Fr Thomas Cooney's health and suitability for missionary work
- IE IJA J/102/1
- File
- 1930 - 28 January 1953
Part of Irish Jesuits
Correspondence on Fr Thomas Cooney's health and suitability for missionary work in Northern Rhodesia (1952-1953).
Fr Thomas Cooney's health and suitability for missionary work
Part of Irish Jesuits
Correspondence on Fr Thomas Cooney's health and suitability for missionary work in Northern Rhodesia (1952-1953).
Letters from Fr Patrick Duffy SJ to Sr Mary Agnes, Carmelite Convent, Firhouse, Tallaght, Dublin
Part of Irish Jesuits
A file of letters from Fr Patrick Duffy SJ to Sr Mary Agnes (later Mother Prioress), Carmelite Convent, Firhouse, Tallaght, Dublin concerning his life and work as a priest. The majority of these letters are written from Australia and describe his work in this mission. The letters also discuss news from the convent of Firhouse and Fr Duffy offers constant encouragement in spiritual matters and discusses the numbers of novices in the convent. Many of the letters were written while his sister (Sr Mary Gabriel) was ill and could not write herself. Includes a letter concerning his sister's health. Remarks that he is glad to have been told how serious her attack was. Remarks 'I am anxious about her, of course I am, we are brother and sister and the last remaining two of a family of eleven. No wonder, then, that we should look towards each other - now especially, when we are both coming so near to the end of the journey.' (21 June 1894, 4pp). Includes a letter congratulating Sr. Mary Agnes on becoming Mother Prioress of the Carmelite Convent in Firhouse. Remarks 'And so the burden of authority has been laid upon your shoulders! Well - God's will be done. And that it is God's will that you should be put into your present position.' (25 April 1895, 4pp). Includes a letter enclosing a cutting from The Argus concerning Edward Grennan who took part in the Charge of the Light Brigade during the Crimean War. Advises Sr Mary Agnes to read the cutting to the novices. Remarks 'The lesson taught is grand! I would advise the Mistress of Novices to read both (cutting and letter) to her novices and give them a lecture on obedience. The analogy between the two warfares, the warfare of this world and the warfare of the soul is very close.' (22 November 1896, 2 items).
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file relating to the will of Rev. John Joseph Therry. The Irish Jesuits are named as beneficiaries. He bequeathed the management of his entire property in Australia to the Irish Jesuits for religious, charitable and educational purposes.
Therry, John Joseph, 1790-1864, Roman Catholic priest
Material relating to Fr Michael Moloney SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Material relating to Fr Michael Moloney SJ which includes correspondence describing his work in Australia and Zambia and includes correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials and curia, personal record and application to join the Society.
Material relating to Fr Michael Morrison SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Material relating to Fr Michael Morrison SJ which includes correspondence relating to his time as a chaplain to the British forces during the Second World War, his work in Australia, correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials and curia, personal record and application to join the Society.
Colm Ó Riordan admission papers and correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials
Part of Irish Jesuits
File containing Colm Ó Riordan admission papers and correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials concerning his missionary work in Zambia.
Correspondence, death notice, funeral arrangements and obituaries for Fr John Monahan SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Death notice, funeral arrangements, correspondence on flight and travel arrangements, obituaries of Fr John Monahan SJ; such as 'The Australian Dictionary of Jesuit Biography 1848 - 1998', by David Strong S.J., 1999, p239 - 240.
Work of Fr Harold E Craig SJ in China and India
Part of Irish Jesuits
File relating to the work of Fr Harold E Craig SJ in China and India. Includes correspondence concerning difficulties with Fr Craig in both missions and his recall to Ireland.
Death of Fr Patrick Keating SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
File on the death of Fr Patrick Keating SJ including letters from Australia describing his funeral.
Material relating to Fr Donald Lawler SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Material relating to Fr Donald Lawler SJ which includes correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials and curia, personal record and application to join the Society.
File relating to Fr John Purcell SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
File relating to Fr John Purcell SJ, including application to join the Society, correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials, catalogue entries, and memorial card.
File relating to Fr Patrick Toner SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
File relating to Fr Patrick Toner SJ, including application to join the Society, correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials, catalogue entries and memorial card.
Manuscript by Fr Joseph O'Malley SJ on his system of teaching sight-singing and harmony
Part of Irish Jesuit Special Collections
Manuscript, ready for the publisher, by Fr Joseph O'Malley SJ, Norwood, Australia of a book on his system of teaching sight-singing and harmony. Includes a table of contents (3pp). ‘Dedicated to Charles Levy, Leader of the Lyric Orchestra & the Hawthorn Choir.’ Includes a number of testimonials by various individuals and a photograph of Fr O'Malley.
O'Malley, Joseph, 1832-1910, Jesuit priest
Original deed appointing new trustees
Part of Irish Jesuits
Fr John Fahy SJ, trustee as a result of Fr Peter Finlay's (the original trustee) will, appoints Francis Davys and Patrick Moorehead as new trustees.
Parties:
Rev. John Fahy SJ, St. Ignatius Kew, E.I. Melbourne, Victoria, Australia: 1st part.
