Subscriptions for St Francis Xavier Church
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List of people solicited by Fr Bartholomew Esmonde SJ to subscribe to St Francis Xavier's Church.
Subscriptions for St Francis Xavier Church
List of people solicited by Fr Bartholomew Esmonde SJ to subscribe to St Francis Xavier's Church.
Pamphlet on 'A Profession of Faith'
Pamphlet of a pray entitled: 'A Profession of Faith in the Immaculate Conception of Our Blessed Lady' with the dedication St Francis Xavier's, Dublin.
Beatification of John de Britto and Andrew Bobola
Advertisement promoting the beatification of venerable fathers John de Britto and Andrew Bobola, martyrs of the Society of Jesus at the Church of St Francis Xavier, Upper Gardiner Street. Details order of ceremonies and admission fees.
Letter from James Green, Maxwell, Weldon & Co. Solicitors, 15 Eden Quay to Fr Timothy Mulcahy SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin on the site plans for the new Hall at Sherrard Street and matters arising.
Daily prayer for souls in purgatory
Daily prayer for souls in purgatory, with list of names (Bagot, Dease, Nangle and O'Ferrall) and dates (1810-1860).
Newspaper clipping on St Francis Xavier's Hall
Newspaper clipping on St Francis Xavier's Hall.
Prayer of the Church against famine or pestilence
Prayer of the Church against famine or pestilence.
Photograph of Christie Breen at St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin
Photograph of Christie Breen who 'became house porter - 1925' at Gardiner Street.
Religious duties of staff of St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin
Notice which has been taken out of its frame previously hung in the Jesuit community, Gardiner Street, which indicates the 'Religious duties obligatory on all members of the staff who live in the house'. Details times of mass and communion. Indicates that 'repeated violations of any of the above regulations particularly with regard to attendance at daily mass, will incur dismissal from the Service'. Signed by Fr Frank Browne SJ, Superior of the Gardiner Street Community.
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Prayer to Our Lady by E.C Donnelly from the 'Ave Maria', J Schafer Publisher, 23 Barclay St, New York.
Arrangement of St Francis Xavier's Community Library, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin
Mounted board with details of the 'Arrangement of the Library: Main Library' of St Francis Xavier's, for example: 0. Works of reference, 29. Books on Ireland.
Handwritten notebook on Thomas à Kempis possibly belonging to Sir Francis R. Cruise.
Rental of the Estates – Corporation of Dublin
Presentation copy from Councillor Richard Joseph Devitt of the ‘Rental of the Estates of the Corporation of Dublin’ by Francis Morgan, Law Agent to the Jesuit community library, St Francis Xavier, Upper Gardiner Street.
Prayer entitled 'My Favourite Solitude'
Handwritten prayer entitled 'My Favourite Solitude'.
Note concerning long table days at St Francis Xavier's
Note concerning long table days at St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Title page and handwritten contents page from ‘The Holy Bible’ by Rev. Dr. Crolly belonging to Sir Francis R. Cruise, 93 Merrion Square West, Dublin. Pages taken from the Jesuit community Library, St Francis Xavier, Upper Gardiner Street.
List of books 'listed here have been transferred to the storeroom beneath the church, most of them are much abused by water and grime, the balance need trimming of pages. All need re-binding either complete or in part. No classification attempted. Close examination of this list is requested.' at St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin. Includes list of books that have been parcelled up for re-binding.
Volume which lists by date the new books put into the Jesuit library at St Francis Xavier Community
Volume which lists by date the new books (and authors) put into the Jesuit library at St Francis Xavier Community, Upper Gardiner Street. Includes list of books for binding.
Book taken from the Cruise Library, St Francis Xavier Community, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin entitled 'Alphabetum divini amoris'. With note by Sir Francis R. Cruise 'This book was kindly given to me by my friend Mr Wm Watson - It is a slighlty modified version of an essay [wrongly] attributed to John Gerson - See Vol III. page 770. of his works. Dated. 1706.' (26 April 1897). Cruise Collect C. I.
'Library Rules' for the Jesuit library at St Francis Xavier Community, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin
Plaque with page entitled 'Library Rules' which outlines the taking and returning of books from the Jesuit library at St Francis Xavier Community, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin. Signed by the Superior, Fr John Conmee SJ.
