Documents relating to the 1938 Provincial Congregation
- IE IJA ADMN/9/27
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- 1938
Documents relating to the 1938 Provincial Congregation.
Documents relating to the 1938 Provincial Congregation
Documents relating to the 1938 Provincial Congregation.
Documents relating to the 1933 Provincial Congregation
Documents relating to the 1933 Provincial Congregation.
Documents relating to the 1930 Provincial Congregation
Documents relating to the 1930 Provincial Congregation.
Documents relating to the 1927 Provincial Congregation
Documents relating to the 1927 Provincial Congregation. Includes photograph (Fr Peter Finlay SJ) at Procurators Congregation, Rome, 1927 - with names.
Documents relating to the 1923 Provincial Congregation
Documents relating to the 1923 Provincial Congregation.
Documents relating to the 1920 Provincial Congregation
Documents relating to the 1920 Provincial Congregation.
Documents relating to the 1915 Provincial Congregation
Documents relating to the 1915 Provincial Congregation.
Documents relating to the 1913 Provincial Congregation
Documents relating to the 1913 Provincial Congregation. Includes notes by Fr Peter Finlay SJ as Province Procurator to consult with the Fr General [1905-1917].
Documents relating to the 1910 Provincial Congregation
Documents relating to the 1910 Provincial Congregation.
Documents relating to the 1906 Provincial Congregation
Documents relating to the 1906 Provincial Congregation.
Documents relating to the 1902 Provincial Congregation
Documents relating to the 1902 Provincial Congregation.
Documents relating to the 1892 Provincial Congregation
Documents relating to the 1892 Provincial Congregation. Includes Letter from Fr. Alfred Murphy SJ to [ ] regarding a Provincial Congregation prior to a General Congregation (3 April 1892).
Status Temporalis for the Irish Province
Status Temporalis (Province Account). for: St Ignatius’ College, Galway; St Stanislaus’ College, Tullabeg; Clongowes College, Naas; Belvedere College, Dublin; Crescent College (College of the Sacred Heart), Limerick; Mungret College, Limerick; Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin; University Hall; 35 Lower Leeson Street; St Francis Xavier’s, Gardiner Street.
Status Temporalis for the Irish Province
Status Temporalis (Province Account) for: St Ignatius’ College, Galway; St Stanislaus’ College, Tullabeg; Clongowes College, Naas; Belvedere College, Dublin; Crescent College (College of the Sacred Heart), Limerick; Mungret College, Limerick; Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin; University Hall; 35 Lower Leeson Street; St Francis Xavier’s, Gardiner Street.
Status Temporalis for the irish Province
Status Temporalis (Province Account) for: St Ignatius’ College, Galway; St Stanislaus’ College, Tullabeg; Clongowes College, Naas; Belvedere College, Dublin; Crescent College (College of the Sacred Heart), Limerick; Mungret College, Limerick; Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin; University Hall; 35 Lower Leeson Street; St Francis Xavier’s, Gardiner Street.
Irish Jesuit Province Status Temporalis with houses and colleges
Irish Jesuit Province Status Temporalis (Province Account), from 1877 to 1883. Also the status temporalis for the following individual houses and colleges: St. Francis Xavier’s, Upper Gardiner Street; University Hall; Belvedere College; Clongowes Wood College, Naas; St Stanislaus’ College, Tullabeg; St Ignatius’ College, Galway; Crescent College (College of the Sacred Heart), Limerick; Mungret College, Limerick and Milltown Park.
Status Temporalis for the Irish Province
Status Temporalis (Province Account) for: St Ignatius’ College, Galway; St Stanislaus’ College, Tullabeg; Clongowes College, Naas; Belvedere College, Dublin; Crescent College (College of the Sacred Heart), Limerick; Mungret College, Limerick; Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin; University Hall; 35 Lower Leeson Street; St Francis Xavier’s, Gardiner Street.
