Documents relating to the 1865 Provincial Congregation
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Documents relating to the 1865 Provincial Congregation. Includes Acta Congregatione Procuratorum.
Documents relating to the 1865 Provincial Congregation
Documents relating to the 1865 Provincial Congregation. Includes Acta Congregatione Procuratorum.
Documents relating to the 1886 Provincial Congregation
Documents relating to the 1886 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).
Documents relating to the 1915 Provincial Congregation
Documents relating to the 1915 Provincial Congregation.
Documents relating to the 1920 Provincial Congregation
Documents relating to the 1920 Provincial Congregation.
Documents relating to the 1923 Provincial Congregation
Documents relating to the 1923 Provincial Congregation.
Documents relating to the Visitation of the Irish Province by Fr Visitor in 1888
Documents relating to the Visitation of the Irish Province by Fr Robert Fulton SJ, Visitor in 1888. Includes three versions of the Memorial of the Visitation:
Revisions to the Custom Book of the Irish Jesuit Province
A file relating to revisions of the Custom Book of the Irish Jesuit Province. Includes a manuscript entitled 'Some hints for Reading' (nd, 2pp). Includes a letter from Irish Fr Provincial James F Murphy SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin to Fr Rector concerning the consumption of spirits. Remarks 'Owing to grave representations made to me from many quarters and regrettable facts that have come to my knowledge...I have decided that for the future of the Province the following points should be observed as obligatory customs of the Province.' (12 March 1901, 4pp). Includes a typed supplement to the Custom Book of the Irish Jesuit Province entitled 'Customs of Serving Mass and Benediction(13pp, [1935-]); regulations for the Villa menu (1919, 1p); revision of Custom Book by Fr John J Coyne SJ, St Mary's, Emo, County Laois (12 April 1933);
Revision to the Custom Book of the novitiate of Irish Jesuit Province
A file relating to the revision to the Custom Book of the novitiate of Irish Jesuit Province, including a letter from Fr John J Coyne SJ, St Mary's, Emo, County Laois to the Irish Fr Provincial, with copy of Custom Book.
Coyne, John J, 1889-1978, Jesuit priest
Irish Jesuit Colleges in Europe
The Irish Colleges were established chronologically as follows: Lisbon 1590, Salamanca 1592, Santiago de Compostela 1605, Seville 1608 or 1612, Rome 1628 and Poitiers 1674. Irish Jesuits were involved in the establishment or running of the colleges at Lisbon, Salamanca, Santiago de Compostela and Seville. The colleges were established with the aim of educating and training students for the priesthood and acted as service and social centres for Irish religious communities all over Europe. Fr Thomas White SJ (1558-1622) founded Salamanca. For diplomatic reasons the title of Rector was held by a Spanish Jesuit successively at Santiago (1612) and Seville (1619). Fr John Howling SJ (1543-1599) founded Lisbon.
The material comprises of notes on the Irish Colleges at Lisbon, Poitiers, Salamanca, Santiago de Compostela, Seville and Rome by Frs Edmund Hogan (1831-1917), John MacErlean (1870-1950) and Fergal McGrath (1895-1988). Includes lists of rectors and students of the Colleges.
Two bound volumes relating to the Irish College, Lisbon concern the foundation of the college, accounts, custom book and statutes. Analysis of the documents relating to the Irish College, Lisbon by Fr Francis Finegan SJ (1909-2011).
Irish Mission of the Society of Jesus, 1542-1773
Volumes relating to the Irish College in Lisbon
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Two volumes, one bound, relating to the Irish College in Lisbon. The volumes contain various papers bound together. The first volume relates to the foundation of the college (485ff). The second volume consists of six sections: Accounts of the college; Ordinances from Rome; Custom book of college life; Statutes and customs; Mass and Orders book; The narration of the imprisonment and expulsion of Fr Dionysius Charti. Note by Fr Francis Finegan SJ on provenance of volumes - that Fr Manuel Gonçalves da Costa SJ visited Milltown Park in 1948, consulted volumes which in custody of Fr John MacErlean SJ (1981), and translation by Fr Fergus O'Donoghue SJ (5 February 1987).
