Material concerning Fr Michael Fitzgibbon SJ
- IE IJA MSSN/AUST/391
- File
- 23 January 1973
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Announcements of the death of Fr Michael Fitzgibbon SJ.
Fitzgibbon, Michael, 1889-1973, Jesuit priest
Material concerning Fr Michael Fitzgibbon SJ
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Announcements of the death of Fr Michael Fitzgibbon SJ.
Fitzgibbon, Michael, 1889-1973, Jesuit priest
Material concerning Fr Desmond Durnin SJ
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file relating to Fr Desmond Durnin SJ. Includes a list of his next of kin.
Durnin, Desmond P, 1907-1982, Jesuit priest
Material relating to Fr Henry Johnston SJ
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Announcements of the death of Fr Henry Johnston SJ.
Johnston, Henry A, 1888-1986, Jesuit priest
Material relating to Fr Ned Riordan SJ
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Announcements of the death of Fr Ned Riordan SJ.
Riordan, Edward, 1904-1987, Jesuit priest
List of Jesuit Fathers in Australia and the illnesses they are suffering from
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
List of Jesuit Fathers in Australia and the illnesses they are suffering from.
Photograph of unknown Jesuit (taken in Sydney)
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Portrait photograph of unknown Jesuit, taken by Roarty, The City Photographic Studio, Sydney.
Photographs relating to St Aloysius College, Sydney
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of photographs relating to St Aloysius College, Sydney.
Three class groups are represented, with notes on reveres by Fr Daniel Clancy SJ:
Three exterior photographs of the college - two of house with individuals standing in the background, and one of the entrance to St Aloysius College, Sydney (1886). Photographs by E. L. Puckering.
Copy college mems. in Fr Isaac Moore's hand
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Copy college mems in Fr Isaac Moore's hand from Fr Nolan SJ to Irish Fr Provincial. Includes a note written by Fr Moore concerning the college and expanding some points.
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Leaflets of lecture delivered by Dr. Bromby entitled 'Truth of Eternal Punishment Vindicated' and 'Dr Bromby refuted: A lecture', by Fr William Kelly SJ, Town Hall, Melbourne, 12 December 1870.
Bromby, John, 1809–1889, Church of England priest and headmaster
Novena leaflet from the diocese of Melbourne
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Novena leaflet (A.M.D.G. Novena to the Sacred Heart of Jesus) from the diocese of Melbourne.
Envelopes, stamped and postmarked
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of envelopes, stamped (Queen Victoria) and postmarked from Australia to Ireland.
Copy of 'Laurels', publication devoted to the interests of Old Xaverians
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Copy of 'Laurels' (vol. 25, no. 86), a quarterly publication devoted to the interests of Old Xaverians, with article on the Irish Jesuit mission to Australia, 1865 onwards.
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Copy of a letter from Bishop Patrick Moran, Dunedin, New Zealand to Fr Aloysius Sturzo SJ (Superior of the Mission) concerning Fr Thomas McEnroe SJ and the withdrawal of all Jesuit Fathers from New Zealand. Remarks that abandoning the Mission would be a 'calamity'. Continues 'I cannot expect you to permit Fr McEnroe to remain here alone and I there fore propose you should send some one of your Fathers to work with him in Invercargill...'
Moran, Patrick, 1823-1895, Roman Catholic Bishop of Dunedin
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file containing copy extracts from letters to Irish Fr Provincial concerning the question of Australia becoming a Vice-Province.
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letter from Fr Jerry M. MurphySJ, Newman College, University of Melbourne, Carlton, Melbourne to Irish Fr Provincial John Fahy SJ concerning the Australian Status and the question of Australia becoming a Vice-Province.
Murphy, Jeremiah M, 1883-1955, Jesuit priest
Photograph of a group of students in Melbourne with Fr Patrick McCurtin SJ and Mr Patrick O'Mara SJ
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Photograph of a group of students in Melbourne with Fr Patrick McCurtin SJ (front row, centre) and Mr Patrick O'Mara SJ, scholastic (front row, right).
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letter from J.P. Hall, solicitor, 100 George Street, Limerick, to Fr Joseph Dalton SJ in Riverview, Sydney, Australia. Reports on his efforts to sell an unnamed property (Cecil Street premises), which later burned down. Offers to send over the money received from the insurance claim, and asks Fr Dalton to decide on a course of action in relation to the damaged property.
Dalton, Joseph, 1817-1905, Jesuit priest
Photograph of Xavier College Community, Melbourne
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Photograph of Xavier College Community, Melbourne. Names are given on attached photocopied sheet taken from ‘The Australian Dictionary of Jesuit Biography’, 2006, p114.