Status Temporalis for the Irish Province
Status Temporalis (Province Account) for: St Ignatius’ College, Galway; St Stanislaus’ College, Tullabeg; Clongowes College, Naas; Belvedere College, Dublin; Crescent College (College of the Sacred Heart), Limerick; Mungret College, Limerick; Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin; University Hall; 35 Lower Leeson Street; St Francis Xavier’s, Gardiner Street.
Status Temporalis for the Irish Province
Status Temporalis (Province Account) for: St Ignatius’ College, Galway; St Stanislaus’ College, Tullabeg; Clongowes College, Naas; Belvedere College, Dublin; Crescent College (College of the Sacred Heart), Limerick; Mungret College, Limerick; Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin; University Hall; 35 Lower Leeson Street; St Francis Xavier’s, Gardiner Street.
Status Temporalis for the Irish Province
Status Temporalis (Province Account).for: St Ignatius’ College, Galway; St Stanislaus’ College, Tullabeg; Clongowes College, Naas; Belvedere College, Dublin; Crescent College (College of the Sacred Heart), Limerick; Mungret College, Limerick; Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin; University Hall; 35 Lower Leeson Street; St Francis Xavier’s, Gardiner Street.
Status Temporalis for the Irish Province
Status Temporalis (Province Account).for: St Ignatius’ College, Galway; St Stanislaus’ College, Tullabeg; Clongowes College, Naas; Belvedere College, Dublin; Crescent College (College of the Sacred Heart), Limerick; Mungret College, Limerick; Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin; University Hall; 35 Lower Leeson Street; St Francis Xavier’s, Gardiner Street.
Programme of events for the Worldwide Marriage Encounter, Belfield, Dublin
Programme of events for the Worldwide Marriage Encounter, All Ireland Convention held at U.C.D Campus, Belfield, Dublin 4.
Irish Jesuit Mission bequest from Nora Hubbard, Dromatimore, Coachford, County Cork
Irish Jesuit Mission bequest from Nora Hubbard, Dromatimore, Coachford, County Cork.
Irish Jesuit Mission bequest from John Harrington
Irish Jesuit Mission bequest from John Harrington.
Irish Jesuit Mission bequest from Fr Gerald J. Griffith
Irish Jesuit Mission bequest from Fr Gerald J. Griffith (P.P.).
Irish Jesuit Mission bequest from Patrick Hedigan
Irish Jesuit Mission bequest from Patrick Hedigan.
Irish jesuit Mission bequest from Joseph Carroll, 50 Shandon Park, Philsboro, Dublin
Irish jesuit Mission bequest from Joseph Carroll, 50 Shandon Park, Philsboro, Dublin.
Irish Jesuit Mission bequest from Margaret Kelly, Bella Vista, Tramore, County Waterford.
Irish Jesuit Mission bequest from Margaret Kelly, Bella Vista, Tramore, County Waterford.
Correspondence of bequests made to Father Provincial regarding the Hong Kong and China missions
A file relating to correspondence of bequests made to Irish Fr Provincial regarding the Hong Kong and China missions.
Triennial Documents, 1930 - 1933
Documents for:
Triennial Documents, 1927 - 1930
Documents for Ireland and Hong Kong.
Triennial Documents, 1923 - 1926
Documents for Ireland and Hong Kong.
Triennial Documents, 1920 - 1923
Documents for Ireland:
Triennial Documents, 1902 - 1905
Documents for Ireland (37 items):
and for Australia (39 items):
Triennial Documents, 1899 - 1902
Annual Letters (Litterae Annuae) and House Histories (Historia Domus) for Ireland and Australia (2 versions).
Documents concerning:
Documents concerning:
Triennial Documents, 1933 - 1936
Documents for:
Documents concerning:
Also, see ADMN/9/2. Documents relating to the 1862 Provincial Congregation.
Documents, comprising encyclicals and open letters to all prelates issued by Pope Pius IX
Documents, comprising encyclicals and open letters to all prelates, including those in Ireland, issued by Pope Pius IX. Includes an encyclical on the political upheavals in the Italian states, an appeal for support in defence of the Papal states (18 June 1859, 15pp), and a ‘Decretum’ re. the rights of religious orders, a copy of a decree regarding the receiving of novices, and the admittance to professions in the Society (28 January 1850; 2pp).
