05-20 Bishop's Houses, Monaghan, Ireland John Francis Hogan Male 1942 Faith Faith

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 21/5/10a Bishops House Monaghan 20th May 1916 My Dear Mons. Hogan I beg to thankyou for the report on the conductand studies of the students fromthis diocese, and I am happy tosay that on the whole it issatisfactory. I hereby grant the usual facultiesfor ordination, that is to sayI grant permission to all thestudents from this diocese tobe promoted to the order towhich they will be calledby the College authorities, by hisGrace, the Archbishop of Dublin,on other Bishop who, withthe permission of his Grace will confer the Orders, and inso far as may be necessary. I dispense 'the individual' fromthis Diocese in Interstices, thoughI think this is not necessary. With kind regardsI am, my dear Mons Hogan,Faithfully yours+ Patrick McKenna Bishop's Houses, Monaghan, Ireland Letter from Bishop Patrick McKenna to John Francis Hogan, 20 May 1916 Patrick McKenna Letter from Bishop Patrick McKenna to John Francis Hogan, 20 May 1916Letter from Bishop Patrick McKenna to John Francis Hogan, 11 January 1916