Articles on the history of the Jesuit mission to Australia, includes articles on Ireland
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Series of articles bound into book format concerning the history of the Jesuit mission to Australia:
'The Woodstock Letters'. Vol. XXXVII. No. 3 'The Society of Jesus in Australia' pp303-318; Vol. XXXVIII. No. 1 pp1-9; Vol. XXXVIII. No. 2 pp161-176; Vol. XXXVIII. ? pp341-349; Vol. XXXIX. No. 2 pp145-160; Vol. XXXIX. No. 3 pp304-318; Vol. XL. No. 1 pp1-16; Vol. XL. No. 2 pp145-160; Vol. XL. No. 3 pp274-288; Vol. XLI. No. 1 pp1-6;
catalogue of the Adelaide residence of the Australian Mission (1862; 1869-1870; 1874; 1877; 1880; 1886; 1889) and the Australian Mission (1887; 1893; 1902; 1912);
contemporary newspaper clippings of Jesuit houses in Australia;
copy of 'Edmund Campion’s History of Ireland' by the Rev. John Hungerford Pollen SJ with an inscription to Fr John Conmee SJ by J. H. Pollen SJ reprinted from ‘The Month’, December, 1905, and February, 1906.
articles by Fr Matthew Devitt SJ on 'Summerhill, County Meath and its neighbourhood', published in Kildare Archaeological Society;
'Irish University Education: A plea for Fair Play' by Fr William Delany SJ (1904);
'Brief memoir of Fr Patrick Duffy SJ' (1904);
'The Annual Report of the Apostolic School of Ireland' (Society of Jesus) 1884-1885, 1886, 1895;
extracts from the diary of Mungret College (1884-1885);
copy letters from Rev. F. Ronan to the Fathers and Students of Mungret College during the journey through the United States (September 1884- Christmas 1885).
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Photographs relating to Australia, taken from Clongowes Wood College. Inlcudes:
the Jesuit community at Riverview, Sydney, Australia (1890-1891). Includes 2nd from left, seated, Fr John Ryan SJ, Superior of the Mission [1894]-[1917];
ordination of Rev. Leonard Dew (+1931), Missionary of the Sacred Heart, April 1929, at the Jesuit run-diocesan seminary, Corpus Xti College, Melbourne, Australia. Includes seated, 1st from left, Fr Robert Peterson SJ; 3rd from left, Fr Henry Johnston SJ; Third from right, seated, next to Archbishop Daniel Mannix, Fr Albert Power SJ By C. J. Fraser Photo, Melbourne.
unknown photograph, maybe in Australia c[1900-1930], but looks Italian.
Photograph of Jesuit in a park, and St Ignatius' College Football Team
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Photograph of unknown Jesuit standing on a bridge in a park, and the reverse photograph depicts the [St Ignatius' College Football Team] in three rows (rugby). The oval shaped football has the initial S.I.C.F.C.
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Copy letter from Fr Edward Corish SJ, St Mary's, North Sydney to Fr John Ryan SJ, Superior, concerning the purchase of property for the new school.
Corish, Edward, 1862-1951, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Notes concerning the finances of St Aloysius.
Irish Jesuit Mission to Australia, 1865-1931
Account for the Melbourne Mission
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Account for the Melbourne Mission, total receipts and expenses in Australia, '3 students and one teacher were fed daily'.
Irish Jesuit Mission to Australia, 1865-1931
Status temporalis and account sheets for the North Shore Mission, Sydney
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of status temporalis and account sheets for the North Shore Mission, Sydney.
Dalton, Joseph, 1817-1905, Jesuit priest
Status temporalis and account sheets for St Aloysius College, Sydney
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of status temporalis and account sheets for St Aloysius College, Sydney.
St Aloysius' College, Sydney, Australia, 1879-
Cancellation of the loan to the Jesuit Fathers for the college at Kew
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Copy letter from Duffy Wilkinson, 69 Chancery Lane, Melbourne to Messrs Arnold, Fooks and Chadwick concerning the cancellation of the loan to the Jesuit Fathers for the college at Kew.
Wilkinson, Duffy
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letters from Fr Thomas Fay SJ, Bursar, St Ignatius College, Riverview, Sydney to Fr John Ryan SJ, Superior, concerning the deficit for the year 1913 and information he considers misleading sent to Fr General about the college.
Fay, Thomas, 1864-1939, Jesuit priest
Historia Domus for Loyola, Sydney
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Historia Domus for Loyola, Sydney.
Irish Jesuit Mission to Australia, 1865-1931
Historia Domus of the SS. Cordis Residence, Sydney
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Historia Domus of the SS. Cordis Residence, Sydney.