Pius IX, Pope, 1792-1878, Head of the Catholic Church
Provincials’ Circulars to the Irish Province of the Society of Jesus
Letters of Provincials’ Circulars to the Irish Province of the Society of Jesus.
Letters concerning the Dromore property belonging to the Society of Jesus
A file of letters concerning the Dromore property (Loyola House) belonging to the Society of Jesus. At the time the Jesuits were not occupying Dromore, but leasing the land for grazing. The estate was eventually sold in 1918. Includes a note, written on the back of an Income Tax Assessment form, concerning the names vested in the Dromore estate.
The estate of Catherine Cleary and litigation
A file relating to the estate of Catherine Cleary and litigation between Raphael Ambrose Biale, Plaintiff and Frs Timothy Kenny, Alfred Murphy and Christina Hodgens, Alice Chamberlain, Anne Healy, Mary Lentaigne, Emily O'Brien, Mary Anne Cleary and Jane Denehey.
Disputation theses from Milltown Park, Dublin
Disputation theses from Milltown Park, Dublin.
Report on how Theological Studies are managed
Part of a report on how Theological Studies are managed in an unidentified Theological College. An accompanying note in English suggests that the College may be St Beuno's, and that the writer may be Fr Edmund O’Reilly. (In Latin).
Irish-English Commission on Higher Studies
A file relating to the joint Irish-English Commission on Higher Studies.
A file containing remarks by various members of the Irish Province on the proposed booklet to aid Scholastics about to begin their Magisterium.
Reports on Jesuit Studies in the Irish Province
Reports on Jesuit Studies in the Irish Province.
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial and printed pamphlets relating to the First World War
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial and printed pamphlets relating to the War. Includes: circular sent to the Irish Fr Provincial from the Irish Volunteers protesting against the proposal to introduce conscription in Ireland;
– letter from the Irish National Aid and Volunteer Dependants’ Fund seeking contributions towards their ‘Gift Sale’ in order to raise funds [for the administration of the campaign against the introduction of conscription];
– circular and printed matter from the Irish War Savings Committee seeking support for their ‘Thrift campaign’;
– letter from the Lord Lieutenant’s Private Secretary regarding a proposal to establish a fund ‘to be devoted to the purchase of literature suited to be despatched to Irish Regiments at the front’, also includes copy of Irish Fr Provincial’s reply;
– copy letter from Andrew Bonar Law (Treasury Chambers, Whitehall) to the Irish Fr Provincial seeking a subscription to ‘the new War Loan’.
Also includes printed matter on ‘Catholicism and War’; ‘Voluntary Women Patrols’ and an ‘Address From the French Catholic Association for Young People. To the young Catholics – Allies and Neutrals’.
Letter from Irish Fr Provincial Charles O'Conor SJ to Dr John Kyne, Bishop of Meath
Copy letter from Irish Fr Provincial Charles O'Conor SJ to Dr John Kyne, Bishop of Meath, requesting permission to convert Tullabeg from a house of philosophy to a retreat centre. Includes response from Bishop Kyne in which he states, ‘I am glad to note that it is not the intention to abandon Tullabeg for the present at least’.
O'Conor, Charles D, 1906-1981, Jesuit priest
Letter from Irish Fr Provincial Charles O'Conor SJ to Dr John Ahern, Bishop of Cloyne, requesting permission to open a Jesuit house in his diocese upon the successful purchase of a property in East Ferry, Cobh, county Cork. Includes two responses from Bishop Ahern refusing this request.
O'Conor, Charles D, 1906-1981, Jesuit priest
Correspondence between Dr John Charles McQuaid, Archbishop of Dublin, and Irish Provincials Thomas Byrne and Michael O'Grady. Includes letters relating to the nominations of various Jesuits to be Spiritual Directors in Dublin technical schools; a series of lectures on the subject of marriage delivered by Provincial O'Grady (13 November 1954); Missions given to emigrants in England (31 January 1955); help in the Archbishop's ‘work against Communism’ (9 February 1955); Readers and History Books used in Jesuit schools (1 February 1955).
