Letter from Sr Beatrice [ ] Delahunt, St Joseph's, Carmelite Convent, Ranelagh to Fr [ ] concerning a book on Devotion to St. Joseph translated by some members of the order. Asks for Fr [ ]'s sanction for the book. Remarks that they are waiting for the Cardinal's imprimatur for the book.
Transcript of the 13th Sir John T. Gilbert Commemorative Lecture
Lecture entitled ‘Commodious temples: Catholic church building in nineteenth-century Dublin; part of which related to St Francis Xavier’s Gardiner Street by Brendan Grimes at Dublin City Library and Archive.
Commemorative magazine published on the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the birth of St Francis Xavier, which was celebrated in St Francis Xavier’s Church, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin. Includes a history of the church and its activities, as well as photographs of the interior and exterior, and of church-related activities.
Article from ‘The Buildings of Ireland: Dublin’ by Christine Casey
Article from ‘The Buildings of Ireland: Dublin’ by Christine Casey, Yale University Press, pp 131 - 133, in which St Francis Xavier's, Gardiner Street is described relation to the architecture and art inherent there.
Manresa House Chapel 1949, now the community refectory, 1986;
Note written by Fr Fergal McGrath SJ (former Irish Province Archivist) concerning Killiney Castle and the Jesuit community who resided there.
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Exterior of St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin
Photographic negatives of the exterior of St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Photograph of the façade of St Francis Xavier's Church and Residence, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin
Photograph of the façade of St Francis Xavier's Church and Residence, Upper Gardiner Street taken in summer time. In foreground local children and group with two members of the order of the Sisters of Charity.
Photograph of four priests at the altar at St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin
Photograph of four priests at the altar at St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin. Includes Papal Nuncio Dr Gaetano Alibrandi and Fr Joe Gill SJ.
Album of black and white photographs of the exterior and interior of St Francis Xavier's Church
Album and envelope of black and white photographs of the exterior and interior of St Francis Xavier's Church.
Survey by Frederick E Fitzpatrick of the apse windows, University Hall, Dublin
Survey by Frederick E Fitzpatrick, architect, Milltown, Dublin of the apse windows, University Hall, Hatch Street. 5 lancet windows in apse of chapel, Symbols of Christ were undertaken by Evie Hone.
Chapel at Manresa, Dollymount [1955-65];
History of St Joseph's Penny Dinners
History of St Joseph's Penny Dinners at Lower Gardiner Street, Dublin from 1892-1963.
Manresa House, with car outside
Manresa House, with car outside [1948-60];
Arrangement of St Francis Xavier's Community Library, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin
Mounted board with details of the 'Arrangement of the Library: Main Library' of St Francis Xavier's, for example: 0. Works of reference, 29. Books on Ireland.
Manresa - north side from Avenue
Manresa - north side from Avenue [1948-1960];
Notebook with lists of preachers of the Seven Words of Good Friday and the Novena of Grace from 1842-1957.
List of annual Lenten lectures delivered at St Francis Xavier’s Church, Upper Gardiner Street, from 1896-1957. List includes the year, name of preacher and title of six lectures.
Newspaper report regarding the opening of the hall of St Francis Xavier, Upper Sherrard Street
Newspaper report regarding the opening of the hall of St Francis Xavier, Upper Sherrard Street.
Lenten Calendar for 1957 and Souvenir of Novena of Grace.
Lenten Calendar for 1957 and Souvenir of Novena of Grace for St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Scrapbook with calendars of St Francis Xavier's Church, Upper Gardiner Street for Lent (1896-1957), November-Advent-January (1896-1934) and May-June-July (1896-1957) including calendars for Novena to the Sacred Heart.
Notebook containing Lists of Preachers of Novena to the Sacred Heart (1899-1957) and Sodality Day (1940-1954).
Letter from Fr Patrick O'Mara SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin to Irish Fr Provincial concerning the number of Holy Communions for the year [1956] taken in St Francis Xavier's Church.
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Letter from James Green, Maxwell, Weldon & Co. Solicitors, 15 Eden Quay to Fr Timothy Mulcahy SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin on the site plans for the new Hall at Sherrard Street and matters arising.
Retreatants outside Manresa with Fr [ ] and Fr Sean McCarron SJ
Retreatants outside Manresa with Fr [ ] and Fr Sean McCarron SJ, [1950-55];
Note advertising the Annual Retreat for St Joseph's Young Priests Society
Note advertising the Annual Retreat for St Joseph's Young Priests Society which was conducted by Fr John Murphy SJ at St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
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Front of Manresa House with chalet
Front of Manresa House with chalet [1948-1955];
Valuation of the Presbytery, Gardiner Street
Letter from James R Green, 15 Eden Quay, Dublin to Fr Troddyn SJ on the valuation of £300 on the Presbytery, Gardiner Street.
