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Series 15 - Fr Modotti
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Date Range1938 - 1970
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Fr Ugo Modotti, a Jesuit priest originally from Udine, came to Victoria in 1938 to be the Chaplain to the Italian Community. He was based at St Ignatius Church in Richmond, like his predecessor, Fr Vincenzo di Francesco (who was at St Ignatius from 1920-1934).

Fr Modotti was most active in Melbourne’s Italian community, but also travelled to other settlements throughout Victoria. In addition to his religious work, he published a journal in Italian, L’Angelo della Famiglia (The Angel of the Family) and organised many cultural events, including plays and lectures on Dante’s Divine Comedy.

Fr Modotti was actually arrested in June 1940 when the Commonwealth Government interned many Italian ‘enemy aliens’. Australian security services suspected Modotti was an ‘ardent fascist’, however he was soon released after the intervention of Archbishop Daniel Mannix.

Mannix was instrumental in the founding of the Archbishop’s Committee for Italian Relief in June 1940, to assist people affected by internment and unemployment. Mrs Santospirito was a member of the original committee in 1940.

Modotti left Australia in 1946 and did not return, despite the protestations and appeals of the Italian community in Victoria. After working for a short while on Vatican Radio, Modotti then spent time as a Trappist monk at Tre Fontane near Rome and later became a hermit at Camaldoli in northern Italy. In 1959, Modotti was sent to the United States to found the first contemplative hermitage of New Camaldoli in California. Modotti left the Camalodese in 1960 and went to Puerto Rico, where he founded a journal, El Debato. Modotti returned to California in 1966 and worked at a parish in Fresno, California. In 1970, Modotti was selected by Pope Paul VI to establish a Catholic media organisation, Media Mark Communications. Modotti retired in June 1971. He died in his sleep in December 1971. (For more information on Fr Ugo Modotti, see Anthony Cappello, ‘Italian Australians, the Church, War and Fascism in Melbourne 1919-1945’, (MA Thesis, 1999, Victoria University).

This series comprises material from two accessions. The records from the first accession (SANT2000/0001) consist of correspondence between Mrs Santospirito and Fr Modotti following his departure from Australia in 1946. The second accession (SANT2000/0002) covers the date range 1938 to 1946. This personal correspondence provides further information on Mrs Santospirito’s experiences as President of the Archbishop’s Committee and her activities following her resignation in 1955.

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16  New Camaldoli Foundation - Fr Modotti 1960

Inventory Listing

• Letter from Modotti to Santospirito, 20 January 1958

Mr Dwyer; renewal of passport; witnesses Dr Toal, Ray Triado; Mr Russo; Arthur Calwell; Our Lady Mediatrix of all Graces; form of petition to Pope.

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 20 January 1958    Quantity 1 letter
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-00453 Box Number 15.1 Series 15
• Letter from Fr Modotti

draft notice; mission at St George's Carlton.

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 1946? - 1970?    Quantity 1 letter
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-00454 Box Number 15.1 Series 15
• Letter from Santospirito to Modotti, 20 March 1963

birth at Ballarat; financial loss; Godmother; Bishop Fox's sister; Bruna Benedetti; Modotti's illness; visit to New Camaldoli; Fr Carlo; Don Clemente; Dick Lamaro; Institute of Our Lady of Guadalupe; failure to visit Modotti; Sisters of St Joseph; Fr Pio; Modotti's retreats; Anthony Santospirito; family news; Maria Triaca; family communication; Death of Bishop Re; Archbishop Simonds jubilee; Archbishop Mannix's health; Marie Daly; Arthur Calwell.

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 20 March 1963    Quantity 1 letter
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-00455 Box Number 15.1 Series 15
• Letter from Modotti to Santospirito, 5 August 1954

Masses for Fr Bongiorno; Gerard Santospirito; Anthony Santospirito; Patrick Peyton pamphlets; Jesus in the Psalms; Italian newspaper; Arthur Calwell; Archbishop Mannix; attitude of members of the Archbishop's Committee; advice to resign; Fr Carlo; Modotti's books at Power Street; Fr Nazario; repairs to Modotti's cell; Mrs Galmacci; Fr Clemente.