McQuaid, John Charles, 1895-1973, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin
Circulars from Provincial Thomas Byrne relating to Extraordinary Permissions renewed by Fr General granting leave to accept stipends for various purposes; the notice of congregations for the beatification of Fr. Peter Olivaint; fundraising for the Gregorian University; the order for the removal from libraries, and subsequent destruction, of a recent work by Fr. Emile Delaye entitled Qu’est-ce qu’un Catholique (Paris 1950).
Byrne, Thomas, 1904-1978, Jesuit priest
Two circulars from Irish Fr Provincial L.J. Kieran SJ relating to a letter from Fr General, ‘On the combating of modern Atheism’ and how the Jesuit community in Ireland should assist special celebrations being held in Lourdes in 1935.
Kieran, Laurence J, 1881-1945, Jesuit priest
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial relating to education, finance and formation
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial on various matters. Includes letters concerning:
– the creation of a new entrance to Manresa House in Dollymount and the sale of the old gate lodge to the developer of the site (see also ADMN/3/43);
– various Consultors’ opinions with regard to Fr. General’s Letters on The Social Apostolate;
– the Irish Hierarchy’s opinion of the Health Bill of 1952;
– ‘the dangers there is for Catholics to go to Trinity College’ (see also ADMN/3/38);
– copy of a ‘Report of the Jesuit Schools in the Archdiocese of Dublin on the Programme for Religious Instruction in the Primary Schools’ (see also ADMN/3/57);
– a lectureship in mathematical-physics in U.C.D.;
– the requirements for the post of lecturer in Cosmology in U.C.D.;
– the death of Fr James Magan SJ and
– letter and memorandum to the Provincial concerning Latin study in the Novitiate.
Also includes letters from President Seán T. Ó Ceallaigh (see also ADMN/3/59) concerning his audience with the Pope and sending Christmas greetings and copy of Irish Fr Provincial’s reply.
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial from the Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial from the Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland on various matters including the vacancy in the See of Cashel and the appointment of a new Jesuit confessor to the Nunciature following the appointment of former confessor, Fr Joy, as Rector of Mungret College, Limerick. Includes letter to Fr Provincial from Fr Timothy Mulcahy SJ concerning a candidate for the vacancy and copy of one of Fr Provincial’s replies to the Nuncio.
Alibrandi, Gaetano, 1914-2003, papal diplomat
Correspondence with Dr John Charles McQuaid, Archbishop of Dublin
Correspondence with Dr John Charles McQuaid, Archbishop of Dublin (mostly holograph letters from the Archbishop and copies of Fr. Provincial’s replies) on various matters. Includes letters concerning:
McQuaid, John Charles, 1895-1973, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin
Appointment of Spiritual Directors for 'An Ríoghacht' study circles
Correspondence concerning the appointment of Spiritual Directors for 'An Ríoghacht' study circles. Includes circulars explaining the foundation and objectives of 'An Ríoghacht'. Also includes circulars seeking donations to raise a Fr Edward Cahill SJ memorial fund which will be used to establish a burse in Mungret Apostolic College for the education of future missionary priests (n.d., 2 items).
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial concerning proposed publications of biographies of, and brochures on, St Ignatius Loyola during the fourth centenary of the saint’s death.
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial concerning the proposed translation of the French Catholic Encyclopaedia.
Letters, telegrams, memoranda and notes relating to Belgian refugees in Ireland. Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ was a member of the Distribution Committee ‘appointed by the Local Government Board to look after the welfare and distribution of the Belgian Refugees arriving in Dublin’. Most of the letters comprise offers to house refugees or concern schemes to aid them, both physically and spiritually. Includes:
– letter from Dr Bernard Coyne, Bishop of Elphin (1913-1926) to Lady Moloney seeking her assistance in the securement of a disused barracks in order to provide shelter for Belgian refugee families (21 Oct. 1914, 1p.);
– bills from drapers and household stores for items purchased for the refugees;
– letters relating to troubles between Protestants and the Catholic refugees in Portadown;
– letters to Fr Nolan from refugees and members of the Belgian Refugees Committee;
– lists of names and locations of refugees in Ireland and names and addresses of people who housed refugees.