Irish Jesuit Mission to Australia, 1865-1931
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letter from John Fitzpatrick, Vicar General, Melbourne to Fr Joseph Dalton SJ, Superior of the Mission, requesting him, on behalf of the Bishop, to make the annual collection for the Ecclesiastical Seminary, Melbourne. Includes a copy reply from Fr Dalton. Remarks 'Don't you think it places us in a... false position before the diocese? It makes the "Jesuit Fathers" the applicants for the money whereas the collection is in reality not for us but for his Lordship...'
Fitzpatrick, John, 1810-1890, priest and Vicar General
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of reports (Elenchus Visitationis, Status Personalis, Status Spiritualis and Status Temporalis) by Fr John Ryan SJ following his visitations to the various houses and communities in Australia during 1906, and some reference for finance at Richmond, 1905.
Ryan, John, 1849-1922, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Notice from the Sydney Daily Telegraph concerning Rev. M. J. O'Reilly's (head of the Vincentian Order in Australia) appointment to the Rectorship of St John's College, Sydney University.
Sydney Daily Telegraph, newspaper, 1879-
Letter from Fr James Kennedy SJ to Fr Joseph Dalton SJ concerning an alleged incident in the Bank
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letter from Fr James Kennedy SJ, The Presbytery, North Shore to Fr Joseph Dalton SJ concerning an alleged incident in the Bank where Fr Kennedy supposedly spoke about Dr Browne and his financial difficulties. Defends himself and explains his version of events.
Kennedy, James, 1841-1918, former Jesuit priest
Marriage ceremony performed by Fr Edward Nolan SJ and a misunderstanding that arose
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letters from Fr John Hoyne, relating to a marriage ceremony (Flanagan) performed by Fr Edward Nolan SJ and a misunderstanding that arose as a result between the priests of the city and the Jesuit Fathers.
Hoyne, John, priest
Letter from Fr Christopher Nulty SJ to Fr Joseph Dalton SJ concerning St Patrick's College
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letter from Fr Christopher Nulty SJ, St Patrick's College, Melbourne, Australia to Fr Joseph Dalton SJ concerning St Patrick's College, the number of boys attending the school, results of examinations and the community.
Nulty, Christopher, 1838-1914, Jesuit priest
Letters from Fr Edward Nolan SJ to Fr Joseph Dalton SJ describing New Zealand
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of letters from Fr Edward Nolan SJ to Fr Joseph Dalton SJ. Includes letters concerning matters in the college at Kew (9 November 1881 - 29 April 1882, 3 items). Includes a letter describing his visit to New Zealand and the journey from Hokitika to Greymouth. Remarks: 'Those who have seen the European Alps say that the Southern Alps of N. Zealand are quite equal to them for grandeur. The scenery too is most varied...The roads over the mountains are cut out of the rock and the precipices hundreds of feet deep along which they run make many a stout heart quail.' (1May [ ], 4pp). Includes a letter concerning his visit to Greymouth, New Zealand. Remarks '...(it) is the most stirring town on the west coast and I believe the most so in N.Z. for its size. A new rush broke out about two months ago...There are 'tis said a thousand Irish there.' (6 May [ ], 4pp).
Nolan, Edward, 1826-1893, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letter from Fr Joseph Dalton SJ, St Kilda House to Fr Thomas Cahill SJ concerning the plans for a new school and temporary church at St Kilda.
Dalton, Joseph, 1817-1905, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letter from Fr Joseph Dalton SJ, St Ignatius College, Riverview, Sydney to Fr Aloysius Sturzo SJ concerning Fr Ryan's family and financial difficulties. Includes a covering note from Fr Sturzo to Irish Fr Provincial Brown SJ regarding the matter.
Dalton, Joseph, 1817-1905, Jesuit priest
Letters from concerning names of people suitable for the position of [Superior/Rector]
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letters from Fr Thomas Keating SJ, Auburn, Sydney and Fr Joseph Dalton SJ to Fr Aloysius Sturzo SJ concerning the names of people they feel are suitable for the position of [Superior/Rector] of St Aloysius College, Auburn, Sydney.
Keating, Thomas, 1827-1887, Jesuit priest
Letter from Fr Christopher Nulty SJ concerning the appointment of Rector at St Patrick's College
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letter from Fr Christopher Nulty SJ, St Patrick's College, Melbourne to Fr Aloysius Sturzo SJ concerning the appointment of Rector at St Patrick's College.
Nulty, Christopher, 1838-1914, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letter from Fr Joseph Dalton SJ to Fr Aloysius Sturzo SJ concerning suitable names for the position of Rector at St Ignatius College, Riverview and St Aloysius, Auburn, Sydney.