Sketch plan of proposed alterations and additions to Manresa House, Dollymount, Dublin
Sketch plan of proposed alterations and additions to Manresa House, Dollymount, Dublin.
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Retreatants, perhaps from CIE, outside Manresa
Retreatants, perhaps from CIE, outside Manresa with Fr [ ], Father Provincial Thomas Byrne, Fr Sean McCarron SJ and Fr [ ], [1950-53];
Article on Baymount in The Father Mathew Record Vol. 44, No. 3
Article on Baymount in The Father Mathew Record, Vol. 44, No. 3.
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Retreatants reading in recreation room and in waiting room, Manresa, Dollymount
Retreatants reading in recreation room and in waiting room, Manresa, Dollymount, 11 December 1950 (2 items);
Chapel at Manresa, Dollymount [1949-50];
Br Ned Foley SJ and Frs Sean McCarron, William Stephenson and Laurence Kearns
Br Ned Foley SJ and Frs Sean McCarron, William Stephenson and Laurence Kearns, 1950;
Visit of Mondragone party which included three priests, two scholastics and sixteen pupils of the Collegio Nobile of Mondragone, Frascati, Italy and Jesuits including Frs Sean McCarron (Superior of Manresa), Denis P. Kennedy (Rector of Belvedere College), Peader McSeaumais (Belvedere College) and Laurence Kearns(Minster of Manresa), on pier in Dublin Bay, 7 August 1950;
Retreatants eating in refectory, Manresa, Dollymount
Retreatants eating in refectory, Manresa, Dollymount with Br Ned Foley SJ, 11 December 1950;
Retreatants outside Manresa with Frs William Stephenson, Sean McCarron and Laurence Kearns, Manresa, Dollymount 11 December 1950 (2 items);
Notice relating to the relics of King Edward the Confessor
Notice relating to the relics of King Edward the Confessor.
Notes by J.J.C. on the life of St Peter Canisius
Handwritten notes by J.J.C. on the life of St Peter Canisius (incomplete).
Illustrated Souvenir of the Triduum for the coming of the reliquary containing the right arm of St Francis Xavier to Gardiner Street Church, 9-12 December 1949.
Illustrated image of St Stanislaus De Kostka
Illustrated image of St Stanislaus De Kostka in frame.
Mounted group photograph of the visit of his Eminence Cardinal Gilroy, Archbishop of Sydney to St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Minutes of the Council and Sodality Meetings of the Ignatian Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Minutes of the Council and Sodality Meetings of the Ignatian Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary (founded 1871 when Fr John Bannon SJ, Director), which was based at the Church of St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin. Sodality intended for male adults. Includes handwritten entries of names of members, pasted invitations to retreats, correspondence and notices.
Images of the interior and exterior of St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin
Booklet of images of the interior and exterior of St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin which belonged to Fr Paddy O'Mara SJ.
Photograph of the exterior of St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin
Photograph of the exterior of St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Photograph of Manresa House, Dollymount, Dublin
Photograph of Manresa House, Dollymount, Dublin.
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Visit of Mondragone party which stayed at Manresa
Visit of Mondragone party which stayed at Manresa - included three priests, two scholastics and sixteen pupils of the Collegio Nobile of Mondragone, Frascati, Italy and Jesuits( including front row, l-r: Mr Delmirari J, Sigior Bellegamba (Italian Legation), Fr. Alberico Grass SJ. Fr Denis P. Kennedy SJ (Rector of Belvedere College), Mr Waldron (Dept. of External Affairs), Fr Chile DJ, Fr Bondani SJ, Fr Laurence Kearns SJ (Minister Manresa). Back row: Mr Phelan, Mr Mooney, Fr Sean McCarron SJ (Superior Manresa), Fr Charles Byrne SJ (Belvedere College), [ ], Fr Peader McSeaumais SJ (Belvedere College) and [ ], at Manresa, Dollymount 9 August 1950;
Retreatants walking in grounds of Manresa, Dollymount
Retreatants walking in grounds of Manresa, Dollymount, 11 December 1950;
Fr Sean McCarron SJ talking to retreatants, Manresa, Dollymount
Fr Sean McCarron SJ talking to retreatants, Manresa, Dollymount, 11 December 1950;
Note concerning long table days at St Francis Xavier's
Note concerning long table days at St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Lines on St Francis Xavier.
Register of the Sodalities, Confraternities and Associations of the Church of St Francis Xavier, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Membership card for the Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary at the Church of St Francis Xavier, Upper Gardiner Street.