On 17 October 1914, the Father Provincial of the Irish Province of the Society of Jesus, Thomas V. Nolan, received a letter from the Local Government Board to go down to the North Wall at 7.30am on the 18th and meet the 100 Belgian refugees ‘and one hundred each of the following days’. This was due to ‘a few of your Order, who speak Flemish’. Subsequently, the Irish Provincial became a member of the Distribution Committee which looked after the welfare and distribution of refugees arriving in Ireland. The Irish Jesuits received offers to house the refugees and organised schemes to aid them, both physically and spiritually.
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial relating to pictures of St Ignatius Loyola in a book by Mary Purcell.
Letters and memoranda to the Irish Fr Provincial concerning the proposed re-publication of the 'Irish Monthly'.
File entitled Missions in Britain 1950s
File entitled Missions in Britain 1950s containing eleven sections: Introductory letter from Fr Leonard Sheil SJ (20 February 1960, 5pp);
Correspondence (mostly letters from Archbishop’s House, Drumcondra) concerning the appointment of priest-teachers in the Technical Schools. Includes holograph letter to the Irish Fr Provincial from Dr John Charles McQuaid, Archbishop of Dublin (5 August 1955, 1p) and copies of the Spiritual Director’s Report for Bolton Street Technical Institute (195[4] – 1956, 3 items). (See also references to the Technical Schools in ADMN/3/74)
Letters, reports and copies of newspaper articles on Opus Dei
Letters, reports and copies of newspaper articles on Opus Dei, and an address given by Fr Denis P Kennedy SJ.
Letters to the Irish Provincial on various matters
Letters to the Irish Provincial on various matters. Includes letters concerning:
Correspondence relating to the attendance at Maynooth by Jesuit scholastics
Correspondence, mostly between Irish Fr Provincial, Edward Kissane (President of St Patrick’s College, Maynooth) and Fr James Duff of St Patrick’s College relating to the attendance at Maynooth by Jesuit scholastics and the Irish Hierarchy’s Appeal on behalf of the College to the clergy and laity of Ireland, a fund to which the Province donated £500.
Documents relating to the preparation of the new Catechism for use in schools
Documents relating to the preparation of the new Catechism for use in schools. Includes correspondence between the Irish Provincial and the Archbishop of Dublin, John Charles McQuaid and copies of observations and suggested alterations to the Catechism made by various Jesuits including Frs. Denis Nerney, Edward Coyne and Paul O'Dea.
Copy of circular letter sent by the Irish Fr Provincial to Jesuit houses inquiring as to ‘the practice in…(each)…House as regards the serving of whiskey and wine on coffee evenings which are (1) de jure; and (2) ex gratia. Is whiskey allowed on every coffee evening, and what is the quantity of wine permitted to each…is there any special treatment in the refectory for visitors.’ Includes replies to the circular from the Rectors of St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg; Milltown Park; Rathfarnham; Belvedere College; St Ignatius’ College, Galway; Clongowes Wood College, Naas, Co. Kildare; St. Mary’s, Emo Court, Portarlington, County Laois; Sacred Heart College, The Crescent, Limerick; No. 35 Lower Leeson Street; St. Francis Xavier’s, Gardiner Street and Mungret College, Limerick.
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial from Jesuit Fathers and Provincials seeking help in various matters relating to post-war travelling arrangements and material aid. Includes letters from Jesuits from Germany, Austria, Belgium, Greece, Poland, Czechoslovakia and Hungary seeking opportunities to study in Ireland and correspondence between Irish Fr Provincial and the Department of External Affairs concerning the visit of a German scholastic to Ireland to complete his studies.
Documents concerning the editorship of ‘St Joseph’s Sheaf’
Documents concerning the editorship of ‘St Joseph’s Sheaf’, the magazine of the St Joseph’s Young Priests’ Society.