Dalton, Joseph, 1817-1905, Jesuit priest
Letters from Fr Michael Colman SJ concerning trouble he has had with Fr John Roney SJ
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letters from Fr Michael Colman SJ to Fr John Ryan SJ concerning trouble he has had with Fr John Roney SJ. Includes telegram to Dublin entitled 'Colman'.
Colman, Michael P, 1858-1920, Jesuit priest
Letter from Richard Murphy SJ reporting on the health of members of the community
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letter from Richard Murphy SJ, Loyola, Greenwich Road, Greenwich, Sydney to Fr John Ryan SJ reporting on the health of members of the community.
Murphy, Richard James Francis, 1875-1957, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of letters from Fr Thomas Gartlan SJ, Rector, St Ignatius College, Riverview, Sydney to Fr John Ryan SJ concerning the administration of the college and matters regarding the community.
Gartlan, Thomas, 1853-1942, Jesuit priest
Letter from Fr Thomas Claffey SJ concerning Fr Colgan's illness and death
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letter from Fr Thomas Claffey SJ, Manresa, Hawthorn, Melbourne to Fr John Ryan SJ (Superior of the Mission) concerning Fr James Colgan's illness and death.
Claffey, Thomas, 1853-1931, Jesuit priest
Letter from Fr Timothy Guinee SJ to concerning the death of Fr Hubert Daly SJ
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letter from Fr Timothy Guinee SJ, St Aloysius, Sevenhills to Fr William Lockington SJ concerning the death of Fr Hubert Daly SJ.
Daly, Hubert, 1842-1918, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letter from Fr John Ryan SJ, Xavier College, Kew, Melbourne to Irish Fr Provincial Patrick Keating SJ concerning the Austro-Hungarian Mission in Australia and the possibility of unifying the two Missions.
Ryan, John, 1849-1922, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file relating to a request by Cardinal Moran, Archbishop of Sydney, St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney to Fr John Ryan SJ (Superior of the Mission) to make available a chaplain to the Federal Contingent to South Africa.
Moran, Patrick Francis, 1830-1911, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Sydney
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of letters written by Fr John McInerney SJ, Chaplain to the Australian Forces fighting in the Boer War, South Africa describing his work with the troops and his experiences of the war. Includes a letter describing the peace conference. Remarks that a telegram from Lord Kitchener announcing the peace deal was read to the troops '...many of our Australians regret the war is over. Their recent drive and its spoils have only whetted their appetite for the fray - They have smelt and tasted blood and they long for at least "another good cut in" - to use their own term. Our recent "drive" turns out to be the last of this long, costly and bloody war.'
McInerney, John, 1850-1913, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Circular letter from Archbishop D. Mannix, St. Mary's 'Star of the sea', West Melbourne concerning the establishment of a Catholic college within the University of Melbourne.
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Mannix, Daniel, 1864-1963, Archbishop of Melbourne
Examinations for entrance scholarships for Newman College, University of Melbourne
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Details on the examinations for entrance scholarships for Newman College, University of Melbourne, starting Monday, 19 November 1917.
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Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file relating to the agreement between Dr Daniel Mannix, Archbishop of Melbourne and the Society of Jesus and the administration of Newman College by the Society. Includes letters from Fr Albert Power SJ, Rector of Newman College to Irish Fr Provincial, Frs Martin Maher and William Lockington, and correspondence between Dr Daniel Mannix, Archbishop of Melbourne to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.
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Nolan, Thomas V, 1867-1941, Jesuit priest
Query by Irish Fr Provincial James Tuite SJ on North Shore Mission
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letter from [ ], Northshore to Irish Fr Provincial James Tuite SJ concerning a query made on Fr Tuite's behalf of two people - John and Joseph Morrissey and information about the North Shore Mission. Describes the financial situation of the school. Remarks 'It will be an awful disgrace if we have to sell out...The full extent of the N.shore folly you can never understand unless you pay us a flying visit...you would hear a thousand stories...which...would thoroughly convince you that Fr Kennedy ought never be allowed to do parish work again'.
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Letters from Mr Louis Loughnan SJ to the Irish Fr Provincial concerning his voyage to Australia
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of letters from Mr Louis G. Loughnan SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ concerning his voyage to Australia and seeking permission to smoke.
Loughnan, Louis G, 1889-1951, Jesuit priest
Letters from Fr Timothy Kenny SJ to Irish Fr Provincial concerning selling St Aloysius College
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of letters from Fr Timothy Kenny SJ to Irish Fr Provincial concerning a consultation on the issue of selling St Aloysius College and the establishment of a residence in Adelaide.