Francis Davys, Montrose, Ailesbury Park, county Dublin, Esquire;
Patrick Moorehead, The Cottage, Bagenalstown, county Carlow, Esquire: 2nd part.
Part of Irish Jesuits
Material on the death of Fr Vincent Conway SJ.
Conway, Vincent, 1909-1985, Jesuit priest
Status temporalis and account sheets for the Hawthorn Mission
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of status temporalis and account sheets for the Hawthorn Mission.
Irish Jesuit Mission to Australia, 1865-1931
Status temporalis and account sheets for St Ignatius Parish, Richmond, Melbourne
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of status temporalis and account sheets for St Ignatius Parish, Richmond, Melbourne. Includes a letter (in French) by Fr Edward Nolan SJ and in English by Fr Joseph Dalton SJ (17 July 1869)
Dalton, Joseph, 1817-1905, Jesuit priest
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-
File of letters addressed to Fr Thomas Wheeler SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
File of letters addressed to Fr Thomas Wheeler SJ. Mainly relates to financial matters as Fr Wheeler was Province Procurator at the time. Includes letters from:
Part of Irish Jesuits
Attachment sent by Fr Michael Head SJ, Jesuit Archivist, Melbourne, Australia, of a biography written by Fr Matt Egan SJ on Fr Patrick Duffy SJ.
Head, Michael, Jesuit priest and archivist
Status temporalis for Loyola, Sydney
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Status temporalis (Province Accounts) for Loyola, Sydney.
Irish Jesuit Mission to Australia, 1865-1931
Balance sheets for the Australian Mission
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of balance sheets for the following:
Richmond Residence
Richmond Parish
Sevenhill Residence
Sevenhill Parish
Norwood Residence
Norwood Parish
St Patrick's College, Melbourne
Xavier College, Kew
Hawthorn Parish
Hawthorn Residence
Riverview College, Sydney
St Aloysius College, North Sydney
Loyola College, Sydney
Irish Jesuit Mission to Australia, 1865-1931
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
Bequest of left to the Society of Jesus in Australia by Fr Mathew Ryan
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file relating to a bequest of £400 left to the Society of Jesus in Australia by Fr Matthew Ryan to be used for the foreign missions. Refers to Fr Frank Browne SJ and his health in Australia, and copy of a letter from the Irish Fr Provincial John Fahy SJ to Superior of the Mission, Fr Jeremiah Sullivan SJ (30 August 1924).
Sullivan, Jeremiah, 1877-1960, Jesuit priest
Historia Domus for St Ignatius, Richmond, Melbourne
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Historia Domus for St Ignatius, Richmond, Melbourne.
St Ignatius' Church, Richmond, Australia, 1867-
History of St Francis Xavier College, Kew, Melbourne
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
History of St Francis Xavier College, Kew, Melbourne.
Xavier College, Melbourne, Australia, 1878-
Part of Irish Jesuit chaplains
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial from Fr Matthias Bodkin SJ written during his time as chaplain in the Royal Navy based at R.N. Base, Derry, Northern Ireland (refers to trips to the Arctic Circle and Western Australia) and serving on the battleship H.M.S. Anson in the East. Includes;
Bodkin, Matthias, 1896-1973, Jesuit priest and chaplain
History of St Ignatius College, Sydney
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
History of Riverview College (St Ignatius), Sydney.
St Ignatius’ College, Riverview, Sydney, Australia, 1880-
History of St Aloysius College, Sydney
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
History of St Aloysius College, Sydney.
St Aloysius' College, Sydney, Australia, 1879-
Historia Domus for Loyola, Sydney
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Historia Domus for Loyola, Sydney.
Irish Jesuit Mission to Australia, 1865-1931
Burses offered to Mungret for the training of priests for Diocese of Wilcania Forbes, Australia
Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland
A file relating to the Burses offered to Mungret for the training of priests for the Diocese of Wilcania Forbes, Australia (by donor from Rhode, County Offaly, home-place of Bishop John Dunne).
Also includes typed list of gifts and burses to Mungret (1882-1965).
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of letters from Fr Patrick Keating SJ, St Ignatius College, Riverview, Sydney to Fr Peter [Beckx] SJ. Expresses his frustration at the lack of good men being sent out to Australia. Remarks 'I wish you could be spared to us. This place would suit you in many ways admirably... But that of course is out of the question. It is only the invalids the good for littles and the troublesome who are transported.' (1 May 1885, 8pp). Includes a letter relating to the delay in granting permission for a new building at Riverview. Remarks 'If the people at home saw the grand college the Marist Brothers have built they might think it necessary to do something...I hope that now the Provincial is well again things may go on a little faster. It is an awful thing to be so far away from headquarters and to have to write for permission for everything' (12 May 1885, 2pp).
Keating, Patrick, 1846-1913, Jesuit priest
The Apostleship of Prayer and its connection with the Sacred Heart
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letters concerning the Apostleship of Prayer and its connection with the Sacred Heart to the Irish Fr Provincial and Cardinal Moran.