Analysis by Fr Francis Finegan SJ of documents relating to the Irish College in Lisbon
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Analysis by [perhaps Fr Frank Finegan SJ, however named on p3] of documents transcribed or listed re the Irish College of St Patrick in Lisbon, [1590-1754]. Refers to Gonçalves da Costa, Manuel (ed.), ‘Fontes inéditas portuguesas para a história de Irlanda’ Braga, (1981). and Collectanea Hibernica (1989). Includes documents (transcripts) examined by Fr Frank Finegan SJ.
Finegan, Francis J, 1909-2011, Jesuit priest
List of names relating to the Irish College in Lisbon
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Handwritten list of names occurring in the letters of 1592 relating to the Irish College in Lisbon, by Fr John MacErlean SJ.
MacErlean, John C, 1870-1950, Jesuit priest, historian and archivist
List of students who studied in Irish Colleges abroad
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Notes on students who studied in Irish Colleges abroad, including Lisbon, 1617-1867, by Fr John MacErlean SJ.
MacErlean, John C, 1870-1950, Jesuit priest, historian and archivist
Part of Irish Jesuit Colleges in Europe
The Irish Jesuit College was established in 1592.
Transcript of a letter from the Royal Council of Spain
Part of Irish Jesuit Colleges in Europe
Transcript by Fr John MacErlean SJ, of a letter from the Royal Council of Spain concerning the studies, government and aims of the Irish College in Santiago de Compostela, 9 March 1613
MacErlean, John C, 1870-1950, Jesuit priest, historian and archivist
Catalogues for Jesuits at the Irish College in Santiago de Compostela
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Handwritten pages by Fr John MacErlan SJ of the catalogues (Catalogus Brevis) for Jesuits at the Irish College in Santiago de Compostela, 1691-1767
MacErlean, John C, 1870-1950, Jesuit priest, historian and archivist
Notes on the Irish College by P. Edm. Hogan S.J.
Part of Irish Jesuit Colleges in Europe
Notes on the Irish Colleges by Fr Edmund Hogan SJ, which includes reference to Jesuits at Salamanca, Seville, Lisbon, Rome and Santiago de Compostela, 1595-1767.
Hogan, Edmund, 1831-1917, Jesuit priest
Transcripts by Fr John MacErlean SJ concerning the Irish College in Seville
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A file of transcripts by Fr John MacErlean SJ concerning the Irish College in Seville [ ] 1612 - 10 July 1649. Most of the transcripts were made from originals in the Archives of the Irish College Salamanca (now in Maynooth University). Includes transcripts relating to the origins of the Irish College in Seville.
MacErlean, John C, 1870-1950, Jesuit priest, historian and archivist
Catalogues for Jesuits at the Irish College in Seville
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Handwritten cards by Fr John MacErlan SJ of the catalogues (Catalogus Brevis) for Jesuits at the Irish College Irish College in Seville, 1620-1767.
MacErlean, John C, 1870-1950, Jesuit priest, historian and archivist
Consultation about the Irish College in Seville and its affairs
Part of Irish Jesuit Colleges in Europe
Typescript copy (with pencil annotations by Fr John MacErlean SJ) about the Irish College in Seville and its affairs, [1635]-[1655] (Archivo Historico Nacional - Section de Clero, leg o. 299, J).
Volume of the history of the Irish College in Seville
Part of Irish Jesuit Colleges in Europe
Published volume of the history of the Irish College in Seville, entitled, 'Compendio histórico de la fundacion del Orden Regulares Jesuitas en Sevilla, sus progresos, expulsion ... concluyendose con su nuevo restablecimiento en virtud de los Reales Decretos...'.
‘Famous Seats of Learning in Spain’
Part of Irish Jesuit Colleges in Europe
Photocopy of an article published in the Irish Independent by Fr John J. Hanly entitled ‘Famous Seats of Learning in Spain’.
Hanly, John J., -2016, priest and historian
Part of Irish Jesuit Colleges in Europe
The Irish Jesuit College at Rome was established in 1628.