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Book from the Cruise Library (Cruise Collect B.2.), St Francis Xavier Community, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin entitled 'The Soliloquy of the Soul', published by James Duffy, 23 Anglesea Street, Dublin. Inserted page explains that Sir Francis Cruise loaned this book to Sister Francis, Harold's Cross, Dublin (6 January 1886).
Letter from Irish Fr Provincial John R MacMahon SJ to the Rector of St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street in the appointment of Rev. Alexis Magni to the office of Vicar-General which entitles him to ‘the full powers of a General till such time as a successor to the late Fr Ledochowski has been appointed’ and ‘the powers of Visitor granted Fr Dugre on 9 April 1939 will remain in force till they are revoked’.
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Copy of article from the Sunday Independent by Tomas S. Cuffe, on the centenary of St Francis Xavier's Church, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
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Medal of Mary Immaculate, with image of the church at St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin on the obverse, with the words 'St. FRANCIS XAVIER'S DUBLIN 1871'. On the reverse - image of Miraculous Medal (or Medal of the Immaculate Conception) with the words 'MARY IMMACULATE PRAY FOR US 1871'.
Pamphlet of a sermon by Rev. Henry Marshall, missionary apostolic and priest of the archdiocese of Dublin at the church of St Francis Xavier, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin on the festival of the Most Holy Name.
Newspaper clippings from various Irish and British newspapers of the Eucharistic Congress
Newspaper clippings from various Irish and British newspapers of the Eucharistic Congress, June 1932 which occurred in Dublin. The large folio has pasted newspaper clippings collected and presented to the Gardiner Street Library by Fr William Gwynn SJ, 3 December 1942.
Announcement Book for Refectory at St Francis Xavier's, Dublin
Announcement Book for Refectory for the Province of Maryland and New York used at St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin. Has some annotation i margin.
Handwritten history of the bequest (of Miss Anne Kellet, who died in 1811) which subsequently established the Kellet school on Dorset Street. After 'arson' in 1855, the school was repaired and was acquired by Fr Gaffney, where the St. Francis Xavier School was built.
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Transcript of the 13th Sir John T. Gilbert Commemorative Lecture
Lecture entitled ‘Commodious temples: Catholic church building in nineteenth-century Dublin; part of which related to St Francis Xavier’s Gardiner Street by Brendan Grimes at Dublin City Library and Archive.
Leaflet of the 'Calendar for Lent 1932' which gives details on morning and evening sermons, church notices and Lenten lectures taking place at the church of St Francis Xavier, Dublin during Lent. Includes reference to the centenary.
Calendar for Advent and Christmas 1927
Leaflet of the 'Calendar for Advent and Christmas 1927 and January 1928' which gives details on morning and evening sermons of Advent, month's mission and church notices taking place at the church of St Francis Xavier, Dublin.
Catholic Year Book and Calendar 1939
Church of St Francis Xavier Catholic Year Book and Calendar which details church services at St.Francis Xavier's.
Leaflet of the 'Calendar for Lent 1928' which gives details on morning and evening sermons, church notices and Lenten lectures taking place at the church of St. Francis Xavier, Dublin during Lent.
Leaflet for Novena of Divine Grace 1949
Leaflet entitled 'Souvenir of the Novena of Grace 1949' at the church of St Francis Xavier, S.J. Dublin.
Plan of the heating arrangements at the presbytery of St Francis Xavier, Upper Gardiner Street, by Maguire & Catchell Ltd, Engineering Contractors, Dublin. Shows ground floor and basement floor plan.
Receipt of cheque for work carried out at St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin by William Conolly & Son Contractors, 38 & 39 Upper Dominick Street.
Photograph of four priests at the altar at St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin
Photograph of four priests at the altar at St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin. Includes Papal Nuncio Dr Gaetano Alibrandi and Fr Joe Gill SJ.
Exterior of St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin
Photographic negatives of the exterior of St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Photograph of the exterior of St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin
Photograph of the exterior of St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Mounted group photograph of the visit of his Eminence Cardinal Gilroy, Archbishop of Sydney to St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Notice relating to the relics of King Edward the Confessor
Notice relating to the relics of King Edward the Confessor.