Irish Jesuit Mission to Australia, 1865-1931
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letter from Fr H Walmesley SJ, Via S. Nicola da Tolentino, Roma to Irish Fr Provincial William Delaney SJ concerning a representative from the Australian Mission to the Provincial Congregation. Includes a copy of a reply on the same issue from the XXV General Congregation (1906).
Walmesley, Herman, 1850-1927, Jesuit priest
Letter from Fr General concerning mass stipends
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Copy letter from Fr General concerning mass stipends. Includes a note by Fr John Ryan SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ seeking advice.
Ryan, John, 1849-1922, Jesuit priest
Nine photographic albums belonging to Fr Frank Browne SJ containing positives (his own)
Part of Irish Jesuits
Nine photographic albums belonging to Fr Frank Browne SJ containing positives (his own). Fr Browne has captioned some of the albums:
Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain
Part of Irish Jesuits
Positives and negatives of photographs taken by Fr Frank Browne SJ entitled ‘Burke Tour’, 1926, with captions. Note by Fr Frank Browne SJ ‘Burke Tour’, 1926:
Note by Fr Eddie O’ Donnell SJ that ‘All copied and catalogued’ (3 December 1991)’.
Missing from positives (1-73), are no. 9, and no. 21, therefore 71 in total.
16 positive duplicates; 2 positives in duplicates don’t appear in (1-73).
23 negatives (number in ink of 73 prints); 2 negatives, 35A and 69A not in positive form.
Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain
Letters to Irish Fr Provincial James Murphy SJ
File of letters to Irish Fr Provincial James Murphy SJ. Includes an index/précis to the letters.
Letter from Archbishop Patrick Moran to Fr Joseph Dalton SJ concerning a crisis at St John's College
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letter from Archbishop Patrick Moran, St Mary's Cathedral to Fr Joseph Dalton SJ concerning a crisis at St John's College and a proposal to put Fr Clancy SJ or Fr Kelly SJ forward as Rector of the college and a letter (written on the back) from Fr Dalton to Fr Aloysius Sturzo SJ, Superior of the Mission, concerning the letter. Includes a copy reply from Fr Dalton to the Archbishop.
Moran, Patrick Francis, 1830-1911, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Sydney
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Copy letter from Peter J. Murphy, Secretary to the Archbishop, St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney to Fr John Ryan SJ, Superior of the Mission, St Mary's, North Sydney concerning the appointment of a Rector to St John's College, University of Sydney. Includes a copy reply.
Murphy, Peter J, Catholic priest
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial from Fr John MacErlean SJ on various matters
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial from Fr John MacErlean SJ on various matters including:
– Fr MacErlean’s censure on a Society Appeal for Funds;
– the progress of his historical research, news from Rome and news about the Society in Australia;
– the establishment of the Society in Ireland including a ‘list of whatever documents exist to my knowledge regarding the establishment of the Society in Ireland…What exactly the establishment of the Society in Ireland means I do not know. It may be a question for a canonist to solve. The canonical succession of the New Society to the Old is disputed, and Rome has never decided the point’;
– the proposed purchase of a volume consisting of ‘the indexes of the first eleven volumes of the Bollandist Acta Sanctorum down to the 3rd volume of April’ and the binding which is ‘much older than the contents…the binding of a Missal that was presented to Father (Nicholas) Leynach in 1613 - 14 by Francis Bray, at a time when Fr Leynach was trying to establish a chapel or oratory of the Society in Clonmel’;
– the Irish College in Rome;
– lists of books the Province could present to ‘the library to be established for the use of the Coll(egium) Scriptorum and a ‘list of those members of our Province who might now or hereafter be fit to cooperate with the Collegium Scriptorum in the production of works’ and a
– ‘Brief Sketch of the Work of the Irish Jesuits from the foundation to the Suppression of the Society 1540 – 1773’ (11pp).
MacErlean, John C, 1870-1950, Jesuit priest, historian and archivist
Letters to Dr Charles Russell concerning his book on the Life of Cardinal Mezzofanti
Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material
A file of letters to Dr Charles Russell concerning his book on the Life of Cardinal Mezzofanti, 'The life of Cardinal Mezzofanti; with an introductory memoir of eminent linguists, ancient and modern', Longman, Brown, and Co, London, 1858
The letters offer praise and compliments to Dr Russell and suggestions for a second edition of the book. The following is a list of the people who wrote to Dr Russell concerning his book on Cardinal Mezzofanti:
25 March 1859; George [ ]
7 June 1858; P. J. [Aerts]
17 April - 7 May 1855; Edward Badely
23 August 1866; L'Abbe Blanchot
19 January 1859; [ J. B. Borrcho]
4 February 1863; F. C. Brooke
25 August - 3 November 1858; Lord Broughman
11 July 1860; A. Bruni SJ
16 October 1858; [ ] Bunsen
6 May 1858; L. Major Cavagnari
13 April - 26 August [ ]; John Dalberg Acton (Lord Acton)
3 [ ] 1858; Luigi Da Via
22 December 1859; Joseph Barnard Davis
n.d.; Auguste Donnet
19 May [ ]; James E. Doyle
11 February 1859; [Fernando]
21 April 1958; Goodwin Son & [ ]
5 May 1858; Thomas Grant
5 October - 1 December 1858; Imperial Austrian Legation
19 - 28 April 1860; Evan Jones
4 July 1858; Pierre Le Croix
23 April 1858 - 9 March 1860; Longman Brown and Company
6 May 1858; E. C. Lewis
[1858]; Henry E. Manning (later Cardinal)
17 June 1858; Patrick F. Moran (later Cardinal)
25 May 1858; John Morris
[ ] 1858; A. Pezzanat
5 - 10 May [1858]; E. H. Reeves
19 April 1852; James Roche
2 March 1858; James Hope Scott
12 May 1858; [ ] Shilman
15 June 1858; W. H. Smyth
[1858]-[1859]; James Spencer Northcote
5 May 1858; A. P. Stanley
15 [ ] 1856; Franco Venditti
9 May 1858; Dr. [Wals]
19 April 1855; Charles Ward[ ]th
29 March 1858 - 12 February 1863; Thomas Watts
[1857]; Vladimir Petcherine
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
Copy of a letter from Irish Fr Provincial James Tuite SJ to Fr Joseph Dalton SJ concerning a brother novice (John Flynn SJ) he is sending out to Australia. Remarks that Br Flynn has been in delicate health and is hoping that Australia may suit him better.