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 5 August 1954    Quantity 1 letter
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-00456 Box Number 15.1 Series 15
• Letter from Santospirito to Modotti, 26 April 1960

Mass for Modotti and Fr Carlo; Archbishop Mannix; Anthony Santospirito; Vincenzo D'Amico; permission to visit Australia; Bishop Re; Fr Crosilla; Fr J. Heffy; Antonio Santospirito's death; Don Marino; Don Clement.

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 26 April 1960    Quantity 1 letter
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-00457 Box Number 15.1 Series 15
• Letter from Santospirito to Modotti

Fr Bonifacio; Gifts; Fr Pio; Maria Triaca; Pia Triaca; Bernadette Santospirito; Gabrielle Santospirito; May Noonan; religious plays; Cardinal Antonietti; Giuliana Del Pelopardi; Joe Santamaria.

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 1946? - 1970?    Quantity 1 letter
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-00458 Box Number 15.1 Series 15
• Letter from Santospirito to Modotti

Page 1 missing; Modotti at the Rectory; Mother Theophane; Florence Hagelthorne;

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 1946? - 1970?    Quantity 1 letter
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-00459 Box Number 15.1 Series 15
• Letter from Santospirito to Modotti, 18 November 1968

Page 1 missing; Fr Bonifacio; shrine of St Anthony; Joe Santamaria's health; Frank Cincotta's death; Antonio Santospirito; Fr Pio; Mass offering.

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 18 November 1968    Quantity 1 letter
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-00460 Box Number 15.1 Series 15
• No Item allocated to this number.
Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 1946? - 1970?
Inventory Identifier SP-00461 Box Number 15.1 Series 15
• Letter from Santospirito to Modotti, 29 November 1968

Blessings received; Triaca family financial problems; Death of Fr Pio; Fr Raffaele; page 2 missing.

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 29 November 1968    Quantity 1 letter
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-00462 Box Number 15.1 Series 15
• Letter from Modotti to Santospirito

visit to New York; Modotti's program; Fr Carlo.

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 1946? - 1970?    Quantity 1 letter
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-00463 Box Number 15.1 Series 15
• Letter from Modotti to Fr Carlo

His treatment in Australia and California; supposed aspiration to be General; Anthony Santospirito.

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 1946? - 1970?    Quantity 1 letter
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-00464 Box Number 15.1 Series 15
• Letter from Modotti to Santospirito

Driving licence.

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 1946? - 1970?    Quantity 1 letter
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-00465 Box Number 15.1 Series 15
• Letter from Santospirito to Modotti, 4 August 1965

visit to Puerto Rico; Don Marino; Fr Teodoro; Fr Pickering; Fr Pio; Dr Toal; Statue of Our Lady of Fatima at Trieste; Fr Mason SJ; Fr Carlo; Bishop Lyons; Baroness Gabrielle; Don Aliprando general; Death of Guido Triaca; death of Sister Angelica Triaca; Maria Triaca teaching Italian at Merton Hall; Modotti's work in Australia; Fr Kelly SJ; Fr Stormon SJ; Anthony Santospirito; Club Hotel Moe.

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 4 August 1965    Quantity 1 letter
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-00466 Box Number 15.1 Series 15
• Letter from Modotti to Santospirito, 17 May 1966

Gerard Santospirito; Calwell family; Fr Pio; Modotti's pilgrimage to Israel; Option for Modotti to stay in Verona.

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 17 May 1966    Quantity 1 letter
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-00467 Box Number 15.1 Series 15
• Letter from Modotti to Santospirito, 19 July 1964

His health; proposed second visit to Italy; Vatican Council; Mrs Roberts; Mrs Cincotta; Anthony Santospirito.

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 19 July 1964    Quantity 1 letter
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-00468 Box Number 15.1 Series 15
• Letter from Modotti to Santospirito, 19 November 1951

Unico Cipriani; Cesare Dogulli; landing permit.