Photograph case with portrait of Jesuit inside
Photograph case with portrait of Jesuit inside. No date or reference.
Images of the interior and exterior of St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin
Booklet of images of the interior and exterior of St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin which belonged to Fr Paddy O'Mara SJ.
Photograph of the interior of St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin
Mounted photograph of the interior of St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin the view is towards the choir.
List of members of the Dublin Metropolitan Police Total Abstinence League of the Sacred Heart
List of members of the Dublin Metropolitan Police Total Abstinence League of the Sacred Heart. Gives names, address and rank.
Letter from Sr Beatrice [ ] Delahunt, St Joseph's, Carmelite Convent, Ranelagh to Fr [ ] concerning a book on Devotion to St. Joseph translated by some members of the order. Asks for Fr [ ]'s sanction for the book. Remarks that they are waiting for the Cardinal's imprimatur for the book.
List of candidates proposed for membership of the Sodality of Our Lady Help of Christians, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin. Includes members from Dublin establishments such as Pim Bros, McBirney's, Todd, Burns and Co. Ltd, Henry Street Warehouse, Arnotts, Clery and Co.
Church decoration and organ at St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin
Lined notebook entitled ‘Church decoration Organ Improved’. Details work on organ choir services, stations, novenas, old and new organ, advent calendar, retreats and souvenir of retreats and the new organist. With index at the front and hand-drawn plan of reconstruction of organ (30 September 1926) and schedule of works to be completed by Telford & Telford, Organ Builders, 33 Charlemont Street, Dublin for the ‘cleaning and overhauling of organ in Ignatian Chapel, St Francis Xavier’s, Gardiner Street, Dublin (11 July 1944).
Illustrated image of St Stanislaus De Kostka
Illustrated image of St Stanislaus De Kostka in frame.
Prayer leaflet entitled ‘League of Prayer’, from St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin
Prayer leaflet entitled ‘League of Prayer’, from St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin: ‘Thousands of our fellow-countrymen, thousands of our co-religionists in France and Belgium, thousands who, though they do not profess our Faith, are united to us by ties of friendship and interest, are exposed to every danger, and hardship, and suffering, that must attend the present war’.
Mass book for St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin
Mass book for St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin which details celebrant and time of mass.
List of pamphlets and booklets written by Jesuits on the lives of saints
List of pamphlets and booklets written by Jesuits on the lives of saints, with details of publishers and date of publication.
Notebook of newspaper clippings and handwritten notes entitled ‘Miscellanea’
Hardback notebook of newspaper clippings and handwritten notes entitled ‘Miscellanea’. Taken from newspapers related to religious sermons; letters; statistics; list of persons admitted as postulants for the Society in Ireland 1801 - 1809; authors useful for the study of Italian.
‘The Catholic Penny Magazine’, Vol. 1, No. 3 - Vol. 1, No. 10.
Custom book regarding church devotions and masses etc... at St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin entitled ‘Aids to New-comers’.
Journal of the Rector of St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin
Journal of the Rector of St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin. Contains handwritten entries including information on: the comings and goings of various members of the community and of visitors; Retreats, Masses and special ceremonies are recorded; deaths of members of the Society and of relatives of members of the community, their health and well-being, maintenance work and renovations carried out on the buildings; customs regarding the daily lives of community members, e.g. the quality of food and dining arrangements.
Schedule of costs incurred by St Francis Xavier’s Schools to Maxwell Weldon & Co. Solicitors
Schedule of costs incurred by the Jesuit Fathers re: St Francis Xavier’s Schools (66 Lower Dorset Street, Dublin) to Maxwell Weldon & Co. Solicitors.
Receipt by Rev Charles Farley SJ from the National Bank Limited
Receipt for the sum of £98 2s by Rev Charles Farley SJ from the National Bank Limited.
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Receipt ‘to support 3 Messenger Father June + July’
Receipt ‘to support 3 Messenger Father June + July’ for £31 2s 8 d.
Daybook of receipts and expenditure of St Francis Xavier's Residence, Upper Gardiner Street
Daybook of receipts and expenditure of St Francis Xavier's Residence, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin. Handwritten entries detail receipts: church collections and expenditure: bacon; newspapers etc…
Memorandum on food served to the community, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street
Memorandum on food served to the community, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street.