Tuite, James, 1831-1891, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letters from Fr Daniel Clancy SJ, St Aloysius College, Auburn, Bourke Street, Sydney to Fr Aloysius Sturzo SJ concerning a mortgage and Capitation Tax on the building occupied by St Aloysius College.
Clancy, Daniel, 1836-1895, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letters from Fr Patrick Keating SJ, St Ignatius College, Riverview, Sydney to Fr Aloysius Sturzo SJ concerning his appointment as Rector of the College. Remarks 'I think that my appointment to the Rectorship in the present state of the College would be very detrimental to its interests. There is no one here to take my place as master...' (2 May 1885, 6pp).
Keating, Patrick, 1846-1913, 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
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letter from Fr Dominic Connell SJ to Fr John Ryan SJ. Includes a letter referring to the lack of discipline of the scholastics whilst on villa (14 May 1915, 1p).
Connell, Dominic, 1866-1933, Jesuit priest
Documents and letters relating to Fr John Hayes’ career before becoming a military chaplain
Part of Irish Jesuit chaplains
Documents and letters relating to Fr John Hayes’ career before becoming a military chaplain. Includes:
Hayes, John, 1909-1945, Jesuit priest and chaplain
Letters from Fr Edward Sydes SJ to Fr John Ryan SJ discussing Jesuit wills
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letters from Fr Edward Sydes SJ to Fr John Ryan SJ. Includes a letter discussing wills of Jesuits with specific reference to members of the Society in Australia.
Sydes, Edward J, 1863-1918, Jesuit priest and chaplain
Letters from Mr Paul Healy SJ to Fr John Ryan SJ concerning his health and how he is progressing.
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letters from Mr Paul Healy SJ to Fr John Ryan SJ concerning his health and how he is progressing at Bodington, Wentworth Falls, New South Wales, and St Aloysius, Sevenhill, South Australia.
Healy, Paul, 1894-1934, 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
Letters from Fr Henry E. Cock SJ to Fr John Ryan SJ
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letter from Fr Henry E. Cock SJ to Fr John Ryan SJ concerning the death of Fr Dan O'Brien SJ, and asking to be relieved of the position of Superior of Manresa, Norwood, Adelaide due to ill health.
Cock, Henry E, 1859-1931, Jesuit priest
Letters from Fr William Gwynn SJ to Fr John Ryan SJ concerning his decision to stop drinking
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letters from Fr William Gwynn SJ, Manresa, Queen Street, Norwood to Fr John Ryan SJ concerning his decision to stop drinking and to make an effort to drink water only with his meals. Remarks '...my action will have a very salutary effect on the house...' (9 June 1916, 2pp).
Gwynn, William, 1865-1950, Jesuit priest and chaplain
Consultor's letters from Fr Charles Haendel SJ
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of Consultor's letters from Fr Charles Haendel SJ, Sevenhill to Irish Fr Provincial regarding the community.
Haendel, Charles, 1847-1915, Jesuit priest
Letters from Fr Anton Reschauer SJ to Irish Fr Provincial
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of letters from Fr Anton Reschauer SJ writing as spiritual father to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ concerning the community at St Aloysius, Sevenhill.
Reschauer, Anton, 1832-1919, Jesuit priest
Consultor's letters from Fr Augustus Fleury SJ to Irish Fr Provincial
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Consultor's letters from Fr Augustine Fleury SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ concerning the communities at St Ignatius, Melbourne and Sevenhill.
Fleury, Augustin, 1855-1931, Jesuit priest
Consultor's letters from the various communities of the Australian Mission
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of Consultor's letters from the various communities of the Australian Mission to Mission Superior, Fr John Ryan SJ.