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 19 November 1951    Quantity 1 letter
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-00469 Box Number 15.1 Series 15
• Letter from Modotti to Santospirito, 26 September 1966

Scripture lectures in Fresno California; Gerard Santospirito; past failures; Anthony Santospirito; Mrs Santamaria's health; Arthur Calwell; Fr Pickering; Fr Sharkey; Bongiorno family.

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 26 September 1966    Quantity 1 letter
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-00470 Box Number 15.1 Series 15
• Letter from Modotti to Santospirito, 17 June 1970

Trip to Italy and Lourdes; Ina Modotti.

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 17 June 1970    Quantity 1 letter
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-00471 Box Number 15.1 Series 15
• Letter from Santospirito to Modotti, 8 July 1970

Trip to Lourdes.

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 8 July 1970    Quantity 1 letter
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-00472 Box Number 15.1 Series 15
• Letter from Modotti to Santospirito, 16 August 1967

Death of Jo Romanin; Bishop Lyons' health; Modotti in Corcoran parish California; publication of book; Anthony Santospirito.

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 16 August 1967    Quantity 1 letter
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-00473 Box Number 15.1 Series 15
• Letter from Modotti to Santospirito, 18 July 1970

Postcard; Lourdes; Ina Modotti.

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 18 July 1970    Quantity 1 letter
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-00474 Box Number 15.1 Series 15
• Letter from Modotti to Santospirito, 2 December 1965

Breakdown; Institution of St Stephen; preparation of deacons for Latin America; renunciation of rector, seminary of Puerto Rico; Archbishop Davis; Sannta Fe; retirement; two sisters at Verona; bishops of Australia; Monsignor Lyons; Sale; Fr Peyton.

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 2 December 1965    Quantity 1 letter
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-00475 Box Number 15.1 Series 15
• Letter from Modotti to Santospirito, 15 May 1968

relic of St Pius X; St Vincent's Hospital; Sr Faustina; Dominic Santospirito; Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes, Carlton; Grotto at Corcoran, California; Our Lady of Guadalupe.

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 15 May 1968    Quantity 1 letter
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-00476 Box Number 15.1 Series 15
• Ticket; Canonization of Francesc Xavier Cabrini.
Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 1946? - 1970?
Inventory Identifier SP-00477 Box Number 15.1 Series 15
• Letter from Modotti to Santospirito, no date

Masses; play at Fresno City Theatre; miracle at Tepeyac; Juan Diego.

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 1946? - 1970?    Quantity 1 letter
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-00478 Box Number 15.1 Series 15
• Letter from Modotti to Santospirito, 30 May 1976

Santospirito children; sister of Modotti; Lourdes.

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 30 May 1976    Quantity 1 letter
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-00479 Box Number 15.1 Series 15
• Letter from Modotti to Santospirito, 25 December 1961

Christmas greetings.

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 25 December 1961    Quantity 1 letter
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-00480 Box Number 15.1 Series 15
• Letter from Santospirito to Modotti, St Raphael 1962

Pia Triaca; Maria Triaca; Santospirito's proposed visit to Puerto Rico; Mrs Roberts; Fr Pio; Proposed trip to Rome; canonisation of Peter Julian Eymard; St Raphael; Velia Virgona; Enrico Virgo; Archbishop Mannix; Arthur Calwell; Annetta Pidutti; Anthony Santospirito.

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 1962    Quantity 1 letter
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-00481 Box Number 15.1 Series 15
• Letter from Santospirito to Modotti, 7 November 1966

Fr Pickering; Masses; cutting from "The Register"; Arthur Calwell; Federal election; Dr Toal; Fr Tobias Borriero; Antonio Santospirito; Jack Bongiorno; Dr Simonds.

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 7 November 1966    Quantity 1 letter
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-00482 Box Number 15.1 Series 15
• Letter from Santospirito to Modotti, 14 December 1967

Modotti's health; Gerard Santospirito; Medical Board hearing; relic of Pius X; Sr Mary Peter Fennessy.