Kenny, Timothy J, 1843-1917, Jesuit priest
Letter from Br James Jackson SJ, RMS 'Omrah', Fremantle concerning the voyage to Australia
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letter from Br James Jackson SJ, RMS 'Omrah', Fremantle concerning the voyage to Australia and arrival in Fremantle.
Jackson, James, 1887-1956, Jesuit brother
Invitation to Fr Provincial to attend a garden party at Xavier College, Kew
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Invitation to Fr Provincial to attend a garden party at Xavier College, Kew, Melbourne, Australia to celebrate the jubilee of the Archbishop of Melbourne.
Letters from Fr Joseph Mulhall SJ to the Irish Fr Provincial concerning the mission in Australia
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of letters from Fr Joseph Mulhall SJ to the Irish Fr Provincial concerning the mission in Australia. Includes a letter concerning the upkeep of ecclesiastical students. Remarks that he does not agree with Fr Kelly that '...we have no right to accept...money for (their) maintenance...' Continues '...in the written contract with us the Bishop promises to pray us for their maintenance. They teach for 3 hours and during Mr. Lentaigne's time, they got lectures for 2 hours now these 2 things may be said to balance each other...' (DATE). Includes a letter referring to the establishment of a boarding school in Australia. Remarks that the Society accepted St. John's University and that the Board has promised not to interfere. Remarks '...they are most anxious that we should have it - for they are most apprehensive that the government will take it into their own hands...' (29 January 1870, 6pp). Includes a letter referring to the need to build a house for the community beside St Ignatius church, Richmond (6 November 1871, 6pp). Includes a letter concerning Fr James Cullen SJ and remarks that he would welcome him to Australia. Remarks '...he is a very zealous missioner, one that would save a great number of souls here living in this parish entrusted to our care - he is exactly the father we want in Richmond...' (29 January 1884, 4pp)
Mulhall, Joseph, 1820-1897, Jesuit priest
Letter from Fr Joseph Clery SJ to Irish Fr Provincial urging him to send out a visitor
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letter from Joseph Clery SJ, The Presbytery, North Shore to Irish Fr Provincial James Tuite SJ urging him to send out a visitor as soon as possible. Remarks '...nothing short of a visitorial inspection by a "visitor" such as I have described will meet the difficulty, will elicit "the truth - the whole truth" '.
Clery, Joseph, 1837-, former Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of letters from Fr Thomas Gartlan SJ, Rector of St Ignatius College, Riverview, Sydney, Australia to Fr Provincial. Includes a letter referring to Fr O'Neill's health. Refers to Fathers Dalton, Tuite and Fleury. Remarks 'I have been told that in Ireland the Province has sometimes paid colleges where such men are placed a sum of £50 or £60 per annum for their support - I wish something of this kind could be done here by the mission.' (9 December 1902, 3pp).
Gartlan, Thomas, 1853-1942, Jesuit priest
Letter from Fr Augutus Fleury SJ, Port Darwin to concerning his life and work in Australia
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letter from Fr Augutus Fleury SJ, Port Darwin to Irish Fr Provincial Timothy Kenny SJ concerning his life and work in Australia. Remarks 'You may perhaps desire to hear some particulars about our living in our exile of Palmerston...we are in good health in spite of the great heat; yet I long for leaving this country and be again among ours where I could live a better conventual life than we do here'.
Fleury, Augustin, 1855-1931, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letter from Brother Aubury, De La Salle Retreat, Castletown, Queen's County (County Offaly) to Fr John Ryan SJ Gardiner Street, Dublin concerning a foundation of Christian Brothers in Australia. Remarks that he raised the matter a number of years ago with his superiors who were not supportive of the proposal. Continues '...I fear it would be rash for me to hold out hopes of being able to offer Your Reverence a community of Brothers for your interesting schools for a few years to come.'
Letter from M F Dalton, Kangaroobie, Mullion Creek, New South Wlaes to Fr John Conmee SJ
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letter from M F (Michael) Dalton, Kangaroobie, Mullion Creek, New South Wales to Fr John Conmee SJ concerning his visit. Refers to the income of the estate derived from sheep rearing and wool. Wishes Fr Conmee a safe return to Ireland,and encloses a few example of Kangaroobie bred wool. Michael F Dalton was a brother of Fr Patrick Dalton SJ.