Manresa House Retreat with Frs Sean McCarron and Laurence Kearns and Br Ned Foley SJ (Cook), 1949;
Photograph of Manresa House, Dollymount, Dublin
Left to right: Fr Laurence Kearns SJ (Minister), Father Provincial Thomas Byrne SJ, Br Ned Foley SJ (Cook), Canon McMahon P.P. (St John the Baptist, Clontarf), Fr Joe Erraught SJ, Fr Sean McCarron SJ (Superior) and Fr William Stephenson SJ (Spiritual Father), Manresa House (1949). Fr Joe Erraught SJ was trustee but stationed at Rathfarnham Castle;
Manresa House retreat and army retreat
Manresa House retreat and army retreat organised by Colonel Sullivan (1949) which includes Frs Sean McCarron and Laurence Kearns (1948-49);
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Register of the Sodalities, Confraternities and Associations of the Church of St Francis Xavier, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin, detailing name, when founded, whom for, time of meetings, dates of retreats and location of meetings.
Souvenir of the Jubilee of the Sodality of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary at the Church of St Francis Xavier, Upper Gardiner Street.
Pamphlet regarding the Gregorian University in Rome
Pamphlet regarding the Gregorian University in Rome.
Copy letter from Fr Superior (Fr Robert Tyndall SJ), St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin to the Sodalists concerning the Annual Sale of Work to raise money for the missions in Canton and Hong Kong.
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Custom book regarding church devotions and masses etc... at St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin entitled ‘Aids to New-comers’.
Leaflet for Novena of Divine Grace 1949
Leaflet entitled 'Souvenir of the Novena of Grace 1949' at the church of St Francis Xavier, S.J. Dublin.
South wing of stables viewed from rose-garden, Manresa, Dollymount
Photograph of South wing of stables viewed from rose-garden, Manresa, Dollymount with Fr Laurence Kearns SJ in the foreground.
Stable yard, north side, Manresa, Dollymount
Stable yard, north side, Manresa, Dollymount.
Entrance gates to stable area from avenue, Manresa, Dollymount
Entrance gates to stable area from avenue, Manresa, Dollymount, with Fr Laurence Kearns SJ in the foreground, 1948;
Bathroom with bathtubs and sinks (to be a dormitory), Manresa, Dollymount
Bathroom with bathtubs and sinks (to be a dormitory), Manresa, Dollymount, 5 September 1948; (Did Fr Frank Browne SJ take these)
Mass book for St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin
Mass book for St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin which details celebrant and time of mass.
Temporary chapel at Manresa, Dollymount
Temporary chapel at Manresa, Dollymount with Fr Laurence Kearns SJ at his prayers, 5 September 1948;
Frs Sean McCarron and Laurence Kearns, Manresa, Dollymount
Frs Sean McCarron and Laurence Kearns, Manresa, Dollymount, 1948;
Souvenir of the Novena of Grace, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin
Souvenir of the Novena of Grace, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Journal of the Rector of St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin
Journal of the Rector of St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin. Contains handwritten entries including information on: the comings and goings of various members of the community and of visitors; Retreats, Masses and special ceremonies are recorded; deaths of members of the Society and of relatives of members of the community, their health and well-being, maintenance work and renovations carried out on the buildings; customs regarding the daily lives of community members, e.g. the quality of food and dining arrangements.
Garden at Manresa, Dollymount, 5 September 1948;
Large room formerly (Gymnasium) to be the retreatants refectory
Large room formerly (Gymnasium) to be the retreatants refectory, 1948;
Stable yard, north side, Manresa, Dollymount
Stable yard, north side, Manresa, Dollymount, 1948;
Bathroom with bathtubs and sinks (to be a dormitory), Manresa, Dollymount
Bathroom with bathtubs and sinks (to be a dormitory), Manresa, Dollymount, 5 September 1948. One of the Jesuits (Laurence Kearns) sleeping in the room;
Interior of Manresa House, Dollymount
Interior of Manresa House, Dollymount, 1948.
Photograph of Br Ned Foley SJ, Frs Sean McCarron and Laurence Kearns, Manresa, Dollymount
Photograph of Br Ned Foley SJ, Frs Sean McCarron and Laurence Kearns, Manresa, Dollymount.
Mounted group photograph of the first community at Manresa House
Mounted group photograph of the first community at Manresa House. Includes seven Jesuits, Frs Laurence Kearns, Sean McCarron and William Stephenson. Others possibly are Brother Edward Foley SJ and Irish Fr Provincial Thomas Byrne SJ. Black and white.