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 14 December 1967    Quantity 1 letter
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-00483 Box Number 15.1 Series 15
• Letter from Modotti to Santospirito, no date

Postcard; Puerto Rico.

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 1946? - 1970?    Quantity 1 letter
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-00484 Box Number 15.1 Series 15
• Letter from Santospirito to Modotti, no date

first page missing; Fr Pio; Fr Raffaele; Fr Pickering; Ferruccio Romanin; Bishop Stewart; proposal for Modotti to visit Australia.

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 1946? - 1970?    Quantity 1 letter
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-00485 Box Number 15.1 Series 15
• Letter from Santospirito to Modotti, 14 December 1965

Fr Pio; Masses; Fr Raffaele; Fr Carlo; Anthony Santospirito; Santospirito's varicose veins; Fr Jack Heffey; Fr Des O'Connor SJ; Anthony Santospirito to work in Darwin; Dick Lamaro; Ray Triado.

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 14 December 1965    Quantity 1 letter
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-00486 Box Number 15.1 Series 15
• Letter from Modotti to Santospirito, 4 July 1960

Postcard; Pompeii; Mass for Antonio Santospirito.

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 4 July 1960    Quantity 1 letter
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-00487 Box Number 15.1 Series 15
• Letter from Santospirito to Fr Raffaele, 12 April 1965

Trip to Italy; Fr Pickering; Fr Pio; Harry Steward; Anne Buck; Christine Buck; Francesca Barca; Kay Roberts; Moya Frawley; Bianca Albertelli.

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 12 April 1965    Quantity 1 letter
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-00488 Box Number 15.1 Series 15
• Letter from Santospirito to Modotti, no date

first page missing; Gerard Santospirito; Anthony Santospirito; Modotti's holiday; Fr Pio; Kay Roberts.

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 1946? - 1970?    Quantity 1 letter
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-00489 Box Number 15.1 Series 15
• Letter from Santospirito, no date

envelope; Modotti to Santospirito 9 Oct 1961.

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 1946? - 1970?    Quantity 1 letter
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-00490 Box Number 15.2 Series 15
• Letter from Santospirito to Modotti, 8 October 1961

Fr Carlo; correspondence; widh to meet Modotti; Lucille Meehan; Anthony Santospirito.

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 8 October 1961    Quantity 1 letter
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-00491 Box Number 15.2 Series 15
• Letter from Modotti to Santospirito, 22 April 1950

Retrieval of Parcel; American Express notification; Fr Maria Raffaele Modotti.

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 22 April 1950    Quantity 1 letter
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-00492 Box Number 15.2 Series 15
• Letter from Modotti to Santospirito, 21 September 1964

Anthony Santospirito; Monastic life; Gerard Santospirito; Pope John 23; Modotti's work at Vatican Radio; Archbishop Mannix; Regina Gobbo.

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 21 September 1964    Quantity 1 letter
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-00493 Box Number 15.2 Series 15
• Letter from Modotti to Santospirito, 10 July 1947

Guido Modotti; Angelo della Famiglia; Raffaele Mercurio; death at St Vincent's Hospital; Val Adami.

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 10 July 1947    Quantity 1 letter
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-00494 Box Number 15.2 Series 15
• Letter from Modotti to Santospirito, 5 November 1953

restrictions on correspondence; visits; Fr Carlo; Sr Angelica Triaca; collection for Modotti's cell; Santospirito's recognition by Italian government; Modotti's trials; Santospirito's proposal to become a Franciscan Tertiary; committees; Antonio Santospirito's cinema venture.

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 5 November 1953    Quantity 1 letter
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-00495 Box Number 15.2 Series 15
• Letter from Santospirito to Modotti, 1 April 1965

Fr Frank Murphy; Fr Francis Sharkey; Fr Pio; Anthony Santospirito in Darwin; Fr Des O'Connor SJ; Fr Ronald Pickering; Dr Toal; Jean Virgona; Lena Virgona; Modotti's proposed trip to Italy.