Dalton, M F
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of letters from Fr Patrick J. McCurtin SJ, St Aloysius College, Milson's Point, Sydney to Irish Fr Provincial concerning his work as Rector of St. Aloysius College and the community who live there and general news from the Australian Mission (administration, finances, pupils, staff, extension to the college). Many of the letters emphasise the shortage of staff at St Aloysius College. Remarks 'Still our objection as regards staff is not owing to the dearth of men - but to the unequal distribution...it looks as if the place which makes his loudest noise gets all the best of the arrangements...' Asks Fr Provincial to relieve him of his job as Rector of the college (21 March 1916, 4pp).
McCurtin, Patrick J, 1865-1938, Jesuit priest
Letter from Fr Eustace Boylan SJ, Xavier College, Kew, Melbourne to Irish Fr Provincial
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letter from Fr Eustace Boylan SJ, Xavier College, Kew, Melbourne to Irish Fr Provincial John Conmee SJ concerning his life in Australia and his work as Prefect of Studies in the College.
Boylan, Eustace, 1869-1953, Jesuit priest
Letters from Fr Timothy Kenny SJ, St Patrick's College, East Melbourne to Irish Fr Provincial
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of letters from Fr Timothy Kenny SJ, St Patrick's College, E. Melbourne to Irish Fr Provincial concerning the college and community at St. Patrick's.
Kenny, Timothy J, 1843-1917, Jesuit priest
Letters from Fr Richard Murphy SJ to Irish Fr Provincial
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of letters from Fr Richard Murphy SJ to Irish Fr Provincial. Includes a letter referring to the opening of the Novitiate at Loyola, Greenwich Road, Greenwich, North Sydney. Refers to retreat work also carried out from Loyola, North Sydney (4 August 1913, 1p). Includes a letter concerning the establishment of a new foundation in Toowong, Queensland. Remarks 'Queensland is a land of quite extraordinary wealth and must eventually harbour a very large population. In those days our Foundation here will be gratefully remembered.' (20 November 1916, 2pp).
Murphy, Richard James Francis, 1875-1957, Jesuit priest
Letters from Fr John Roney SJ to Irish Fr Provincial concerning his work
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of letters from Fr John Roney SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ concerning his work and the community at Norwood, South Australia. Includes a letter referring to the finances of St Francis Xavier's, North Sydney (28 August 1918, 5pp)
Roney, John, 1856-1931, Jesuit priest
Letters from Fr Edward Francis Pigot SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of letters from Fr Edward Francis Pigot SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ concerning the death of Fr Patrick Keating and his own brother's illness and imminent death.
Pigot, Edward Francis, 1858-1929, Jesuit priest, teacher, astronomer and seismologist
Letters from Mr Leo F. Murphy SJ concerning a swimming carnival and his theological studies
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letters from Mr Leo F. Murphy SJ, St Aloysius' College, Milson's Point, Sydney and St Ignatius' College, Riverview, Sydney to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ concerning a swimming carnival and his theological studies.
Murphy, Leo, 1888-1957, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
The Irish Jesuit Mission to Australia was initiated due to the will of Fr John Joseph Therry (1790-1864), who named the Irish Jesuits as beneficiaries to his property in Australia, and by an invitation to the Irish Province by James Alipius Goold, Bishop of Melbourne (later Archbishop) (1812-1886) to set-up a mission in his diocese. The first two Irish Jesuits, Frs William Lentaigne (1805-1884) and William Kelly (1823-1909), arrived in Melbourne in September 1865. Previously, two Austrian Jesuits, Frs. Kranewitter (1817-1880) and Klinkowstroem (1819-1896) had arrived in 1848 after Jesuit expulsion from Austria. The Austrian Mission centred on South Australia and the Northern Territory. In 1901, the Austrian and Irish missions amalgamated. Australia was made a Vice-Province in 1931 and Fr Austin Kelly SJ (1891-1978) was named the first Provincial of the Australian Province in 1950.
The papers of the Australian Mission provide a comprehensive history of the Irish Jesuit Mission, concentrating on the years 1865-1931. The Irish Jesuits worked as missionaries, educators, writers, chaplains, theologians, scientists, pastors and directors of retreats, mainly in the urban communities of eastern Australia.
Subjects touched upon include: agreements with Archbishops in establishing Jesuit houses in a particular diocese; reflections on the journey to and from Australia; administration of schools, colleges, universities and Jesuit residences - (St Patrick’s, Melbourne; St Francis Xavier College, Kew, Melbourne; St Aloysius, Dunedin (NZ); St Aloysius College, Sydney ; St Ignatius College, Riverview, Sydney; St Louis, Claremont, Western Australia; Newman College, University of Melbourne); parishes - (Norwood and Sevenhills in South Australia; Invercargill (NZ); Melbourne; Sydney; Toowong and Indooroopilly in Queensland); financial documents; expansion of the Mission; and correspondence between Father Provincial in Ireland and Jesuits in Australia. By far the greatest number of letters sent to Father Provincial in Ireland was from Fr John Ryan SJ (1849-1922) (Superior of the Mission from 11 February 1901-14 June 1908; 9 April 1913-24 October 1917). Until the creation of the Australian Mission as a Vice-Province, the Irish Provincial was kept informed of every minor detail about the Mission and often decision making in Australia was delayed until approval from Dublin was given.
