First 3 pages of a sermon written by Father Hayes promoting the Catholic Action movement, likening it to a new Crusade.
2 sets of notes written by Canon Hayes for a Gaudete Sunday sermon on the holiness of the church.
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.
Draft of a sermon written by Canon Hayes on temperance and preached to a meeting of the Pioneer Total Abstinence Association at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Limerick.
Sermon written by Canon Hayes on maintaining the integrity of the Seal of Confession/Sacramental Seal, the absolute duty of priests or anyone who happens to hear a confession not to disclose anything that they learn from penitents during the course of the Sacrament of Penance (i.e., confession).
5 pages of foolscap notes written by Canon Hayes for a sermon on the sacrifices made by priests and the importance of sacrifice.
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 an Advent Sunday sermon.
Notes written by Father Hayes for a sermon on the topic of Hell.
Notes written by Father Hayes for a sermon given on Trinity Sunday at Fethard, County Tipperary.