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 1 April 1965    Quantity 1 letter
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-00496 Box Number 15.2 Series 15
• Letter from Modotti to Santospirito, 19 January 1966

Modotti's health; Plan for Deacons; trip to Italy; proposed trip to Australia.

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 19 January 1966    Quantity 1 letter
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-00497 Box Number 15.2 Series 15
• Letter from Modotti to Santospirito, 7 March 1965

Postcard; seminary chapel; Fr de Francesco; Anthony Santospirito.

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 7 March 1965    Quantity 1 letter
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-00498 Box Number 15.2 Series 15
• Letter from Modotti to Santospirito, 19 April 1966

Postcard; pilgrimage to Holy Land.

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 19 April 1966    Quantity 1 letter
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-00499 Box Number 15.2 Series 15
• Letter from Santospirito to Modotti, 24 October 1960

Modotti's difficulties; Don Clemente; Modotti's cell; Dr Santoro's recognition; Mother Gennarina; Fr Tornese; Don Marino Di Benedetto's health; Fr De Francesco; Scalabrinian Fathers; Anthony Santospirito; Santospirito's proposed trip to Italy; Dick Lamaro; Ferruccio Romanin ordination.

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 24 October 1960    Quantity 1 letter
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-00500 Box Number 15.2 Series 15
• Letter from Santospirito to Modotti, no date

Modotti's health; Modotti's trip to Holy Land.

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 1946? - 1970?    Quantity 1 letter
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-00501 Box Number 15.2 Series 15
• Letter from Fr Raffaele to Santospirito, 8 April 1963

Fr Pio's prayers for named persons; confession with Fr Pio; cost of bed for Casa Sollievo di Sofferenze.

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 8 April 1963    Quantity 1 letter
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-00502 Box Number 15.2 Series 15
• Letter from Modotti, Fr Bonifacio to Santospirito, 29 March 1969

Meeting with Modotti; Fr Carlo.

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 29 March 1969    Quantity 1 letter
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-00503 Box Number 15.2 Series 15
• Letter from Modotti to Santospirito, 28 August 1959

Modotti's health; Novitiate at New Camaldoli; Fr Borriero; The Advocate.

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 28 August 1959    Quantity 1 letter
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-00504 Box Number 15.2 Series 15
• Letter from Santospirito to Modotti, 4 August 1967

Don Marino Di Benedetto; Gerard Santospirito; Lena Gobbi; Flavio -; Giuseppe Romanin's death; Anthony Santospirito; Fr Des O'Connor; second page missing.

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 4 August 1967    Quantity 1 letter
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-00505 Box Number 15.2 Series 15
• Letter from Modotti to Santospirito, 26 October 1951

Masses; Fr Pickering; Modotti's lectures on bible; Fresno Cathedral; Fr Smith; liturgy changes; Gerard Santospirito.

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 26 October 1951    Quantity 1 letter
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-00506 Box Number 15.2 Series 15
• Letter from Santospirito to Modotti, 5 July 1960

Fr J. Heffy; Fr O'Callaghan; Masses for Antonio Santospirito; Mrs Amelia Dozzi; Santospirito's faults; Mother Gennarina; financial problems.

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 5 July 1960    Quantity 1 letter
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-00507 Box Number 15.2 Series 15
• Letter from R.F. Beare to Modotti, 24 June 1945

Hawthorn Town Hall Ball; prisoners; Angelo della Famiglia; Risveglio.

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 24 June 1945    Quantity 1 letter
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-00508 Box Number 15.2 Series 15
• Letter from Arthur Calwell to Santospirito, 12 June 1947

Commander Morone; Magi's fiancee; Landing permit; Modotti's proposed return.

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 12 June 1947    Quantity 1 letter
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-00509 Box Number 15.2 Series 15
• Letter from Santospirito to Modotti, 15 February 1961

Trip to Italy; meeting with Modotti; Mother Philomena; Advocate; "Divine Love"; Dr Toal; Fr J. Heffey; Fr Wilfrid Thibodeau; Fr Beaulieu; Fr Bongiorno.

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 15 February 1961    Quantity 1 letter
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-00510 Box Number 15.2 Series 15
• Letter from Modotti to Santospirito, 7 February 1958

Postcard.

