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100 years of the Society of Jesus in Australia entitled 'A Century of Jesuit Achievement 1865-1965'

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1965

Booklet commemorating 100 years of the Society of Jesus in Australia entitled 'A Century of Jesuit Achievement 1865-1965.'

Australian Vice-Province of the Society of Jesus, 1931-

Copy letters from Fr General Peter Beckx SJ to the Superior of the Mission, Fr Joseph Dalton SJ

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27 July - 9 October 1867

Part of Irish Jesuit Missions

Copy letters from Fr General Peter Beckx SJ to the Superior of the Australian Mission Fr Joseph Dalton SJ.

Beckx, Peter, 1795-1887, Jesuit priest and Father General

Ecclesiastical administration of the Chikuni Mission in the Vicariate of Lusaka

IE IJA MSSN/ZAM/31
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[c1950-1959]

Part of Irish Jesuit Missions

Memorandum on the ecclesiastical administration of the Chikuni Mission in the Vicariate of Lusaka, Northern Rhodesia.

Historiae Domus for houses in the Chikuni Mission

IE IJA MSSN/ZAM/68
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1953-1959

Part of Irish Jesuit Missions

Historiae Domus for houses forming part of the Chikuni Mission, divided into sections relating to personnel, apostolic and spiritual life and events of import.

'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 concerning the two fathers setting out from Ireland to establish the Australian Mission

IE IJA MSSN/AUST/5
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24 March 1865

Part of Irish Jesuit Missions

Letter from the Irish Fr Provincial Edmund O'Reilly SJ, Milltown Park, Dublin to [ ] concerning two fathers setting out from Ireland to establish the Australian Mission (Fr William Kelly SJ and Fr Joseph Lentaigne SJ). Refers to Fr Therry's brother in Cork who has agreed to co-operate in anyway so that the Jesuit fathers may secure their bequest.

O'Reilly, Edmund J, 1811-1878, Jesuit priest

Letter from Fr General Beckx to the Superior of the Australian Mission

IE IJA MSSN/AUST/14
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8 February 1869

Part of Irish Jesuit Missions

Letter from Fr General Peter Beckx SJ to the Superior of the Australian Mission, Fr Joseph Dalton SJ discussing the Australian Mission.

Beckx, Peter, 1795-1887, Jesuit priest and Father General

Letter from Fr John McEncroe concerning the introduction of Fathers from the Society of Jesus into the diocese of Sydney

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18 June 1864

Part of Irish Jesuit Missions

Letter from Fr John McEncroe, Archdiocese, Sydney, Australia to Fr John Callan SJ concerning the introduction of Fathers from the Society of Jesus into the Diocese of Sydney.

McEncroe, John, 1794-1868, Catholic priest and archdeacon

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

Letter from the Archbishop of Melbourne concerning the procurement of a community of religious

IE IJA MSSN/AUST/27
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20 January 1875

Part of Irish Jesuit Missions

Letter from Joseph Alipius Goold, Archbishop of Melbourne, Archbishop's Residence, St Patrick's, Melbourne to Fr Thomas Cahill SJ (Superior of the Mission) concerning the procurement of a community of religious to take charge of schools for girls.

Goold, James Alipius, 1812-1886, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne

Letter from the Archbishop of Melbourne regarding a request for a community of teaching nuns to go to Australia

IE IJA MSSN/AUST/26
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2 September 1874

Part of Irish Jesuit Missions

Letter from Joseph Alipius Goold, Archbishop of Melbourne, writing from Brussels, Belgium to Fr Joseph Lentaigne SJ concerning an urgent request by Fr Joseph Dalton SJ for a community of teaching nuns to go to Australia.

Goold, James Alipius, 1812-1886, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne

Letter from the Irish Fr Provincial to the Bishop of Melbourne, on the arrival of two Jesuits

IE IJA MSSN/AUST/7
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23 July 1865

Part of Irish Jesuit Missions

Copy of a letter from Irish Fr Provincial Edmund O'Reilly SJ, Milltown Park, Dublin to the Bishop of Melbourne, James Alipius Goold, concerning the arrival of Frs Lentaigne and Kelly in Australia in order '...to take preliminary steps for the establishment of our Society in Melbourne.'

O'Reilly, Edmund J, 1811-1878, Jesuit priest

Letter from the Superior of the Australian Mission, Fr Joseph Dalton SJ to Fr John Ffrench SJ

IE IJA MSSN/AUST/13
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22 April 1869

Part of Irish Jesuit Missions

Letter from the Superior of the Australian Mission, Fr Joseph Dalton SJ, St Patrick's, Melbourne to Fr John Ffrench SJ regarding the Australian Mission and worries expressed by Father General concerning the observance of spiritual matters and the customs of the Society.

Dalton, Joseph, 1817-1905, Jesuit priest

Letter from the Superior of the Australian Mission, Fr Joseph Dalton SJ to Fr Joseph Lentaigne SJ

IE IJA MSSN/AUST/12
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7 March 1868

Part of Irish Jesuit Missions

Letter from the Superior of the Australian Mission, Fr Joseph Dalton SJ, Villa Maria, Hunters Hill, Sydney to Fr Joseph Lentaigne SJ concerning the Australian Mission. Refers to a number of topics he wishes to be passed on to Irish Fr Provincial Edmund O'Reilly SJ when Fr Lentaigne returns to Ireland.