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial mostly from various Jesuit Superiors/Rectors seeking Irish Jesuits to fill teaching and other posts left vacant following and during the War. Includes requests from Bombay, Madeira, Calcutta, Ceylon and Malta.
Hostel for West African Students in Dublin
Correspondence, mainly between Irish Fr Provincial and Monsignor James Moynagh, Prefect Apostolic at Kiltegan, County Wicklow, concerning Mgr. Moynagh’s proposals to establish a Catholic hostel for West African students attending the National University in Dublin. Includes copies of letters: from Archbishop McQuaid and others, to Mgr. Moynagh; from Mgr. Moynagh to Fr S. Harrington (Provincial of The Society of African Missions) and to Irish Fr Provincial John McMahon SJ and Fr Provincial’s reply.
MacMahon, John R, 1893-1989, Jesuit priest
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial mainly from the Honorary Secretary of 'An Ríoghacht'
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial mainly from the Honorary Secretary of An Ríoghacht (founded by Fr Edward Cahill SJ in 1926) concerning the appointment of Spiritual Directors.
Documents relating to the Pioneer Total Abstinence Association of the Sacred Heart founded by Fr James Cullen SJ. Includes: correspondence between the Irish Fr Provincial, the office of the Archbishop of Dublin, Dr John Charles McQuaid and Fr Seán McCarron SJ of the P.T.A.A.; memoranda concerning minutes of meetings, annual reports and statistics. Also includes edited text on Fr James Cullen SJ and documents relating to indulgences for Pioneers.
Letters concerning the relationship between the Society of Jesus and the Legion of Mary
Letters concerning the relationship between the Society of Jesus and the Legion of Mary and the Legion’s 1943 Dundalk Missionary Display. Includes letters to the Irish Fr Provincial from Archbishop McQuaid.
Correspondence with Dr John Charles McQuaid, Archbishop of Dublin with the Irish Fr Provincial
Correspondence with Dr John Charles McQuaid, Archbishop of Dublin (mainly holograph letters from the Archbishop and copies of Irish Fr Provincial’s replies) on various matters. Includes letters concerning :
McQuaid, John Charles, 1895-1973, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin
Documents concerning Archbishop McQuaid’s objections to the formation of a Sandymount-Ballsbridge group of Muintir na Tíre and Fr Edward J Coyne’s involvement with the establishment of such a group (See also ADMN/3/29; 37; 39; 57). ‘I am not convinced that this Association has yet proved that it deserves a place in this Diocese, in the country or in the City. Therefore, I have not sanctioned the formation of any group in the Diocese. I should be grateful, if you could give me any help in understanding the Sandymount- Ballsbridge movement.’ (6 November 1941,1p). Includes correspondence between the Archbishop, Irish Fr Provincial and Fr Coyne on the matter. Also includes letter to Irish Fr Provincial from Fr John Hayes, C.C.(Chairman) relating to Muintir na Tíre’s ‘Rural Week’ (29 November 1942, 2pp) and printed advertising leaflets and leaflets concerning National Appeals on behalf of Muintir na Tíre (1940s, 4 items).
McQuaid, John Charles, 1895-1973, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin
Lists of spiritual books suitable for distribution by Directors at Diocesan Retreats
Lists of spiritual books suitable for distribution by Directors at Diocesan Retreats.
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial concerning the celebrations for the fourth centenary of the foundation of the Society. Includes:
Purchase and adaptation of Rathfarnham Castle
Letters and memorandum relating to the purchase and adaptation of Rathfarnham Castle for use as a Novitiate and House of Studies for Scholastics and Retreat House for Working-Men. Includes general survey of the premises and list of alterations and costs involved in refitting the Castle; copy of letter sent by the Irish Fr Provincial to Archbishop William Walsh concerning the purchase and purpose of the Castle; letters from contractors and insurers relating to the fixtures and fittings of the Castle.