Lease for plot of ground containing a chapel on the west side of Hardwicke Street, Dublin
Parties:
James Charles Bacon, Merchant, City of Dublin, Rev. Bernard MacMahon
Property:
Plot of ground containing a chapel on the west side of Hardwicke Street.
Terms & Conditions:
Seven years from 1 November 1814 at a yearly rent of £65.10.0.
Other:
Signed and sealed by both parties.
Receipts for income and expenditure for St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin
Receipts for income and expenditure at the Jesuit community, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Notebook of costs taken from the Gardiner Street Bursarship
Notebook of costs taken from the Gardiner Street Bursarship, surrendered by Fr Andrew Henry Rorke SJ to Fr Charles Farley SJ.
List of Jesuit shares in companies with amount in dividend and income tax
List of Jesuit shares in companies with amount in dividend and income tax, ‘Arthur Guinness & Co.’.
Notebook detailing annuities and dividends payable by St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Letter from [Superior], St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin to Fr Patrick J Morris SJ, Rector, Belvedere College concerning the supply of priests.
Account notebook belonging to Fr John Bannon SJ which notes deposit, interest and dividends
Account notebook belonging to Fr John Bannon SJ which notes deposit, interest and dividends on the credit side and purchases on the debit side. Part of province finances at St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Account notebook detailing money entries from bequests of Fr John Bannon SJ and Miss English’s assets. Includes expenditure such as ‘Mrs Gaffney’s funeral’ (14 August 1914).
Parties:
Mary O'Callaghan, 37 Lower Dorset Street and Frs Timothy Kenny, John Norton, Mathew Russell, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin
Property:
37 Lower Dorset Street
Terms and Conditions:
In consideration of two hundred pounds this day handed by Mary O'Callaghan to Frs Kenny, Norton and Russell and annual payment of £10 paid in two equal half yearly portions.
Letter from Sheridan & Kenny Solicitors, 24 Eustace Street, Dublin to the Superior, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin re: James McEvoy and the enclosed cheque for &20.
Will of Catherine Logan, 14 Little Denmark Street, Dublin
Will of Catherine Logan, 14 Little Denmark Street, Dublin in which she bequeaths sums of money to Jesuits at St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner street. Includes two codicils to will.
Memoriale of Irish Fr Provincial's visitation to St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street
Memoriale of Irish Provincial Fr Laurence Kieran SJ, visitation to St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street.
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Copy of will of Miss Catherine Cleary
Copy of will of Miss Catherine Cleary, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin in which a sum of £10 is bequeathed to a number of Jesuit priests and ‘to the residue of all property of every kind…I give devise and bequeath the same as follows viz To the Very Reverend Timothy Kenny’.
Copy of correspondence from T.H. Meynell, 37 Furnival Street, Holborn, London to Daniel Purcell, Solicitor, 58 Dame Street, Dublin regarding the Cleary will, Biale v Kenny.
Note bequeathing £100 from Charles J. Blake, Heath House, Maryboro[ugh], County Laois to the Superior, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Note indicating the Nos 23 & 25 Gardiner Street are under lease from 1877 for a period of 900 years and details yearly rent.
Lease for vaults under St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin
Lessor:
The Reverend John Grene and others
Lessee:
James and Charles Kennedy, Capel Street, Dublin
Property:
Vaults under St. Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin
Terms and Conditions:
Term of fifty years thence next ensuing and fully to be completed and ended determinable nevertheless as hereinafter mentioned yielding and parting therefore yearly and every year during the said term unto the said Lessors their executed admons or assigns the yearly rent of Eighty pounds to be paid by equal half yearly payments on every final day of February and first day of August each year during the term.
Other:
Signed, sealed and delivered
Maxwell and Weldon Soliciotrs, 37 North Grrat George Street
Group photograph of the St Francis Xavier, Upper Gardiner Street community on a picnic
Group photograph of the St Francis Xavier, Upper Gardiner Street community on a picnic (found in the papers of Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ).
