Notes written by Canon Hayes for a sermon based on the biblical quotation Matthew 4:9 ('All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me'). Canon Hayes writes that 'The Reformation opened [the] gate to avarice.'
Draft of a sermon in which Canon Hayes criticises humanism and the removal of Christianity from modern science and philosophy ('the idea of man being his own end') and states 'There is no room for the spiritual in their laboratories.' He writes that 'Certain men of letters are acting as high priests of this so-called new cult.' Includes annotations, corrections, and 2 pages of addenda.
Notes written by Canon Hayes on topics such as Adam, Jesus, and Cardinal John Henry Newman.
Page 2 through 8, plus page 10A, of a draft of a sermon written by Canon Hayes on the importance of Mass and the Eucharist. Includes annotations and corrections
Pages 2 through 15 of notes written by Canon Hayes about Martin Luther the Reformation, and Henry VIII of England.
Notes written by Canon Hayes on topics such as Peter O'Neill Crowley, the relationship between the papacy and Irish nationalism, and the Geraldines.
Notes written by Canon Hayes on the scourging of Christ, followed by an order of procedure for a Good Friday ceremony
Notes written by Canon Hayes for a sermon on Catholic emancipation.
Notes written by Canon Hayes for a sermon on Bernadette of Lourdes, including her life story, the vision of Lourdes, and her attributed miracles.
Notes written by Canon Hayes for a sermon on Christ's suffering on the cross.