Rectors of the Irish College in Rome
Part of Irish Jesuit Colleges in Europe
A file relating to the Rectors of the Irish College in Rome by Fr John MacErlan SJ, 1 January 1628 - 6 December 1769. Includes biographical details.
MacErlean, John C, 1870-1950, Jesuit priest, historian and archivist
Article published in the Irish Ecclesiastical Record
Part of Irish Jesuit Colleges in Europe
Offprint of an article published in the Irish Ecclesiastical Record by Frs. B. Egan, C. Giblin, C. McGrath OFM entitled 'Irish Students Ordained in Rome (1625 - 1710)'.
Irish Ecclesiastical Record, 1864-1968
'Sources for the History of the Irish College, Rome'
Part of Irish Jesuit Colleges in Europe
Article by Rev. John Hanly published in the Proceedings of the Irish Catholic Historical Committee entitled 'Sources for the History of the Irish College, Rome', read at the Conferecne on Diocesan and Local History, Ester 1963, and reprinted from the Irish Ecclesiastical Record.
Hanly, John J., -2016, priest and historian
Photocopy of the foundation document of the Irish College in Rome
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Photocopy of the foundation document (1628) of the Irish College in Rome taken from ‘Strangers to Citizens: The Irish in Europe 1600 – 1800’ by Mary Ann Lyons & Thomas O'Connor (2008), p.70. Refers to Jesuit involvement in the college, ‘In 1635 the college came under Jesuit control, and students attended classes in the Collegio Romano, also run by the Society of Jesus’.
Donations made to the Irish College in Poitiers
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Typescript of copies relating to donations made to the Irish College in Poitiers, 21 February 1735 - 3 June 1740, perhaps collated by Fr Francis Finegan SJ from the Jesuit archives, Rome, Italy.
Finegan, Francis J, 1909-2011, Jesuit priest
Irish Vice-Province of the Society of Jesus, 1830-
Photographs of the views of the exterior of Manresa Retreat House, Dollymount, Dublin
Part of Irish Jesuit community houses
Photographs of the views of the exterior of Manresa Retreat House, Dollymount, Dublin.
File relating to a bequest for £883-11
Part of Irish Jesuit community houses
File relating to a bequest for £883-11 left to the Irish Fr Provincial by Mary Mooney, Portslade-by-Sea, Sussex, England for the cost and maintenance of Manresa and the erection of a plaque to the memory of Fr Charles Doyle SJ. Includes copy of Mary Mooney’s will, accounts of the executor and correspondence between representatives of Barclay’s Bank and William Dargan, Bursar of the Irish Province.
Manresa House, Dollymount, Dublin
Newspaper clippings on retreats at Manresa House
Part of Irish Jesuit community houses
Newspaper clippings on retreats at Manresa House, Dollymount, Dublin (June -5 October 1949; 11 December 1950) and the opening of the new retreat house (20 October 1967).
Manresa House, Dollymount, Dublin
Copies of Superiors letters of Manresa House to Rome
Part of Irish Jesuit community houses
Copies of Superiors letters (Fr Sean McCarron SJ) of Manresa House, Dollymount, Dublin to Rome (in English) and acknowledgment of letters from Rome (in Latin). The letters outline the works going on at Manresa (1949, 1952; 1954-56). Annual letter Manresa House, Dollymount, Dublin (In Latin). 1951-52; 1952-53.
Manresa House, Dollymount, Dublin
Article on Baymount in The Father Mathew Record Vol. 44, No. 3
Part of Irish Jesuit community houses
Article on Baymount in The Father Mathew Record, Vol. 44, No. 3.
Manresa House, Dollymount, Dublin
Letter on the erection of a Grotto of Our Lady of the Assumption at Manresa House
Part of Irish Jesuit community houses
Letter from M. D. Dack, 96a, St Ignatius Rd, Drumcondra Rd, Dublin (Secretary of Our Lady’s Grotto Committee) to Fr Sean McCarron SJ, Manresa House, Dollymount, Dublin on the erection of a Grotto of Our Lady of the Assumption at Manresa House, Dollymount, Dublin and a rough draft of proposed circular letter (9 March 1952). Includes an address on the occasion of the presentation of the Shrine of Our Lady of the Assumption at Manresa House, Dollymount, Dublin on Sunday 9 March 1952 at 11.30am by Mr T. Scally, President, Our Lady’s Grotto Committee (CIE Employee). Photographs of the unveiling of the Grotto of the Assumption of Our Lady at Manresa House, Dollymount, Dublin by C.I.E. Employees, 17 August 1952. Seven photographs of unveiling.