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial from the Office of the Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial and Jesuits from the Office of the Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland such as on various mostly minor matters, such as obtaining permissions on behalf of various Jesuits. Includes letters concerning the use of Canon 81 and the death of Fr Francis Scozzari SJ. Also includes copy of a memoranda [by Fr. Edward Coyne SJ entitled ‘The Protestant Churches in Ireland’ sent to the Nuncio by Irish Fr Provincial.
Correspondence between the Irish Fr Provincial and Jesuits on various matters such as
Proposal to found a Jesuit Weekly Paper
Documents examining ‘the question of the advisability or otherwise of our…(the Irish Jesuit Province)…founding & running a Weekly Paper’ following Fr General’s letter asking the Provincial to “find out the views of ‘peritorum Patrum’ on this subject.” Includes copy of circular letter and questionnaire sent by the Provincial to sixteen ‘knowledgeable’ Jesuits and replies from the following Fathers: Patrick Connolly (Editor of 'Studies'), Michael Kirwan, John Ryan, Aubrey Gwynn (ADMN/3/18; 29; 40), Timothy Corcoran, Michael Egan, Edward Cahill, Joseph Canavan, Timothy Mulcahy (Editor of 'Madonna', 'Irish Monthly' and 'The Jesuit Directory'), Edward J. Coyne (See also ADMN/3/29; 39; 42; 57), John McMahon, George Roche, John Keane, Charles Doyle (includes two unsigned replies from Frs Stephen Brown and Charles Scantlebury). Also includes tables of summaries of the views expressed.
Correspondence on retreats (and missions) to priests, nuns and the laity
Correspondence on retreats (and missions) to priests, nuns and the laity. Includes correspondence concerning the drafting, by Irish Fr Provincial, of a confidential circular concerning the ‘principles which were to direct Ours when treating, whether in missions or retreats, the 6th & 9th Commandments. I judged…direction necessary because complaints had been made to me that some of Ours had said rather gross things in the pulpit, and because there seemed to be a want of uniformity amongst our preachers and confessors in their manner of treating this difficult subject.’ (See also ADMN/3/11)
Correspondence between the Irish Fr Provincial and various Jesuits concerning proposals by two English Jesuits, Fr Frederick Wilcock and Fr Ryder, to visit Ireland in order to lecture and collect money for the Jesuit Mission in Estonia and a school for Russian boys in Shanghai. Irish Fr Provincial opposes both proposals.
Memoranda, notes and letters to the Irish Fr Provincial describing the types of charitable work performed by various sections of the Irish Jesuit community, in response to letters regarding the organisation of an exhibition associated with the 34th International Eucharistic Congress. Includes reports from St Francis Xavier’s, Upper Gardiner Street; Milltown Park; Rathfarnham Castle; Belvedere College (includes information on the Belvedere Newsboys’ Club); Clongowes Wood College; St Ignatius’ College, Galway; the St Vincent de Paul Night Shelter in Back Lane and pastoral work of Jesuits at the Royal Hospital for Incurables, Donnybrook, Dublin. Includes Irish Fr Provincial’s copy covering letter and report on ‘the charitable works for the poor and distressed undertaken by the Fathers of the Irish Province of the Society of Jesus, for…(the)…International Exhibition of Charity.’
Memoranda and letters to the Provincial on proposals to establish an amateur Irish Jesuit news agency to supply information to Radio Vaticana.
Letters, mostly to the Irish Fr Provincial, concerning the future of 'The Standard' publication
Letters, mostly to the Irish Fr Provincial, concerning the future of 'The Standard', a weekly publication in financial difficulties. A proposal was made to offer the running of the paper to the Society but the offer was turned down.