Irish Jesuit Mission to Australia, 1865-1931
Consultor's letters to Irish Fr Provincial
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of Consultor's letters from the following to Irish Fr Provincial:
Fr Patrick Keating SJ St. Ignatius College, Riverview, Sydney;
Fr William Hughes SJ, St. Francis Xavier's College, Kew, Melbourne;
Fr J. R. Murphy SJ, St. Ignatius College, Riverview, Sydney;
Fr Lucas Murphy SJ, Glenferrie Presbytery, Melbourne;
Fr C. Morrogh SJ, St Ignatius, Richmond, Melbourne;
Fr Francis Ryan SJ, St Patrick's College, East Melbourne;
Fr Thomas O'Dwyer SJ, St Patrick's College, East Melbourne;
Fr J. C. Hartnett SJ, St Patrick's College, East Melbourne;
Fr Patrick McGrath SJ, St. Ignatius, Richmond, Melbourne;
Fr J. Martin SJ, Xavier College, Kew, Melbourne
Fr Michael Egan SJ, Xavier College, Kew, Melbourne and a general summary of points raised by Consultors.
Irish Jesuit Mission to Australia, 1865-1931
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letters written to Fr Thomas Wheeler SJ from W.J. Gannon, House of John of God, Stillorgan, County Dublin, and Anathoth, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England, relating to his future spiritual life. In the first letter he writes, ‘I am now satisfied that it is God’s holy will that I am not to serve Him as a Jesuit…’.
Letters from Fr Michael Browne SJ to Fr William Stephenson SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letters from Fr Michael Browne SJ to William Stephenson SJ:
Correspondence between Fr Thomas Johnston SJ and his Irish Provincials
Part of Irish Jesuits
File of correspondence between Fr Thomas Johnston SJ and his Irish Provincials.
Admission of John Monahan to the Society of Jesus and the taking of vows
Part of Irish Jesuits
File relating to the admission of John Monahan to the Society of Jesus and the taking of vows.
Correspondence between Fr Edward O’Connor SJ and his Irish Provincials
Part of Irish Jesuits
File of correspondence between Fr Edward O’Connor SJ and his Irish Provincials. Material relates to his time in Rome during WWII and his time in Zambia
Letters from Fr Patrick Duffy SJ to Sr Mary Gabriel, Carmelite Convent, Firhouse, Tallaght, Dublin
Part of Irish Jesuits
A file of letters from Fr Patrick Duffy SJ to his sister Sr Mary Gabriel, Carmelite Convent, Firhouse, Tallaght, Dublin concerning his life and work as a priest in Australia and elsewhere. The vast majority of the letters (over 50) are written from Australia describing in detail his work and life in this mission. Includes letters discussing his health, his sister's health, family matters, retreats and missions he gave in Australia and masses and prayers offered for the convent and community at Firhouse. Includes a letter from Fr Duffy, Ursuline Convent, St Joseph's, Sligo to Sr Mary Gabriel. Remarks 'Now that you and I are alone left of all we must, from this on, take on more than ever special interest in each other.' (6 August 1888, 4pp). Includes a letter informing his sister of his departure for Australia. Remarks 'Say God's will be done for it is the will of God. Don't fret about me, for before very long you and I will meet in a happy eternity.' (15 August 1888, 4pp). Includes a letter concerning his sister's health and the loss of sight in one of her eyes. Encourages her not to read if she finds it a strain. Refers to the noviceship in her convent. Remarks 'Put away those gloomy thoughts about the noviceship. There is nothing wrong in your convent. Just let us keep on praying and trusting and leave the future to God.' (22 August 1891, 4pp). Includes a letter concerning his move from North Shore to Hawthorn. Remarks that he has more work to do in Hawthorn and that it is 'more pressing'. Remarks 'As I write the weather is harsh and we have much sickness - the influenza - and many deaths.' (7 October 1891, 4pp). Includes a letter referring to the death of Fr General (Fr Anderledy SJ) at Fiesole. Remarks 'He and I were fellow students in the Roman College of the Society, some 44 years ago! He was about my age. A warning to look out!' Refers to his change of address and remarks that he will be working at Kew, Melbourne. (letter dated 4 December 1891, 4pp, section dated 20 January 1892). Includes a letter written from New Zealand where he was conducting retreats. Remarks 'I am in my element.' Continues 'I like New Zealand very much a fine country and climate - greatly superior to Australia. Every one is kind to me and I get on well. Wellington is a nice clean city with a fine harbour and a brisk trade.' Describes a journey to Reefton to give a retreat to the Mercy nuns. Remarks that he made the journey on top of a stage coach 'Pretty smart going! Through the bush and over the mountains! Five horses to the coach and galloping all the time for nearly 4 days! What say you to that? But young men like me don't mind these things.' (this section dated 8 January 1893) (29 December 1892, 4pp). Includes a letter referring to his duties at St. Francis Xavier's College in Kew. Remarks that he is in charge of the Sodality of the B V Mary 'Tis from the sodalities in our colleges that the noviceship is recruited.' (7 February 1892, 4pp). Includes a letter describing a visit he made to one of the Melbourne hospitals to see an old friend, Edward Grennan, '…Irish and Catholic a native of Mountrath, Queen's county. He had been in the army - a cavalry regiment - Lord Cardigan's Light Brigade - had ridden in the famous charge - 25 October 1854. He is now the remnant of a well looking man - was then a youth of 20. Well we fraternized of course - he and I old Crimean-and fellow-soldiers. We chatted of the war, and of the Charge of the Light Brigade, his brigade in particular. Step by step we got along until I stood with him and his companions 600 strong - in thought and imagination - at the end of the valley - at the other end of which was the Russian Battery of some 10 or 12 pairs of canon.' Describes how the order was given to seize the guns. Continues 'Without a moments hesitation, the 600 are in their saddles and away they go…Oh! My poor fellows, my poor brave fellows! Over 600 they commence their ride to return later on all that was left of them about 200 men! Half an hour did the whole business.' (21 November 1896, 4pp).