Manresa House, Dollymount, Dublin
Letters concerning the application for a license to build
Part of Irish Jesuit community houses
Letters concerning the application for a license to build by Mr Pritcher of a number of dwelling houses on the right hand side of the passage way and ground rent to Mr Gwynn. Details that Clontarf Estates (representing Vernon Estate) are prepared to pay Mr Gwynn £1,500 for the plot. See CM/MAN/54.
Manresa House, Dollymount, Dublin
Photographs of Manresa, Dollymount, Dublin
Part of Irish Jesuit community houses
Manresa House, Dollymount, Dublin
Part of Irish Jesuit community houses
Garden at Manresa, Dollymount, 5 September 1948;
Large room formerly (Gymnasium) to be the retreatants refectory
Part of Irish Jesuit community houses
Large room formerly (Gymnasium) to be the retreatants refectory, 1948;
Stable yard, north side, Manresa, Dollymount
Part of Irish Jesuit community houses
Stable yard, north side, Manresa, Dollymount, 1948;
Bathroom with bathtubs and sinks (to be a dormitory), Manresa, Dollymount
Part of Irish Jesuit community houses
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
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Interior of Manresa House, Dollymount, 1948.
Part of Irish Jesuit community houses
Manresa House Chapel 1949, now the community refectory, 1986;
Front of Manresa House with chalet
Part of Irish Jesuit community houses
Front of Manresa House with chalet [1948-1955];
Irish Jesuit Chaplains in the First World War
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Thirty-two Jesuit chaplains of the Irish Province served in the First World War. They served on the battlefields of France, Belgium, Egypt and Mesopotamia. Four Jesuits were killed: Frs John Gwynn (12 October 1915), William Doyle (17 August 1917), Michael Bergin (12 October 1917) and John Fitzgibbon (18 September 1918). Two Jesuits died from illness: Frs Austin Hartigan (16 July 1916) and Edward Sydes (15 November 1918).
Approximately eleven Irish-born Jesuit chaplains of the English Province served in in the First World War. They included Frs Timothy Carey (Cork) and Walter Montagu (Cromore, Portstewart, County Derry) who both died on active service. Fr William Keary SJ (Woodford, Galway) initially joined the Irish Province but transferred to the English Province.
The majority of letters are from individual chaplains to the Irish Jesuit Provincial Fr Thomas V. Nolan SJ, (1914-1919). There are some postcards, photographs and medals. Some are rich in details (Fr Daniel Roche SJ, 43 items) others have but an obituary. Includes letters to the Irish Jesuit Provincial from Archbishop’s House, Westminster, England concerning the nomination of various Irish Jesuits as chaplains to the forces and their demobilisation, letters on wages and expenditures of chaplains and the appeal for chaplains. Six Jesuits served with the Australian army.
Irish Vice-Province of the Society of Jesus, 1830-
Irish Jesuit Chaplains in the Second World War
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Twenty-one Irish Jesuit chaplains served as chaplains in the Second World War in the British Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force. Fr John Hayes SJ, who died of typhus on 28th December 1944, was the single casualty to the Irish Jesuit Province.
The papers of the Irish Jesuit Chaplains in the Second World War consist mainly of letters and telegrams from individual chaplains to the Irish Jesuit Provincial - Fr Laurence J. Kieran SJ was the Irish Provincial at the outbreak of the War and on 8 September 1941, Fr John R MacMahon SJ became Provincial. Also includes letters to Irish Father Provincial Laurence J. Kieran SJ from various Jesuits volunteering to become military chaplains (1 September 1939-7 April 1941); letters and telegrams from Monsignor John M. Coghlan (Principal Chaplain (R.C.) and Vicar General, British Army, War Office) seeking chaplains to serve in the forces and thanking Father Provincial for those he has offered (1941-1944); memoranda and lists (1942); volunteers’ letters (April 1941-July 1942); correspondence with the Royal Air Force (1941-1945); letters from newly appointed chaplains (1941); miscellaneous letters to Provincial (1941-1945).
