Printed Documents and Books

This series contains printed documents and books in English, French, Latin, Portuguese, Sinhalese and Tamil. These documents are about Circular letters, rules and regulations of Catholic Churches, appointment leeters of different Church officers, pastoral letters, Catholic education in Ceylon [Sri Lanka], matrimonial registers, religious instructions, administrative notes, The Jaffna Ecclesiastical Directory, notes on the Missions of Jaffna, creation of schools and educational institutions, oldest Christian prayer book in Tamil etc.

This series contains the following 55 files.

  • EAP981/1/15/1: Vol. 64 of the weekly periodical, The Examiner (1913-1914)
  • EAP981/1/15/2: Circulars, matrimonial notices, religious instructions, rules and regulations of Catholic churches, preaching, special prayers, administrative notes etc (1882-1889)
  • EAP981/1/15/3: Circulars in Tamil under the signatures of Séméria, Bonjean and Mélizan (1870-1882)
  • EAP981/1/15/4: Documents related to the Pontificate of Mgr. Mélizan of the Jaffna Diocese (1883-1893)
  • EAP981/1/15/5: Collection of circulars, pastoral letters, notices to the missionaries, matrimonial notices etc (1866-1875)
  • EAP981/1/15/6: Pastoral letters and booklets on Catholic Education in Ceylon [Sri Lanka], mixed schools, the Catholic Church and others by Mgr Bonjean (1860-1862)
  • EAP981/1/15/7: Pastoral letters by Mgr. Brault (1920)
  • EAP981/1/15/8: Circulars, pastoral letters, Jaffna Ecclesiastical Directory, Episcopal acts, notice to the missionaries, matrimonial notices etc. by Mgr Bonjean (1874-1882)
  • EAP981/1/15/9: Circulars, matrimonial notice, religious instructions, rules and regulations of Catholic churches, preaching, special prayers, administrative notes etc (1889-1899)
  • EAP981/1/15/10: Collection of printed circular letter to all the missionaries addressed by Mgr Joulain from Mullaitivu (1901)
  • EAP981/1/15/11: Pastoral letters to all of the missionaries addressed by Mgr Joulain (1860-1892)
  • EAP981/1/15/12: Pastoral letters, circulars, remarks on schools, civilization, marriage legislation in Ceylon [Sri Lanka], etc., by Bonjean et Séméria (1860-1882)
  • EAP981/1/15/13: Episcopal circular and circular to the Missionaries, the Jaffna Ecclesiastical Directory etc by Mgr Bonjean (1874-1878)
  • EAP981/1/15/14: Episcopal circular and circular to the Missionaries, the Jaffna Ecclesiastical Directory etc by Mgr Bonjean (1874-1877)
  • EAP981/1/15/15: Episcopal circular and circular to the Missionaries, the Jaffna Ecclesiastical Directory etc by Mgr Bonjean (1874-1878)
  • EAP981/1/15/16: Pastoral letters by Mgr. Joulain (1893-19011)
  • EAP981/1/15/17: Constitution of the Congregation of the Brothers of St. Joseph (1926)
  • EAP981/1/15/18: Letter by the Right Rev. Bonjean to the very Reverend Father Pouzin (1872)
  • EAP981/1/15/19: Apostalic letter of Pope Leo XIII (1887)
  • EAP981/1/15/20: Pastoral letter on the "Duties of Catholics to their Priests, their Churches and their Schools" (1930)
  • EAP981/1/15/21: "A Crucial Test", supplement to the Catholic Messenger, 20th Nov 1889 (1889)
  • EAP981/1/15/22: Pastoral letter: In Condemnation of the Jacobite Schism and Heresy (1889)
  • EAP981/1/15/23: Booklet: 'Antioch and Roma and their connection with St. Peter (1889)
  • EAP981/1/15/24: Booklet: "The Marriage Laws of Ceylon and Catholic Claims" (1895)
  • EAP981/1/15/25: Booklet: "Pastoral letter on Vocations" (1883)
  • EAP981/1/15/26: Booklet: 'The Church Militant in Ceylon and in India' (1888)
  • EAP981/1/15/27: 'Folia Facultatum: Dioecesis Jaffensis' (1920)
  • EAP981/1/15/28: Booklet: The Jacobites of Ceylon [Sri Lanka] (1889)
  • EAP981/1/15/29: Booklet: 'Encyclical on The Catholic Priesthood' (1936)
  • EAP981/1/15/30: Booklet: Golden Jubilee celebration of Bishop, St. Joseph's College (1911)
  • EAP981/1/15/31: Booklet on 'The Latest about the Goa question' (1873)
  • EAP981/1/15/32: Booklet on the 'Observations on Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction over the Catholic Churches in Ceylon' (1873)
  • EAP981/1/15/33: Booklet: 'Encyclical "Divini Redemptoris" Atheistic Communism' (1937)
  • EAP981/1/15/34: Educational records, administration, expenses, number of schools and students (1895-1911)
  • EAP981/1/15/35: Booklet in Latin about loans and usury (19th century)
  • EAP981/1/15/36: Annuario do Arcebispado de Goa e das Missoes do Real Padroado Portuguez na India (Anno de 1884)
  • EAP981/1/15/37: Memorandum submitted by the Catholic Union of Jaffna to the Special Commission on the Constitution of Ceylon [Sri Lanka] (1927)
  • EAP981/1/15/38: Booklet: 'Rules of St. Bernard's Seminary, Borella' (1939)
  • EAP981/1/15/39: 'Thirty-ninth annual report of the year 1945', Society of St. Vincent de Paul (1945)
  • EAP981/1/15/40: Booklet: "A general Conspectus of the Religious Congregations of St. Joseph, Jaffna" (1930)
  • EAP981/1/15/41: Fascicles of 'Oeuvre de Saint-Pierre, Pour le Clergé Indigène des Missions' (1910)
  • EAP981/1/15/42: 'A Second Latin Exercise Book: With Hints for Higher Latin Prose Composition'
  • EAP981/1/15/43: Constitutions et règles de la congrégation des Missionnaires Oblats de la très Sainte et Immaulée Vièrge Marie (1930)
  • EAP981/1/15/44: Constitutions et règles de la congrégation des Missionnaires Oblats de la très Sainte et Immaulée Vièrge Marie [Second copy] (1930)
  • EAP981/1/15/45: Letters and circulars by Bishop Bonjean (1878)
  • EAP981/1/15/46: Pastoral letters and circulars by My Mélizan, Joulain and Séméria (1870-1894)
  • EAP981/1/15/47: Letters, circular, programme and questionnaire related to the Theological Conferences of Jaffna (1869-1877)
  • EAP981/1/15/48: Newspaper clippings on agriculture, weather etc (1921)
  • EAP981/1/15/49: Pamphlets and paper clippings related to the Church and educational matters (1939)
  • EAP981/1/15/50: The Oblates of Immaculate Mary and the Marriage Act proposals of Ceylon [Sri Lanka] (1896)
  • EAP981/1/15/51: Pastoral letters, letters to the missionaries and school masters, financial organisation projects, and notes on missions (1878-1883)
  • EAP981/1/15/52: 'Les Indulgences leur nature et leur usage' by R.F. Beringer (1925)
  • EAP981/1/15/53: Circulars by Bishop Bonjean (1874)
  • EAP981/1/15/54: 'Doctrina Christiana' in Tamil 'Kiricittiyani vanakkam' (1579)
  • EAP981/1/15/55: Tamil book, 'ilngait tevatazcci uttiyanam' or ' tirucabai sarittiram' (1855)
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