Terms of agreement for the Jesuit Fathers to establish a mission in Australia
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file relating to the terms of agreement for the Jesuit Fathers to establish a mission in Australia.
Will of Vincent Bede Shiel, Catholic priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
Will of Vincent Bede Shiel, Catholic priest, late of No. 14 Oxford Street, Rozelle, Sydney, Australia, but now residing in Dublin (1942), found in the papers of Fr Leonard Sheil SJ. Connection unknown 'Left by L Sheil nothing to do with house property P Kenny SJ, however, the will is witnessed by Fr Kevin O'Sullivan SJ and Fr Pádraic Ó Brolcháin SJ, Milltown Park, Dublin'.
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Photocopy letter from Irish Fr Provincial Patrick Keating SJ, The Presbytery, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin to Fr General concerning a letter Fr Keating received from John O'Reily, Archbishop of Adelaide and the suggestion that the Austro-Hungarian and Irish Mission should unite in Australia.
Keating, Patrick, 1846-1913, 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
Leaflet for a requiem service for dead soldiers
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Leaflet for a requiem service for dead soldiers at St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne. Sermon given by Fr William Lockington SJ.
'Our Australian Missions', 1886 & 1898
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Copies of a publication entitled 'Our Australian Missions', 31 July 1896 (2 copies) and 1 September 1898
Australian Vice-Province of the Society of Jesus, 1931-
Letter from Albert Gardiner, on an amendment to the war service regulations and theological students
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Copy letter from Albert Gardiner (Acting Minister of Defence), Department of Defence, Commonwealth of Australia concerning an amendment to the war service regulations and theological students.
Gardiner, Albert, 1867-1952, politician
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letter from Edward Corish SJ, Canisius College, Pittwater Road, Pymble, NSW, Australia to Fr John Coyne SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin asking for biographical information on Fr William Kelly SJ, and a certificate of approval given by the Ninth International Congress of Orientalists at Inner Temple Hall, London 10 September 1891.
Corish, Edward, 1862-1951, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
Catalogue entries for Fr Gerald L Kennedy SJ (1930; 1934); and a letter by Fr Harold E Craig SJ, St Joseph's, Leigh, Lancashire to the Irish Fr Provincial on hearing of Fr Kennedy's death (10 February 1949, 4pp). Includes a CD of photographs, sent by the Fr Michael Head SJ, Province Archivist, Australian Jesuit Province to Fr Fergus O'Donoghue SJ, Province Archivist, Irish Jesuit Province containing a small collection of photos of the Irish mission at Hong Kong taken by Fr Gerald L Kennedy SJ (26 April 2007).
Kennedy, Gerald L, 1889-1949, Jesuit priest and medical doctor
Menus from a reunion dinner of Mungret College alumni
Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland
Menus from a reunion dinner of Mungret College alumni held in Mount Barker Convent in Australia.
Seismological observatory at St Ignatius' College, Riverview, Sydney
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file relating to the seismological observatory at St Ignatius' College, Riverview, Sydney. Includes letters and reports by Fr Edward Pigot SJ concerning the observatory and his work there to Irish Fr Provincial; Letter from and Sir Tannatt William Edgeworth David,
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Pigot, Edward Francis, 1858-1929, Jesuit priest, teacher, astronomer and seismologist
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file relating to the various meetings and discussions that took place between Fr John Ryan SJ (Superior of the Mission) and Dr Mannix concerning the administration of Newman College by the Society of Jesus. Includes typed diary entries of Fr Ryan; a letter from Fr Ryan to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ concerning one of these meetings. Remarks 'It was one of the most difficult tasks I ever had to deal with. I have never met a more exacting man in driving a bargain.' (14 October 1917, 2pp).
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Ryan, John, 1849-1922, Jesuit priest
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-
Letter from Frances [ ] to Fr John Conmee SJ on board the R.M.S. ‘Orizaba’
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letter from Frances [ ] to Fr John Conmee SJ on board the R.M.S. ‘Orizaba’, on which Fr Edward Corrish SJ, Fr John O'Neill SJ, and some Loreto nuns are also travelling to Australia.
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Draft letters, unsigned, from Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin to Fr James O'Dwyer concerning the position of Rector of Newman College and explaining why Fr O'Dwyer service as Rector was not continued.
Nolan, Thomas V, 1867-1941, Jesuit priest
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
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
Part of Irish Jesuits
Pamphlet entitled 'Jesuit Pioneers: A page of Australian Mission History 1848-1901' by Fr Austin Kelly SJ (1948 32pp), photograph of Fr Austin Kelly SJ in a group on the front cover of 'News from India of the Australian Jesuits in Hazaribagh' (May 1972) and mortuary card for Fr Austin Kelly SJ.