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View from the stable yard, Manresa, Dollymount
View from the stable yard, Manresa, Dollymount, 1948;
View of Manresa House, Dollymount
View of Manresa House, Dollymount, 1948;
Photograph of the congregation in St Francis Xavier's Church at the annual Novena of Grace
Photocopy of photograph from 'The Evening Herald 'of the congregation in St Francis Xavier's Church at the annual Novena of Grace.
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Minutes of meeting for The Sodality of Our Lady Blessed Sacrament Section, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street. Includes register of members.
Postcard of Baymount School, Dollymount, Dublin
Postcard of Baymount School, Dollymount, Dublin.
A letter from J. P. Lonan Murphy, McCann and Murphy, Solicitors, 32 Nassau Street, Dublin to Rev. Aubrey Gwynn, SJ, 35 Lower Leeson Street regarding the will of Mr Joseph Dolan and the erection of windows in the chapel of University Hall, Hatch Street, Dublin.
Poster detailing the times of Easter ceremonies in St Francis Xavier's Church, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Instructions for the organisation of temporary pledge work
Instructions for the organisation of temporary pledge work.
Programme for a charity concert in aid of the boy's club of St Francis Xavier's, Upper Sherrard Street.
List of books 'listed here have been transferred to the storeroom beneath the church, most of them are much abused by water and grime, the balance need trimming of pages. All need re-binding either complete or in part. No classification attempted. Close examination of this list is requested.' at St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin. Includes list of books that have been parcelled up for re-binding.
Record of monthly expenditure of the Jesuit community at St Francis Xavier's
Handwritten record of monthly expenditure of the Jesuit community at St Francis Xavier's and income received from the procurator and Superior. Expenses include stamps, travelling, hair-cuts, medical and hospital expenses, bicycle, funerals, repairs of clocks and watches, books, sacristy boys, alms, electric, tobacco, etc...
Photograph of the interior of St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin
Mounted photograph of the interior of St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin the view is towards the choir.
Prayer card for the souls of deceased members of the Garda Síochána Sodality
Prayer card for the souls of deceased members of the Garda Síochána Sodality, based at St Francis Xavier's Church, and calendar of names of deceased members.
Photocopy from 'The Irish Press' reporting on the annual meeting of the Pioneer Total Abstinence Association.
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Church decoration and organ at St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin
Lined notebook entitled ‘Church decoration Organ Improved’. Details work on organ choir services, stations, novenas, old and new organ, advent calendar, retreats and souvenir of retreats and the new organist. With index at the front and hand-drawn plan of reconstruction of organ (30 September 1926) and schedule of works to be completed by Telford & Telford, Organ Builders, 33 Charlemont Street, Dublin for the ‘cleaning and overhauling of organ in Ignatian Chapel, St Francis Xavier’s, Gardiner Street, Dublin (11 July 1944).
Calendar for the annual retreat for the officers and men of an Garda Síochána, Church of St Francis Xavier, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Letter from Irish Fr Provincial John R MacMahon SJ to the Rector of St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street in the appointment of Rev. Alexis Magni to the office of Vicar-General which entitles him to ‘the full powers of a General till such time as a successor to the late Fr Ledochowski has been appointed’ and ‘the powers of Visitor granted Fr Dugre on 9 April 1939 will remain in force till they are revoked’.
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Newspaper clippings from various Irish and British newspapers of the Eucharistic Congress
Newspaper clippings from various Irish and British newspapers of the Eucharistic Congress, June 1932 which occurred in Dublin. The large folio has pasted newspaper clippings collected and presented to the Gardiner Street Library by Fr William Gwynn SJ, 3 December 1942.
Photocopy of newspaper report of the Golden Jubilee of the Young Men's Sodality at St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Sodality of B.V.M - Lorcán Ua Tuathail
Handwritten account for the sodality of B.V.M - Lorcán Ua Tuathail (In Irish). Includes a list of those who attended a week-end retreat conducted in Irish by Fr Michael McGrath SJ (1872-1946), 29 - 31 January 1916. This Irish retreat was arranged with M. Colman, 1 Edward Terrace (sic) Dalkey.
Volume which lists by date the new books put into the Jesuit library at St Francis Xavier Community
Volume which lists by date the new books (and authors) put into the Jesuit library at St Francis Xavier Community, Upper Gardiner Street. Includes list of books for binding.
Invitation to attend the commemoration of encyclicals 'Rerum Novarum' and 'Quadragesimo Anno'
Invitation to attend the commemoration of the fifteenth anniversary of the encyclical 'Rerum Novarum' and the tenth anniversary of the encyclical 'Quadragesimo Anno' in St Francis Xavier's Church, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.