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 7 February 1958    Quantity 1 letter
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-00511 Box Number 15.2 Series 15
• Letter from Modotti to Santospirito, 6 February 1958

Postcard; trip to United States; Don Marino Di Benedetto.

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 6 February 1958    Quantity 1 letter
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-00512 Box Number 15.2 Series 15
• Letter from Modotti to Santospirito, 15 June 1959

Fr Borriero; Fr General; Novitiate at New Camaldoli; Proposed new foundations; Don Marino Di Benedetto; Fr Carlo; Fr Smith; Fr Tornese; Joe Santamaria.

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 15 June 1959    Quantity 1 letter
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-00513 Box Number 15.2 Series 15
• Letter from Modotti to Santospirito, 30 January 1959

Santospirito's award; Santospirito's proposed trip to Italy; New foundation.

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 30 January 1959    Quantity 1 letter
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-00514 Box Number 15.2 Series 15
• Remembrance Card; Modotti's profession as Cistercian; M. Raphael Modotti.
Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 7 May 1950
Inventory Identifier SP-00515 Box Number 15.2 Series 15
• Photo; Modotti with niece Lisetta, 1932.
Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 1 November 1952
Inventory Identifier SP-00516 Box Number 15.2 Series 15
• "The Register"; newspaper article; Modotti's lectures on the psalms; "Jesus in the Psalms and Liturgy"; Modotti's history.
Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 29 September 1966
Inventory Identifier SP-00517 Box Number 15.2 Series 15
• Letter from Modotti, no date

Circular Letter; New Camaldoli; land at Big Sur, California; appeal for funds; cottages for hermits.

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 1946? - 1970?    Quantity 1 letter
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-00518 Box Number 15.2 Series 15
• Letter from Santospirito to Modotti, 15 September 1960

Death of Dominic Modotti; Don Marino Di Benedetto; Santospirito's faults; Anthony Santospirito; Mrs Dozzi; Fr Wilfrid Thibodeau; Mother Gennarina; Fr Tornese; Don Teobaldo Modotti; Fr De Francesco.

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 15 September 1960    Quantity 1 letter
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-00519 Box Number 15.2 Series 15
• Newspaper cutting; "The Corcoran Journal"; dedication of Our Lady of Guadalupe Grotto; Our Lady of Lourdes Church Corcoran; Modotti.
Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 21 November 1968
Inventory Identifier SP-00520 Box Number 15.2 Series 15
• Letter from Modotti to Santospirito, 21 July 1960

Masses for Antonio Santospirito; Mrs Dozzi; Masses for Concetta Cincotta; Ray Triado; Guido Galmacci; Arthur Calwell; Fr J. Heffey's proposed foundation.

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 21 July 1960    Quantity 1 letter
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-00521 Box Number 15.2 Series 15
• Letter from Santospirito to Modotti, 17 November 1960

Masses for Mrs Dozzi; Dick Lamaro; Santospirito's proposed trip to Italy; Don Marino Di Benedetto's eye problem; Fr Cappello SJ; Arthur Calwell; Modotti's driving licence; Amelia Dozzi; Mother Gennarina; Pastorelle Sisters; Cabrini Sisters; Mother Candida jubilee; Mother Bernardina in Montreal.

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 17 November 1960    Quantity 1 letter
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-00522 Box Number 15.2 Series 15
• Letter from Modotti to Santospirito, 25 June 1960

Antonio Santospirito's death; Mrs Dozzi; Modotti's health; Amelia Dozzi.

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 25 June 1960    Quantity 1 letter
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-00523 Box Number 15.2 Series 15
• Letter from James Gobbo to Santospirito, 31 August 1953

Modotti a recluse; Reason for Modotti not returning to Australia; new cell for Modotti; appeal for funds for cell; Modotti books; Dr Toal.

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 31 August 1953    Quantity 1 letter
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-00524 Box Number 15.2 Series 15
• to Santospirito

envelope; Big Sur California; book.