Kelly, Austin Michael, 1891-1978, 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
Part of Irish Jesuits
Material relating to which Fr Sydney C Lennon SJ includes correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials and curia, personal record and application to join the Society.
Lennon, Sydney C, 1906-1979, Jesuit priest and chaplain
Letters from Fr Isaac Moore SJ to Fr Edmund O'Reilly SJ concerning the Australian Mission
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of letters (six are undated) from Fr Isaac Moore SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Edmund O'Reilly SJ concerning the Australian Mission. Fr Moore spent time in Australia (1867-1870; -1890).
Moore, Isaac, 1829-1899, Jesuit priest
Letters from Fr Edward Nolan SJ to Irish Fr Provincials concerning the Australian Mission
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of letters from Fr Edward Nolan SJ to Irish Fr Provincials concerning the Australian Mission. Includes a letter describing the voyage to Australia (16 April 1866, 4pp). Includes a letter referring to St Patrick's College and the poor reputation it has. Remarks '...I am sorry to say that the college was fast losing ground in the estimation of the public for want of management and even yet the evil is not completely checked...we have been informed lately by the priests that we had not succeeded as was anticipated...the college has been looked upon as a failure.' Refers to Fr Dalton and his position as Superior of the Mission. Remarks '...he seems to me to want firmness of purpose and resolution to face the difficulty...My conviction is that if he goes on we cannot succeed.' (26 April 1867, 8pp). Includes a letter describing a trip to Ballarat to preach a sermon and a visit he paid to one of the gold mines called "the Band of Hope". Remarks 'The yield on the day I was there was 437 oz; a few days before it had been 1637 oz for one day, the largest yield ever obtained in a gold mine in Australia and worth over £6,500.' Remarks that he was presented with a nugget which he sold '...for the benefit of Richmond Church.' Continues 'Four hundred miners are employed at this one mine...the close bad air of the mines tells very quickly on them and they die off rapidly. Three batches of them relieve one another every eight hours...the work goes on night and day - Sunday and holiday - otherwise the water would go in upon them and flood the mine.' (22 August 1867, 8pp). Includes a letter referring to a plot of ground made available for the construction of a church at Hawthorn (24 October 1867, 4pp). Includes a letter describing the church at Hawthorn. Remarks '...the...church is greatly admired by all - Catholic and Protestant. It will be...one of the prettiest in the colony (11 October [1868], 12pp). Includes a letter, describing, in detail, a trip to New Zealand, the people he met there and the landscape. Remarks 'There is a complete dearth of good respectable Catholic boys-schools throughout the whole of New Zealand.' Remarks that there is a lack of clergy and as a result many people have lost their faith. (12 August 1870, 12pp). Includes a letter referring to the opening of a boarding school. Asks Fr Provincial for more fathers who can teach in the school (28 March 1872, 4pp).
Nolan, Edward, 1826-1893, Jesuit priest
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
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of letters from Fr David McKiniry SJ, St James', Richmond and St Patrick's College, Melbourne, Australia to Fr Edmund O'Reilly SJ. Includes a letter written from Melbourne describing Prince Alfred's visit to the city. Describes the situation in St Patrick's College and remarks that its reputation is rising but that further money is needed. Remarks 'We will not be able to work the college even as a day-school for another year without help.' (26 November 1867, 4pp). Includes a letter concerning remarks made by Fr Lentaigne SJ to Fr Dalton SJ (Superior of the Mission). Refers to the estrangement between the Bishops and some of the priests and remarks 'It appears to me...that neither the Bishop nor the leading priests in the city were ever friendly, but that they required of us to work for them and to perform those duties especially which demanded a great deal of time and labour and for which there was no remuneration whatever...' (11 September 1868, 6pp). Includes a letter referring to a lecture delivered by Dr Bromby, headmaster of the Church of England Grammar School on Scripture. Remarks that the lecture was 'most heretical' but that Fr Moore SJ gave the vote of thanks. (13 August 1869, 3pp).
McKiniry, David, 1830-1896, Jesuit priest
Invitation by the Bishop of Melbourne to the Irish Province to set up a mission in his diocese
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of letters from Joseph Alipius Goold, Bishop of Melbourne, Bishop's House, Melbourne, Australia to Irish Fr Provincial Edmund O'Reilly SJ concerning an invitation to the Irish Province to set up a mission in his diocese.
Goold, James Alipius, 1812-1886, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne
Letters from Fr William Kelly SJ to Irish Fr Provincial concerning news from the Australian Mission
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of letters from Fr William Kelly SJ to Irish Fr Provincial concerning news from the Australian Mission. Includes a letter relating to the community in New South Wales and financial difficulties they are experiencing (12 October 1880, 4pp).