1st four left Dublin, 26 May 1941: Richard Kennedy (Tertian); Michael Morrison (Tertian); Conor Naughton (Tertian); Cyril Perrott.
2nd batch, left 1 September 1941: John Burden; Leo Donnelly; John Hayes; Sydney Lennon; Conal Murphy.
9 September 1941: Fr Gerard Guinane.
29 December 1941: Fr Maurice Dowling.
Michael O’Mahoney (1905-1981), County Tipperary, part of the Australian province of the Society of Jesus, served as chaplain in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.
Irish Vice-Province of the Society of Jesus, 1830-
List of Irish Jesuit retreat preachers and the groups to whom they gave retreats
Bound volume containing an alphabetical list of Irish Jesuit retreat preachers and the groups to whom they gave retreats.
Material relating to Irish Jesuit Missions
A file relating to Jesuit Missions. Includes information on the date of the mission, the name of the person who gave the mission and the location of the mission.
Letter from Dr David Moriarty, Bishop of Ardfert, to Dr Edmund O'Reilly SJ. Informs him of the arrangements for a retreat for priests to be held near Killarney, to be facilitated by O'Reilly. Refers also to a synod to be held.
Moriarty, David, 1814-1877, Roman Catholic Bishop of Ardfert
Letter from Dr Richard A. Sheehan, Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, to Irish Fr Provincial Fr Patrick Keating, Hopes that the latter can send one or more Jesuit priests to conduct the clerical retreats in his diocese. Asks specifically for Fr Cullen SJ.
Sheehan, Richard, 1845-1915, Roman Catholic Bishop of Waterford and Lismore
Letter from Bishop of Meath, Matthew Gaffney to Irish Fr Provincial James F Murphy SJ
Letter from Bishop of Meath, Matthew Gaffney to Irish Fr Provincial James F Murphy SJ. Asks him to designate a priest to give the diocesan retreat in the following July if he (the Provincial) cannot do it. Includes note written by the Provincial stating that he promised that Fr [Reidy] would give the retreat if at all possible.
Gaffney; Matthew, 1839-1909, Roman Catholic Bishop of Meath
Letter from Dr John Keys O’Doherty, Bishop of Derry, to Fr James F Murphy SJ
Letter from Dr John Keys O’Doherty, Bishop of Derry, to Fr James F Murphy SJ. Writes in relation to retreats for the clergy, which he hopes Murphy will conduct, or at least arrange, in July.
O'Doherty, John Keys,1833-1907, Roman Catholic Bishop of Derry
Letter from Fr William Gleeson SJ, writing from St Aloysius College, Garnethill, Glasgow, to an unidentified Jesuit in Ireland. Refers to the mission in which he finds himself, and to the Jesuits who work there, most of whom are English. Also describes the Irish who have come to the area. Claims that they lose self respect there, and refers to the bad quality of their houses, and to their drinking. Adds that ‘[t]he women are awful’. (Incomplete).
Gleeson, William, 1862-1951, Jesuit priest
Address of the Catholic Parishioners of Kilrush to the Jesuit fathers
Notebooks which details Jesuit missions, and includes date, location and on odd occasion, the priest giving the mission. (Front covers detached).
Handwritten sermons in the same hand
File of handwritten sermons in the same hand, in English, with no indication of author.
Proposal to publish a quarterly review of 'Letters, Philosophy and Science'
Proposal to publish a quarterly review of 'Letters, Philosophy and Science' under the control of the Irish Province of the Society of Jesus.