Although this collection provides a comprehensive history of the Australian Mission, there are some gaps. For example, the collection does not contain any deeds or other legal documents relating to property obtained by the Society of Jesus in Australia and it is presumed that these documents would have been kept by the Superior of the Mission and later the Vice-Provincial of the Vice-Province in Australia, where they remain today.
Superiors of the Irish Jesuit Mission to Australia (1865-1931)
Fr Joseph Lentaigne SJ 1865-1866
Fr Joseph Dalton SJ 1866-1872
Fr Thomas Cahill SJ 1872-1879
Fr Joseph Dalton SJ 1879-2 September 1883
Fr Aloysius Sturzo SJ 2 September 1883-5 April 1890
Fr Patrick Keating SJ 5 April 1890-1 February 1895
Fr Timothy Kenny SJ 1 February 1895-11 February 1901
Fr John Ryan SJ 11 February 1901-14 June 1908
Fr Thomas Brown SJ 14 June 1908-9 April 1913
Fr John Ryan SJ 9 April 1913-24 October 1917
Fr William Lockington SJ 24 October 1917-20 June 1923
Fr Jeremiah Sullivan SJ 20 June 1923-19 March 1931
Vice-Provincials of the Vice-Province of Australian (1931-1950)
Fr John Fahy SJ 19 March 1931-25 August 1939
Fr John Meagher SJ 25 August 1939-1 October 1947
Fr Austin Kelly SJ 1 October 1947-1 November 1950
Irish Vice-Province of the Society of Jesus, 1830-
Calendar of letters relating to the Australian Mission
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Typescript calendar of letters relating to the Australian Mission detailing date, writer and recipient.
Letter concerning the two fathers setting out from Ireland to establish the Australian Mission
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 the Irish Fr Provincial to the Bishop of Melbourne, on the arrival of two Jesuits
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
Copy letters from Fr General Peter Beckx SJ to the Superior of the Mission, Fr Joseph Dalton SJ
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
Letter from Fr General Beckx to the Superior of the Australian Mission
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
100 years of the Society of Jesus in Australia entitled 'A Century of Jesuit Achievement 1865-1965'
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
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-
Cutting with a tribute to Fr Aloysius Sturzo SJ
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Cuttings from 'The Catholic Press' of an article entitled 'How the Irish Came to Queensland. The Voyage of the "Erin-go-bragh" and a tribute to Fr Aloysius Sturzo SJ'.
Australian Vice-Province of the Society of Jesus, 1931-
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letter from Roger Bede Vaughan, Archbishop of Sydney, St John's College, Sydney to Fr Thomas Cahill SJ (Superior of the Mission) concerning the establishment of the Society in Sydney. Remarks that he has no objection but wishes to discuss a number of conditions. Refers to the closure of Lyndhurst College. Remarks 'The result of this very painful duty will be at all events to clear away complications and you will have no reason for feeling any delicacy in accepting the offer I am going to make to you when you come.
Vaughan, Roger William Bede, 1834-1883, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Sydney
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letter from Dr Thomas Carr, DD, St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne to Irish Fr Provincial John Conmee SJ concerning the introduction of the Loreto nuns into the Hawthorn Mission.
Carr, Thomas Joseph, 1839-1917, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Copy of a letter from Cardinal Patrick Moran, Archbishop of Sydney, St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney to Fr James Colgan SJ (Fr Superior), Manresa, Hawthorn concerning the boundary between St Mary's Parish and Chatswood.
Moran, Patrick Francis, 1830-1911, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Sydney
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Copy of the agreement between the Archbishop of Brisbane, James Duhig and the Society of Jesus to establish a community in the parish of Toowong, Birsbane.
Duhig, Sir, James, 1871-1965, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Brisbane
Letter from Gibbs, Bright and Co. concerning the cost of a fare to Australia by their company
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letter from Gibbs, Bright and Co., Melbourne, Australia to Fr Oliver Daly SJ, Hawthorn, Melbourne concerning the cost of a fare to Australia by their company.
Plan showing the first class accommodation on the SS Wakool
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Plan showing the first class accommodation on the SS Wakool. Includes notes by Fr John Ryan SJ advising which are the best cabins to secure.