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 23 January 1959    Quantity 1 letter
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-00525 Box Number 15.2 Series 15
• Letter from Santospirito to Modotti, 28 November 1960

Dick Lamaro; Ferruccio Romanin ordination; Celso Romanin; Santospirito's profession: Eucharistic Confraternity; Our Lady of Guadalupe; Fr Thibodeau; Arthur Calwell; Archbishop Mannix; Mrs Dozzi.

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 28 November 1960    Quantity 1 letter
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-00526 Box Number 15.2 Series 15
• Letter from Modotti to Santospirito, 21 March 1966

Modotti's health; convalescence at Verona; proposed work at seminary for Latin America in Verona; feasibility of trip to Australia.

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 21 March 1966    Quantity 1 letter
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-00527 Box Number 15.2 Series 15
• Letter from Modotti to Santospirito, 22 September 1964

Modotti's health; proposal to retire; Modotti's sisters; Joe -; Calwell family; Fr Pio; Paul Mahoney; "the Advocate";

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 22 September 1964    Quantity 1 letter
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-00528 Box Number 15.2 Series 15
• Letter from Modotti to Santospirito, 17 June 1960

Dr F.M. Toal; Modotti's health; Invitation to work at the Catholic University, Puerto Rico; Protestants of Puerto Rico; Don Marino Di Benedetto; Masses for Mrs Dozzi; death of Antonio Santospirito.

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 17 June 1960    Quantity 1 letter
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-00529 Box Number 15.2 Series 15
• Letter from Modotti to Santospirito, 19 August 1960

Dominic Modotti's death; Masses for Antonio Santospirito; Puerto Rico; communism; Dr F. Toal; Masses for Mrs Dozzi; Catholics of Puerto Rico; weekly newspaper; Catholic University Radio; Modotti's book; Don Teobaldo Modotti.

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 19 August 1960    Quantity 1 letter
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-00530 Box Number 15.2 Series 15
• Letter from Modotti to Santospirito, 12 December 1960

Certificates; Arthur Calwell; Fr Patrick Peyton Rosary Crusade; Cuba; religious situation in South America; communism.

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 12 December 1960    Quantity 1 letter
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-00531 Box Number 15.2 Series 15
• Newsclipping from The Advocate: Modotti; arrival in Australia; history of Modotti
Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 1938
Formats News Clippings
Inventory Identifier SP-02568 Box Number 15.3 Series 15
• Letter from Modotti to Santospirito 28 February 1939

Apology for hurting Santospirito

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 28 February 1939
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-02569 Box Number 15.3 Series 15
• Letter from Modotti to Santospirito

Christmas greetings

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 25 December 1940
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-02570 Box Number 15.3 Series 15
• Letter from Modotti to Antonio Santospirito, 3 December 1940

Thanks for success of bazaar

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 3 December 1940
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-02571 Box Number 15.3 Series 15
• Letter from Modotti to Maria, Gerard and Anthony Santospirito, April 1941

Thanks for remembering Modotti's feast day

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range April 1941
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-02572 Box Number 15.3 Series 15
• Letter from Modotti to Santospirito, 18 January 1942

Prayers for Santospirito; her health; his breviary picture of St Agnes

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 18 January 1942
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-02573 Box Number 15.3 Series 15
• Letter from Modotti to Santospirito, 18 January 1942

Santospirito’s weak points; retreat; Italian community in Sydney; their spiritual needs; Dozzi family; novitiate of Little Sisters of the Poor at Randwick; poem for Amelia Dozzi enclosed; Santospirito’s health and visit from Vaccari; Bartie Rodriquez; Dr Stewart; Fr J. Opie; Antonio Santospirito; Cetta Rodriquez; copies of Vade Mecum and Massime Eterne for Fr La Rosa.