Foundation Fund established for Studies
A file relating to the Foundation Fund established for Studies. Includes memoranda explaining the origins of the Foundation Fund. Includes a letter from Irish Fr Provincial Brendan Barry SJ, 85 Eglinton Road, Dublin 4 to Fr Séan Ó Catháin SJ (Fr. Superior), 35 Lower Leeson Street, Dublin concerning shares in the Educational Company of Ireland that were settled on Fr Connolly in 1914 (then the Editor of Studies) as a foundation for Studies. Asks that this foundation be kept separate from the assets of 35 Lower Leeson Street (3 July 1968, 1p).
A file relating to the exception taken by the ecclesiastical authorities of the Archdiocese of Dublin to two sentences in a review of an American book entitled Religious Instruction and Education in the September issue of Studies (1942). Includes letters from Archbishop John Charles McQuaid to Irish Fr Provincial John R. MacMahon SJ concerning the issue.
MacMahon, John R, 1893-1989, Jesuit priest
Agenda for a committee meeting on studies at Stonyhurst College, England
Agenda for a committee meeting on studies at Stonyhurst College, England.
Memorandum on Manresa House Training Course for the training of Jesuits as teachers
Memorandum on Manresa House Training Course, Roehampton, England for the training of Jesuits as teachers. Includes details about the course including the Philosophy course.
Manresa House, Roehampton, England
A file relating to the 'Consilium Permanens', a standing committee of Prefects of Studies to offer advice to Superiors in the matter of the education of pupils attending Jesuit schools. Includes agendas and minutes of the 'Consilium Permanens', includes a statement issued by Fr Provincial on how the 'Consilium Permanens' should be conducted, its duties and terms of reference (31 December 1939, 3pp).
Minutes of the meeting of the committee appointed to enquire into the teaching of scholastic philosophy in Jesuit colleges.
Bartley, Patrick, 1879-1941, Jesuit priest
Memorandum for the Prefects of Studies of Irish Jesuit colleges
Memorandum for the Prefects of Studies.
Question of establishing a tribunal of appeals for lay teachers in Catholic secondary schools
A file relating to the question of establishing a tribunal of appeals (in cases of dismissal) for lay teachers in Catholic secondary schools.
Document written by Fr Patrick Bracken SJ regarding rules for Jesuit boarding schools
Document written by Fr Patrick Bracken SJ regarding rules for Jesuit boarding schools. Quotes Frs Roothaan and Beckx. (In Latin).
Bracken, Patrick, 1795-1867, Jesuit priest
Treatise in relation to the running of a successful college
Handwritten treatise, which attempts to ‘lay down a few principles, from which inferences may be afterwards drawn…’ in relation to the running of a successful college.
Notes on the role of the Prefect of Studies
Notes on the role of the Prefect of Studies.
Manuscript entitled 'Method. The making of a Jesuit. Ratio Studiorum 1548 - 1599.'
Manuscript entitled 'Method. The making of a Jesuit. Ratio Studiorum 1548 - 1599.' Chapters I to V inclusive. Includes notes and comments (letters) on the method, the direct method of teaching and discussio classes. Probably developed in conjunction with the Clongowes Cert.
Preparatory notes by John O'Holohan SJ for the summer Pedagogical Course in Clongowes
Preparatory notes by John O'Holohan SJ for the summer Pedagogical Course in Clongowes.
O'Holohan, John, 1923-2018, Jesuit priest
Letters from Fr John Ffrench SJ, Gesú, Rome, Italy to Fr Joseph Lentaigne SJ
A file of letters from Fr John Ffrench SJ, Gesú, Rome, Italy to Fr Joseph Lentaigne SJ (Vice Provincial: 11 February 1858-1860; First Provincial of the Irish Province of the Society of Jesus: 8 December 1860 - [ ] 1863). At this time Fr Ffrench SJ was the substitute English Assistant to Fr General. As a result many of the letters have an official slant. Includes an index/précis to the letters by Fr James Rabbitte SJ.
Ffrench, John, 1812-1873, Jesuit priest
Letters from Fr John Ffrench SJ, Gesú, Rome to Irish Fr Provincial Edmund J O'Reilly SJ
A file of letters from Fr John Ffrench SJ, Gesú, Rome, Italy to Irish Fr Provincial Edmund J O'Reilly SJ (term as Fr Provincial 1863 - 19 April 1870). Fr Ffrench's letters were written in his capacity as English Assistant to Fr General. As a result all of the letters have an official slant. Includes an index/précis to the letters by Fr James Rabbitte SJ.