Material on the promotion of 'Catholic Action’
Documents relating to a report prepared by the Irish Fr Provincial for Fr General on the activities of the Irish Province for ‘the promotion of Catholic Action’. Includes covering letter and questionnaire sent out by the Irish Fr Provincial to Jesuit houses and individuals with detailed replies from: St Francis Xavier’s, Upper Gardiner Street; Milltown Park, Dublin; Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin; St Stanislaus’ College, Tullamore; St Mary’s, Emo Court; University Hall, Hatch Street; Belvedere College; Clongowes Wood College; St Ignatius’ College, Galway; Sacred Heart College, Limerick; the editors of the following periodicals: 'Madonna', 'The Messenger of the Sacred Heart', 'An Timire' (The Gaelic Messenger), and 'Studies'. Also includes handwritten draft report entitled ‘The Society of Jesus in Ireland and Catholic Action’ (Summer 1936) and final printed Latin version 'De Actione Catholica in Hibernia'.
Correspondence mostly between two sisters and the Irish Fr Provincial concerning the sisters’ efforts to contest the will of their late cousin, Josephine Keshan, decd., 1910, who left the administration of her entire estate to the Society of Jesus. The matter was settled amicably.
Documents, mainly letters to Irish Fr Provincial reporting on works in progress by various Jesuits, to be published during the fourth centenary year of the foundation of the Society. Includes letters from Frs John Ryan, Timothy Mulcahy, Charles Scantlebury, Henry Gill, Joseph Canavan, Michael McGrath, Patrick Gannon, Stephen Brown, Arthur Little, John MacErlean, Edward Coyne (See also ADMN/3/37; 39; 42; 57), Timothy Corcoran, Aubrey Gwynn and Seán Ó Catháin. Also includes lists of titles and authors and a memorandum on historical publications of the Irish Province by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ (See also ADMN/3/18; 37; 40).
Letters on the declining circulation of 'An Timire'
Letters, mostly to Irish Fr Provincial discussing the declining circulation 'An Timire', the Irish Messenger of the Sacred Heart and proposals to issue the magazine on a quarterly, rather than monthly basis.
Letters and circular letters concerning a circular letter from Fr General on economy measures and assisting the poor during the ‘severe economic crisis’. Includes draft of circular letter sent by Irish Fr Provincial to Jesuit houses on ways and means of economising in order to carry out the wishes expressed in Fr General’s letter and replies following House Consultations from Belvedere College; Milltown Park, 35 Lower Leeson Street; St Francis Xavier’s, Upper Gardiner Street; St Ignatius’ College, Galway; S. Stanislaus’ College, Tullamore; Clongowes Wood College, Naas; Sacred Heart College and Mungret College, Limerick and St Mary’s, Emo Court. Also includes circular list of economy measures issued to all houses.
Correspondence, mainly between Irish Fr Provincial and the Director of the Irish Free State Broadcasting Station (2RN), relating to the broadcast of Christmas Mass from Milltown Park in 1936 and the Lenten Lectures from St Francis Xavier’s Church, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin in 1937. Also discusses the participation of Jesuit scholastics in the preparation of a special broadcast to be aired following the death of His Holiness Pope Pius XI (Pius XI died on 10 February 1939).
Kieran, Laurence J, 1881-1945, Jesuit priest
Material concerning the appointment of diocesan censors
Letters and printed circulars concerning the appointment of diocesan censors.
Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Legion of Mary
Documents relating to the Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Legion of Mary, mainly concerning the relationship between the Society of Jesus and the two organisations.
Correspondence between the Irish Fr Provincial and successive editors of the 'Irish Monthly'
Correspondence between the Irish Fr Provincial and successive editors of the 'Irish Monthly'. Includes: letters, memoranda and notes relating to deliberations on the future of the magazine in November 1932, discussions on the terms upon which the management of the 'Irish Monthly' could be changed and letters concerning the controversy caused by an article entitled ‘The Papal Encyclicals and the Banking Commission’ by Fr Edward Coyne SJ in which Fr Coyne was said by Mr Peter O'Loghlen, T.D. to have made ‘gravely misleading and damaging’ comments with reference to Mr O'Loghlen’s Report as a member of the Banking Commission.
Letters regarding admissions to the Society of Jesus
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial from possible candidates and various parish priests seeking information on and interviews to discuss, the possibility of entrance into the Society of Jesus. Also includes applications to join the Society; letters from those who have been accepted and letters concerning financial support from novices’ families.
Walsh, William Joseph, 1841-1921, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin