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Document outlining the history of the Irish Jesuit missions in Australia, Hong Kong and Northern Rhodesia

IE IJA MSSN/AUST/458
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c.[1948]

Document which briefly outlines the history of the beginnings of missions in Australia, Hong Kong and Northern Rhodesia.

Fr Maurice Dowling's fitness to work in the Northern Rhodesia mission

IE IJA MSSN/ZAM/19
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31 March 1948

Part of Irish Jesuit Missions

Medical statement declaring Fr Maurice Dowling's fitness to work in the Northern Rhodesia mission by Dr Corboy, 11 The Crescent, Limerick.

Corboy, D, fl 1948, Doctor

'Irish Jesuits Among the Mild Batonga'

IE IJA MSSN/ZAM/10
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1954

Part of Irish Jesuit Missions

Booklet entitled 'Irish Jesuits Among the Mild Batonga' by Rev Joseph McSweeney SJ published by the Irish Messenger Office.

McSweeney, Joseph, 1909-1982, Jesuit priest, chaplian and missioner

'Irish Jesuits in Northern Rhodesia'

IE IJA MSSN/ZAM/9
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1954

Part of Irish Jesuit Missions

Booklet entitled 'Irish Jesuits in Northern Rhodesia' by Rev Joseph McSweeney SJ published by the Irish Messenger Office.

McSweeney, Joseph, 1909-1982, Jesuit priest, chaplian and missioner

Letter concerning the Irish Province decision to send Irish Jesuits to Northern Rhodesia

IE IJA MSSN/ZAM/2
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10 January 1945

Part of Irish Jesuit Missions

Letter from Fr Ladislaus Zabdyr SJ, Chikuni, PO Chisekesi, Northern Rhodesia to Irish Fr Provincial John R MacMahon SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin concerning the news that the Irish Province is to send Irish Jesuits to Northern Rhodesia. Explains the situation in the mission. Remarks 'Any man that can be spared and is willing to come will be welcome because at any time one can expect that some one of those still at work here may break down…'.

Zabdyr, Ladislaus, 1890-1968, Jesuit priest and missioner

Letter from Fr Patrick Connolly SJ to his Irish Fr Provincial, urging him to consider taking over the Jesuit Mission of Northern Rhodesia

IE IJA MSSN/ZAM/5
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16 September 1947

Part of Irish Jesuit Missions

Letter from Fr Patrick J Connolly SJ, 35 Lower Leeson Street, Dublin to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas Byrne SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin urging him to consider taking over the Jesuit Mission of Northern Rhodesia from the Polish Province. Remarks 'The mission is a going concern: to take it over would cost nothing save in man-power. It has its residences, chapels, schools, landed property (some thousands of acres waiting to be exploited)'.

Connolly, Patrick J, 1875-1951 Jesuit priest and editor

Map of Northern Rhodesia depicting the Jesuit Mission stations