Ffrench, John, 1812-1873, Jesuit priest
Letters concerning the attendance of Religious Superiors at Diocesan Synods
A file of letters concerning the attendance of Religious Superiors at Diocesan Synods. Includes letters to Fr Thomas Kelly, SJ, Rector, Crescent College, Limerick concerning the issue. Two of the letters are from Irish Fr Provincial Edmund J O'Reilly SJ.
The establishment of an Mungret College Apostolic School
A file relating to the establishment of an Mungret College Apostolic School. Includes letters to Irish Fr Provincials James Tuite, Thomas Browne and Timothy Kenny concerning the matter.
Letter from Archbishop MacHale to Irish Fr Provincial Joseph Lentaigne SJ thanking him for donation
Letter from Archbishop MacHale to Irish Fr Provincial Joseph Lentaigne SJ. Thanks Lentaigne and the donor for the £5 donation. Hopes that he will be again able to provide for a retreat of the clergy in Tuam the following August.
MacHale, John, 1791-1881, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Tuam
Letter from [ ], writing from 9 Hill Street, Berkeley Square, London, to Dr Anderson. Suggests that the latter should apply to the Irish Fr Provincial for permission for Fr Costa to return from Malta to act as chaplain to Lady Margaret Frances Domville of Santry House. A word or phrase has been cut out of this letter.
Letter from Mrs Nolan of Killiney House, Killiney, to Fr Nicholas Walsh SJ
Letter from Mrs Nolan of Killiney House, Killiney, to Fr Nicholas Walsh SJ. Refers to her financial difficulties and to their effect on her son [Tom], who is studying to be a priest.
Letter from Fr John J O'Carroll SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Aloysius Sturzo SJ. Reports on a visit to Toberroe, and on the situation regarding tenants there. Also refers to a young servant in the Jesuit Galway house, who wishes to become a lay brother. Suggests that he be given a trial.
O'Carroll, John J, 1837-1889, Jesuit priest
Letter from Cardinal McCabe to Fr James Tuite SJ in relation to the regulation of weekday Masses in the Diocese of Dublin.
MacCabe, Edward, 1816-1885, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin and cardinal
Letter from Cardinal McCabe to Fr James Tuite SJ asking him to call on him
Letter from Cardinal McCabe to Fr James Tuite SJ. Expresses his wish for the Provincial to call on him.
MacCabe, Edward, 1816-1885, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin and cardinal
Letter from William Cartan O’Meara, solicitor, Dublin, to Irish Fr Provincial Timothy Kenny SJ. Writes in relation to the estate of George F. Waters SJ [scholastic in Louvain], deceased. States that he has arranged for the shares (listed) to be sold. Refers to other stock, some of which has been assigned to C.T. Waters.
O'Meara, Michael Cartan, solicitor
Letter from Irish Fr Provincial Timothy Kenny SJ, asking Fr James Murphy SJ
Letter from Irish Fr Provincial Timothy Kenny SJ, asking Fr Alfred Murphy SJ to make a request to Fr Nicholas Walshe SJ to let Fr Charles Lynch SJ have a room at Milltown, as he is unhappy at Tullabeg. Refers to the death of Fr McElroy. Reports the visit of Fr Carbery and Fr Gallwey. Describes the college as being immense, dark and ‘on the whole very fine’.
Kenny, Timothy J, 1843-1917, Jesuit priest
Letter from Fr James Murphy SJ, writing from St Stanislaus College, Tullamore, County Offaly, to Irish Fr Provincial Patrick Keating SJ. Relates to a sequence of events involving Fr Murphy, Monsignor Gaffney, the Bishop of Meath (Dr. Thomas Nulty) and Fr Anderson. The Bishop tried to assert his right to examine Fr Anderson after the latter had been granted faculties by the Monsignor. The letter describes a conversation between Fr Murphy and the Monsignor on the subject, and Fr Murphy asks for the Provincial's approval to write to the Monsignor, confirming Fr Anderson's fitness in terms of theological knowledge.