Dalton, Joseph, 1817-1905, Jesuit priest

Letter from the Superior of the Mission Fr Joseph Lentaigne SJ to Father General

IE IJA MSSN/AUST/6
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5 April 1865

Part of Irish Jesuit Missions

Copy letter from the Superior of the Australian Mission Fr Joseph Lentaigne SJ to Father General Peter Beckx SJ concerning the Australian Mission.

Lentaigne, Joseph, 1805-1884, Jesuit priest

Letter from the Superior of the Mission Fr Joseph Lentaigne SJ to Father General on visit to Australia

IE IJA MSSN/AUST/8
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25 September 1865

Part of Irish Jesuit Missions

Copy letter from the Superior of the Australian Mission Fr Joseph Lentaigne SJ, St Patrick's College, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia to Father General Peter Beckx SJ, Rome, Italy concerning the Australian Mission and his visit to Australia.

Lentaigne, Joseph, 1805-1884, Jesuit priest

Litterae Annuae for the Jesuit houses at Lusaka, Chivuna, Fumbo and Pemba

IE IJA MSSN/ZAM/70
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1956-1959

Part of Irish Jesuit Missions

General Annual Histories of the Chikuni Mission with sections on Religious and Intellectual Life, Ministry and Health.

Map depicting educational establishments in Northern Rhodesia, Southern Province

IE IJA MSSN/ZAM/29
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1959

Part of Irish Jesuit Missions

Map depicting educational establishments in Northern Rhodesia, Southern Province. Scale 1:500,000.

Map of Northern Rhodesia depicting the Jesuit Mission stations

IE IJA MSSN/ZAM/28
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1951

Part of Irish Jesuit Missions

Hand drawn map of Northern Rhodesia depicting the Jesuit Mission stations.

Notebook detailing the early history of the Australian Mission, No.1

IE IJA MSSN/AUST/17
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1865

Part of Irish Jesuit Missions

Handwritten notebook detailing the early history of the Australian Mission (one notebook appears to be missing).

Dalton, Joseph, 1817-1905, Jesuit priest

Notebook detailing the early history of the Australian Mission, No.2

IE IJA MSSN/AUST/18
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1872-28 August 1897

Part of Irish Jesuit Missions

Handwritten notebook detailing the early history of the Australian Mission (Victoria).

Notebook detailing the early history of the Australian Mission, No.3

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n.d.

Part of Irish Jesuit Missions

Notebook detailing the early history of the Australian Mission (in New South Wales).

Notes on the Sydney Mission

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1877

Part of Irish Jesuit Missions

Notes written by Fr Joseph Dalton SJ on the Sydney Mission.

Dalton, Joseph, 1817-1905, Jesuit priest

Number of religious in the Catholic Mission, Northern Rhodesia

IE IJA MSSN/ZAM/32
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14 November 1947

Part of Irish Jesuit Missions

Statement prepared by Fr Bruno Wolnik SJ, on the number of religious in the Catholic Mission, Northern Rhodesia 'Pro Archivo S.C. de Propangand Fide'.

Wolnik, Bruno, 1882-1960, Jesuit priest, missioner and apostolic prefect

Order of the day in Northern Rhodesia

IE IJA MSSN/ZAM/30
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[c1946-1964]

Part of Irish Jesuit Missions

Order of the day for the mission, divided into summer time and winter time.

Irish Jesuit Mission to Zambia, 1946-1969

Photograph of Frs John Coyne, Daniel Meagher and Joseph McCarthy

IE IJA MSSN/ZAM/51
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[1951-1967]

Part of Irish Jesuit Missions

Photograph of Irish Jesuits John Coyne, Daniel Meagher and Joseph McCarthy.

Photograph of the mission community, Zambia

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[1951-1967]

Part of Irish Jesuit Missions

Photograph of the mission community, Zambia. Names on rear, given by Fr John Fitzgerald SJ (25/06/2010).
Seated L - R: Colm O'Riordan, Louis Meagher, Sean McCarron, Thomas Byrne, Jim Corboy, Des O'Loghlen, ?, John Fitzgerald.
1st row: L - R. Barney Collins (?), Eddie O'Connor, Tom McGivern, Joe McDonald, Teddy O'Brien (?), Joe Conway, Bob Kelly, Tommie O'Meara, Danny Byrne, Charlie O'Connor and Shaun Curran.
Back row: L - R. Sean O'Connor, ?,?, Des O'Connell, Fred Moriarty, Pat McDuff, Brother Joseph Duda, Jim Carroll, Br. McKinney, ?, Br. Charlie O'Connor, Paul Brassil, Jim Dunne, Paul Cullen, ?, Paddy Sherry.

Published letter from Fr Michael Watson SJ, to the novices of the Irish Province concerning missions given by the fathers in Australia

IE IJA MSSN/AUST/421
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16 April 1877

Part of Irish Jesuit Missions

Published letter from Fr Michael Watson SJ, St Patrick's College, Melbourne, Australia to the novices of the Irish Province concerning missions given by the fathers in Australia in various parts of the country.

Watson, Michael J, 1845-1931, Jesuit priest

Report on the mission in Australia