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 18 January 1942
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-02574 Box Number 15.3 Series 15
• Letter from Modotti to Santospirito, 1 April 1942

Thanks for kind wishes and present

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 1 April 1942
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-02575 Box Number 15.3 Series 15
• Letter from Modotti to Antonio Santospirito, 1 January 1943

Thanks for Christmas donation

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 1 January 1943
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-02576 Box Number 15.3 Series 15
• Letter from Modotti to Santospirito, 29 June 1943

Thanks for Christmas donation

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 29 June 1943
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-02577 Box Number 15.3 Series 15
• Letter from Modotti to Antonio Santospirito, 11 November 1943

Thanks also on behalf of Dr Mannix

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 11 November 1943
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-02578 Box Number 15.3 Series 15
• Letter from Modotti to Antonio Santospirito, 16 January 1944

Birthday greetings; thanks for help to Fr De Francesco and Fr Modotti

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 16 January 1944
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-02579 Box Number 15.3 Series 15
• Letter from Modotti to Santospirito, 8 April 1944

Easter greetings; thanks for help and attentions during Modotti’s sickness; St Vincent’s Hospital.

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 8 April 1944
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-02580 Box Number 15.3 Series 15
• Letter from Modotti to Santospirito, 11 June 1944

Modotti’s trip to Sydney; Meeting with Phil.

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 11 June 1944
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-02581 Box Number 15.3 Series 15
• Letter from Modotti to Santospirito, 13 June 1944

Santospirito indispensible; Calwell to draft telegram; Fr O’Callaghan’s cousin Conny Boon to join Little Sisters of the Poor; Mr Boon; G. Vaccari; internees to be housed with Little Sisters of the Poor; Holy Father’s reply to telegram for fund; Sister Annetta; Sister Tarcisius; Sister Agnes.

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 13 June 1944 - 13 June 1944
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-02582 Box Number 15.3 Series 15
• Letter from Modotti to Santospirito, 22 August 1944

Trip to South Australia; thanks for help in Modotti’s work; urgings to concentrate on the Lord and his glory; Modotti’s coming mission to the Italians; his address in Adelaide; release of Barty Rodriquez from work; Albanese; proposal for Italians to join Army labour corps; instructions for assistance of Fr Galante; the new committee.

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 22 August 1944
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-02583 Box Number 15.3 Series 15
• Letter from Modotti to Santospirito, 23 August 1944

Address at Manresa Norwood; leaflet for distribution among Melbourne Italians; Fr O’Callaghan and Mass for children; Fr Grace; Santospirito and other ladies of madre cristiani to approach Dr Mannix or Dr Simonds to say Mass.

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 23 August 1944
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-02584 Box Number 15.3 Series 15
• Letter from Modotti to Santospirito, 29 August 1944

Barty Rodriquez’s health; successful mission in South Australia; Modotti’s movements; Fr Galante’s progress; New issue of Angelo della Famiglia; progress of dictionary; article of Fr Jordan; Santospirito’s relations in South Australia; Mrs Mongiat.

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 29 August 1944
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-02585 Box Number 15.3 Series 15
• Letter from Modotti to Santospirito, 1 September 1944

New subscriptions for Angelo della Famiglia della Famiglia; stray sheep; priests’ retreat.

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 1 September 1944
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-02586 Box Number 15.3 Series 15
• Letter from Modotti to Santospirito, 5 September 1944

Priests’ retreat; Santospirito’s help; Santospirito’s fear of paining Modotti; Modotti’s pride in Santospirito’s work; Fr De Francesco; novenas for mission; Angelo della Famiglia della Famiglia; dictionary; Santospirito’s relations in Adelaide; Tasmanian subscribers to Angelo della Famiglia; Fr Fitzgerald; copies of Angelo della Famiglia for prisoners of war; letter from Fr Doody, Nambour; Dr Duhig; parcels for prisoners; Barty Rodriquez’s health; proposal to give prisoners information about Australia; Fr Galante; Mr Boon; Giannaccini; Giorgio; Dante Triaca; bazaar; Mrs Mongiat’s health; Bruna Benetti; mission Mass; Stella; Fabbio; service of Modotti’s car.

 Creator Lena Santospirito
Date range 5 September 1944
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier SP-02587 Box Number 15.3 Series 15
• Letter from Modotti to Santospirito, 6 September 1944