Kenny, Timothy J, 1843-1917, Jesuit priest
Letter from Dr William J. Walsh, Archbishop of Dublin, writing from Hof in Bayern, Germany, to Irish Fr Provincial James Murphy SJ. Refers to the Commission set up to examine the proposal to establish a Catholic university in Ireland. Expresses his concern over the attitude of Jesuit priests to such an institution.
Walsh, William Joseph, 1841-1921, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin
Letter from Dr Robert Browne, Bishop of Cloyne to Irish Fr Provincial James Murphy SJ. Thanks the latter for his contribution to his fund. Refers also to ‘Frank’ and ‘Fr Willie’.
Browne, Robert, 1844-1935, Roman Catholic Bishop of Cloyne
Correspondence from [ ] De Hanelle SJ (Brussels) and H. Basuiau SJ (Paris) to Irish Fr Provincial Joseph Lentaigne acknowledging receipt of bank notes and money orders. (In French).
Circular document issued by Cardinal Archbishop Paul Cullen to Fr Provincial on the administration of the Sacrament of Penance to ‘Females engages in the Religious state’.
Cullen, Paul, 1803-1878, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin and cardinal
List of faculties to be given by Dr. Paul Cullen, Archbishop Elect of Armagh
‘Facultates Concessae A SS. D. N. D.’ List of faculties to be given by Dr. Paul Cullen, Archbishop Elect of Armagh. Signed by Alexander Barnabó. (In Latin; with wafer seal).
Barnabò, Alessandro, 1801-1874, Prefect of the Congregation Propaganda Fide and Cardinal
List of reserved sins in the Dublin Diocese - issued by Daniel Murray, Archbishop of Dublin
‘Casus Reservati in Archidiaecesi Dubliniensi’. List of reserved sins in the Dublin Diocese. Issued by Daniel Murray, Archbishop of Dublin. (In Latin).
Murray, Daniel, 1768-1852, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin
Letter from Fr Joseph Tristram SJ, writing from Stonyhurst College, to [ ] in Clongowes
Letter from Fr Joseph Tristram SJ, writing from Stonyhurst College, to [ ] in Clongowes. Refers to Fr Weston, and gives permission for him to visit his friends. Announces that he intends to come to Ireland with some pupils, who are to go to Dublin, and states that they are to travel ‘by the Waterloo steam packet’. Also refers to the death of the English Fr Provincial Charles Plowden SJ, and to Fr Scott’s report on how it happened. Reports that Fr Plowden’s body ‘lies in the middle of the church yard at Jougné’. Fr Tristram declares himself to be ‘well satisfied’ with Fr Carr, who, he believes, will ‘prove a worthy son of the Society’.
Material relating to Theological Theses
Handwritten file relating to Theological Theses.
Disputation theses from Milltown Park, Dublin
Disputation theses from Milltown Park, Dublin.
Scheme for Juniorate classes in the Irish Province of the Society of Jesus
Scheme for Juniorate classes in the Irish Province of the Society of Jesus.
Draft plan of a course in the Principles, History and Methods of Education (Juxta Ratiorum Studiorum) for a one year course after the Novitiate.
Proposals on Juniorate and Theological Studies in the Irish Province and the responses of Fr General
Proposals on Juniorate and Theological Studies in the Irish Province and the responses of Fr General.
Copy of a letter from [ ], St. Mary's Hall, Stonyhurst, Blackburn to Irish Fr Provincial William Delany SJ concerning the new Ordinatio Studiorum in Assistentia Angliae and Studies of Jesuits.
Comments on the structure of the proposed booklet for Irish Jesuit scholastics
Comments on the structure of the proposed booklet for Irish Jesuit scholastics.
List of degrees awarded to Jesuits in the Irish Province
List of degrees awarded to Jesuits in the Irish Province, 1893-1910.
Circular letter concerning the commission appointed by the Provincials of the Irish and English Provinces to investigate the need for changes in Higher Studies.