Kelly, William E, 1823-1909, Jesuit priest
Letters from Fr Thomas Keating SJ to Irish Fr Provincials Edmund O’Reilly and Thomas Brown
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of letters from Fr Thomas Keating SJ, St Aloysius College, Auburn, Bourke Street, Sydney to Irish Fr Provincials Edmund O'Reilly and Fr Thomas Brown, concerning the college and its administration. Includes a letter with another letter written on the back by Fr Sturzo SJ (Superior of the Mission) to Fr Thomas Brown SJ concerning the names of those he feels would be unsuitable for the management of St Aloysius College (3 February 1887, 1p).
Keating, Thomas, 1827-1887, Jesuit priest
Letters from Fr Joseph O'Malley SJ, Australia concerning his voyage to Australia and the Mission
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of letters from Fr Joseph O'Malley SJ, Australia to Irish Fr Provincial concerning his voyage to Australia and the Mission. Includes a letter referring to Fr Dalton SJ (Superior of the Mission). Remarks 'Fr Dalton has no firmness of character. Even when he sees most clearly what is to be done, the slightest opposition makes him abandon it.' (16 July 1870, 1p). Includes a letter concerning the Bishop's offer of the parish of Invercargill, New Zealand (8 June 1881, 4pp). Includes a letter referring to a manuscript he wrote entitled 'Complete Theory of Music' which he sent to Fr Sturzo in the hope of having it published (19 September 1881, 3 items).
O'Malley, Joseph, 1832-1910, Jesuit priest
Letters from Fr Francis Murphy SJ concerning St Patrick's College, Melbourne
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of letters from Fr F Murphy SJ to Irish Fr Provincial concerning St Patrick's College, Melbourne.
Murphy, Francis, 1814-1898, Jesuit priest
Letters from Fr Christopher Nulty SJ to Irish Fr Provincial
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of letters from Fr Christopher Nulty SJ to Irish Fr Provincial. Includes a letter describing the voyage to Australia (7 April 1873, 4pp). Includes a letter concerning the possible closure of St. Aloysius College, Sydney. Describes the finances of the college and academic life. Expresses his opinion on what should be done. (5 February 1900, 4pp)
Nulty, Christopher, 1838-1914, Jesuit priest
Letters from Fr Michael J Watson SJ to irish Fr Provincial
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of letters from Fr Michael J Watson SJ to Irish Fr Provincial. Includes a letter describing the voyage to Australia. Remarks 'I wish you could have seen Fr Nulty, S.J. at the end of our voyage. He allowed his beard to grow, as indeed did Father Hughes and myself but Father Nulty's grew to a surprising degree and presented a bushy and fierce appearance. How imposing he looked as he walked about the deck...' (10 April 1873, 4pp). Includes letters written as a Consultor for St Francis Xavier's College, Kew. Includes a letter remarking that Fr Sturzo SJ (Superior of the Mission) wishes to transfer the Novitiate to Kew (4 January 1886, 4pp).
Watson, Michael J, 1845-1931, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of letters from Fr Michael Dooley SJ, St. Francis Xavier's College, Kew, Australia to Irish Fr Provincial James Tuite SJ Includes a letter referring to the finances of St. Francis Xavier's College. Expresses his concern over the debts that have accumulated. Remarks that the Archbishop has opened a new High School and appears to have lost confidence in St. Francis Xavier's College. Refers to Fr Therry's estate and remarks that it has been sold off '...and what has become of the money, I can't say.' Concludes that a debt of £20,000 has accumulated. (3 July 1881, 4pp).
Dooley, Michael, 1850-1922, Jesuit priest
Letters from Fr Daniel Clancy SJ to Fr Provincial concerning the Australian Mission
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of letters from Fr Daniel Clancy SJ to Fr Provincial concerning the Australian Mission. Includes a letter concerning the outlay on the primary school at Lavender Bay and remarks that the school could have been built for a lot less 'I think most of us here, if not all, feel that it was a gross mistake to put Fr Kennedy at the head of any mission as Superior...he is absolutely unfit - that he lacks not only judgement but knowledge and temper.' (28 February 1881, 12pp). Includes a letter referring to a site in Sydney he feels would be suitable for the Jesuit fathers to establish a school. Remarks that the house was lived in by the present Agent General Sir S. Samuel. Refers to the extravagance of the school at Lavender Bay. Remarks 'It is said...that the blunder at Lavender Bay is so foolish that the reputation of the Society here cannot be restored unless the Jesuits undertake some work in the city that will prove they are not incapable.' (16 July 1881, 10pp). Includes a letter referring again to Lavender Bay. Remarks 'A lawyer who knows all our affairs very accurately has told me this very month that we shall never be able to meet the liabilities on Lavender Bay and that the best and only thing to do is to part with that mission for this can be done.' Concludes in a postscript 'You will observe that the tenants lease for Auburn House (Saul Samuel's) expires the same time as our lease for St Kilda House. But the time to secure that is now most urgently - or never.' (5 August 1881, 8pp). Includes a letter asking for more Fathers to be sent out. Refers to rumours of a new mission being started in Invercargill, New Zealand. Remarks 'The fact is help is very urgently wanted without undertaking fresh work and unless help comes quickly and of the right kind it is better we should be all recalled in good time.' (25 September 1881, 6pp). Includes a letter containing a sketched plan of St Aloysius College. Describes the property (19 April 1885, 3pp).
Clancy, Daniel, 1836-1895, Jesuit priest