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of copy letters from Irish Fr Provincial Thomas Nolan SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin to the Presiding Officer, Passport Department, Ministry of National Service, Victoria Street, London SW seeking passports for Frs Thomas J Moore, John Nerney and Albert Power to travel to Australia.
Nolan, Thomas V, 1867-1941, Jesuit priest
Notes detailing John Lannigan bequest to St Ignatius' Church, Richmond, Melbourne
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Handwritten account of the sale of property of the late John Lannigan, who in his will left to St Ignatius Church, his property in Drummond Street, Carlton, Melbourne which consisted of four houses, two shops and two cottages. It appears there was some difficulty with the sale.
Lannigan, John
Letter from John Cooke expressing a desire to join the Society of Jesus
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letter from John Cooke, Wellington, New South Wales to Fr Joseph Dalton SJ, Superior of the Mission, expressing a desire to join the Society of Jesus. Includes note from Fr Dalton SJ to Fr Provincial concerning John Cooke's letter.
Cooke, John
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Circular letter from Fr E Nolan SJ, Treasurer, St Patrick's College, Melbourne requesting financial help in order to build a church of the Immaculate Conception in Melbourne.
Nolan, Edward, 1826-1893, Jesuit priest
Rough sketch of land at Kew and the college building
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Rough sketch of land at Kew and the college building (St Francis Xavier).
Irish Jesuit Mission to Australia, 1865-1931
Notice concerning a change to the three term system in Xavier College, Kew
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Notice from the Rector of Xavier College, Kew to parents and guardians concerning a change to the three term system in the college.
Irish Jesuit Mission to Australia, 1865-1931
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of copy correspondence between Joseph Winter, owner of the Advocate (a Catholic publication) and Fr Nolan SJ concerning a paragraph about St Francis Xavier College in the paper. A note concerning the correspondence by Fr Joseph Dalton SJ remarks 'Fr Nolan's language is not only very uncharitable and unjustifiable it is also a "libel" - Winter appeals to me for redress. I intend requesting Fr Nolan to "withdraw" the expressions.' (nd, 1p).
Dalton, Joseph, 1817-1905, Jesuit priest
Status Habitualis for St Francis Xavier's College, Kew, Melbourne
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Status Habitualis for St Francis Xavier's College, Kew, Melbourne, detailing income and expenditure, assets and liabilities for 1885-1886 and 1892.
Irish Jesuit Mission to Australia, 1865-1931
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letter from Fr Aloysius Sturzo SJ, Superior of the Mission, St Ignatius Novitiate, Richmond, Melbourne to Fr Joseph Dalton SJ concerning the extension to the college building at St Ignatius, Melbourne.
Sturzo, Aloysius,1826-1908, Jesuit priest
'Our Alma Mater', journal from St Ignatius College, Riverview, Sydney
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Copy of school journal from St Ignatius' College, Riverview, Sydney entitled 'Our Alma Mater' (no. 46).
St Ignatius’ College, Riverview, Sydney, Australia, 1880-
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letter from Christopher Nulty SJ, St Aloysius College, North Sydney to Fr Daly concerning news from St Aloysius College and general details about the Australian Mission.
Nulty, Christopher, 1838-1914, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letter from C. G. Hepburn, Consulting Engineer, Gladstone Chambers, 90 Pitt Street, Sydney to Fr John Ryan SJ, St Aloysius College, Milson's Point concerning proposed additions to the Stella Maris (Milson's Point) Church, North Sydney.
Hepburn, C. G., consulting engineer
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Map showing Richmond Parish with notes attached by Fr John Ryan SJ.
Ryan, John, 1849-1922, Jesuit priest
Memoirs written by John Bithrey of his time at Xavier College, Melbourne
Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material
Typed and handwritten manuscript by John Bithrey entitled Xavier College (Melbourne Memoirs), September 1903 - August 1908.
Letters from Earl Spencer to Dr Charles Russell
Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material
A file of letters from Earl Spencer to Dr Charles Russell. Includes a letter thanking Dr Russell for the Preface of the Calendar of the Irish State papers of James I by Dr. Russell and remarks how glad he is to have the book to put in his library at Althorp. Invites Dr. Russell to visit him (17 April 1874, 4pp). Includes a letter thanking Dr. Russell for sending him verses written on '...the occasion of laying the first stone of your new church...I am glad...you will soon have a church worthy of the college over which you preside.' Admires the design and remarks 'I presume Pugin originally designed a church to go with the college...'.
Spencer, John Poyntz, 1835-1910, 5th Earl Spencer and lord lieutenant of Ireland