Article from ‘The Buildings of Ireland: Dublin’ by Christine Casey
Article from ‘The Buildings of Ireland: Dublin’ by Christine Casey, Yale University Press, pp 131 - 133, in which St Francis Xavier's, Gardiner Street is described relation to the architecture and art inherent there.
Minutes of the Council and Sodality Meetings of the Ignatian Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Minutes of the Council and Sodality Meetings of the Ignatian Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary (founded 1871 when Fr John Bannon SJ, Director), which was based at the Church of St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin. Sodality intended for male adults. Includes handwritten entries of names of members, pasted invitations to retreats, correspondence and notices.
Minutes of meetings for Promoters of the ‘Centre of the Apostleship of Prayer, Treasury of Good Works’ held at St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Commemorative magazine published on the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the birth of St Francis Xavier, which was celebrated in St Francis Xavier’s Church, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin. Includes a history of the church and its activities, as well as photographs of the interior and exterior, and of church-related activities.
Letter from Fr Henry Young to Charles Young SJ and discusses the matter of the Stations of the Cross and asserts that there should be a fixed form of erection of the Stations, i.e., from left to right. Refers to Gardiner Street as ‘your Xavier Church’.
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Minutes of house consultations, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street
Bound volume containing the minutes of house consultations, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street.
Copy of letter from Fr Patrick Hughes SJ, writing from St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin to Fr William McCartan. Thanks the latter for purchasing the two milch cows, but explains that his (Hughes’) superior, the Provincial Fr Brown, did not want the two store heifers that were purchased at the same time, and that he had already made this fact clear to Fr McCartan. Sends the latter a cheque for the cows.
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Letter from Fr William McCartan, writing from the Parochial House, Dromore, County Down, to Fr Patrick Hughes SJ. Objects to the latter having found fault with his purchase of cattle for Fr Hughes’ community, and claims that he would profit by the purchase.
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Document laying down rules for the community in SFX, Upper Gardiner Street in relation to diet and the daily timetable for prayer etc.
Regulations in relation to mealtimes, times of confessions, prayer, and Masses, dining out, accounts, cases of conscience etc.
Regulations made by the Father General in response to the Vice-Provincial's visit and his report
Regulations made by the Father General in response to the Vice-Provincial's visit and his report thereon. The rules concern the regulation of timetables in relation to ‘the duties of the day’, such as prayer, meditation, Masses, confessions etc., as well as mealtimes. There is an emphasis on obedience to authority, as well as economy, and a certain amount of disengagement from secular life. It is noted that the ‘Spirit of the Rule…is quite inconsistent with unnecessary visits to persons of the other sex’.
Lenten Calendar for 1957 and Souvenir of Novena of Grace.
Lenten Calendar for 1957 and Souvenir of Novena of Grace for St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Souvenir Programme of the Pioneer Excursion to Killarney
Souvenir Programme of the Pioneer Excursion to Killarney which included an address by Fr Joseph Flinn SJ, Central Spiritual Director of the Pioneer Total Abstinence Association.
Day book for Upper Gardiner Street (Jesuit) community
Day book for Upper Gardiner Street (St Francis Xavier's) community, which details income and expenditure.
Photograph of the façade of St Francis Xavier's Church and Residence, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin
Photograph of the façade of St Francis Xavier's Church and Residence, Upper Gardiner Street taken in summer time. In foreground local children and group with two members of the order of the Sisters of Charity.
Sermon preached by Rev. John Hughes SJ entitled 'Waste Products of Modern Civilisation'
Text of a sermon preached by Rev. John Hughes SJ entitled 'Waste Products of Modern Civilisation' on behalf of The Magdalen Asylum, Gloucester Street, Dublin'.
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House history for St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street
House history for St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street.
Benediction music by Robert O'Dwyer, Organist, Church of St Francis Xavier, Upper Gardiner Street
Benediction Music Number 1 in E-Flat by Robert O'Dwyer, Organist, Church of St Francis Xavier, Upper Gardiner Street.
Illustrated Souvenir of the Triduum for the coming of the reliquary containing the right arm of St Francis Xavier to Gardiner Street Church, 9-12 December 1949.
Pamphlet regarding the Gregorian University in Rome
Pamphlet regarding the Gregorian University in Rome.
Membership card for the Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary at the Church of St Francis Xavier, Upper Gardiner Street.