Documents relating to the 1923 Provincial Congregation
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Documents relating to the 1923 Provincial Congregation.
Documents relating to the 1923 Provincial Congregation
Documents relating to the 1923 Provincial Congregation.
A file relating to the Association of Secondary Schools in Ireland (ASTI) and correspondence with the Society of Jesus in relation to the secondary schools under their direction. Includes letters relating to the dismissal of lay teachers, the employment of lay teachers in Jesuit schools and the salaries of lay teachers, list of lay teachers at Clongowes Wood College SJ and salary (1941)
Part of Irish Jesuits
File relating to Fr Thomas J O'Donnell SJ including memorial card, photographs, catalogue entries, application to join the Society and correspondence relating to his time spent in India and at Vatican Radio.
O'Donnell, Thomas J, 1906-1983, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
Material relating to Fr Patrick Kenny SJ which includes correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials, personal record and medal from the Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Clongowes Wood College SJ.
Kenny, Patrick, 1889-1973, Jesuit priest
Material on whether the Jesuits accept a college at Oxley, Brisbane, Australia
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Two letters concerning the question of accepting a college at Oxley, Brisbane, Australia.
Duhig, Sir, James, 1871-1965, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Brisbane
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
Catalogues for Jesuits at the Irish College in Rome
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Handwritten entries by Fr John MacErlan SJ of the catalogues (Catalogus Brevis) for Jesuits at the Irish College in Rome, 1635-1773, and a notebook on letters of interest in Rome, Italy, and whether to photograph or copy.
MacErlean, John C, 1870-1950, Jesuit priest, historian and archivist
Document from Rome concerning studies in the Chinese language for Jesuit Missioners
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Copy of a document from Rome concerning studies in the Chinese language for Jesuit Missioners.
Society of Jesus, 1540-
Report on Poverty in the Province
Documents relating to a report on poverty in the Province sent to Rome in October 1926 in response to a letter sent in March 1926 by Fr General to the Irish Fr Provincial. Includes copy of Fr General’s letter, questionnaire and the responses which comprise the report.
Lecture on the Irish College in Rome
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Notes by Fr John MacErlean SJ for a lecture on the Irish College in Rome (not delivered).
MacErlean, John C, 1870-1950, Jesuit priest, historian and archivist
Photographic album belonging to Fr Joseph O'Connor SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Photographic album (thirty photographs) belonging to Fr Joseph O'Connor SJ relating to his time as a scholastic in Mungret College c.1926, Rector of Mungret College (1936-1941) and later in Galway (1941-1972). Insert postcard from Irish Jesuit in Rome, Italy (1931).
Material containing Michael J Connolly's admission to the Society of Jesus and correspondence
Part of Irish Jesuits
File of material relating to the admission of Michael J Connolly to the Society of Jesus and his subsequent Jesuit life including his time as rector of the Jesuit house at Tullabeg, County Offaly and as Tertian instructor at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin, catalogue entries, memorial card and obituary.
Part of Irish Jesuits
A file relating to Fr Patrick Coffey SJ. Includes biographical information, correspondence, concerning his health during his early years in the Society and correspondence during his time in England working in parishes in Birmingham and London.
Coffey, Patrick, 1909-1983, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Copy of a letter from the Vicar Apostolate of Hong Kong, Enrico Valtorta to [ ] (not a Jesuit but somebody in Rome) concerning the Chinese mission. Remarks that the Irish Jesuits would be advised to take on a hostel or a college or both and revive the publication 'Rock'. Remarks that men are available to go to China. Suggests that some Irish Jesuits should be sent to study Chinese in the Benedictine University in Peking prior to teaching in the Jesuit college in Hong Kong.
Valtorta, Enrico Pascal, 1883-1951, Apostolic Vicar and Roman Catholic Bishop of Hong Kong
Material relating to Fr James Tomkin SJ and the 'Mungret Question'
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A file relating to Fr James Tomkin SJ and the 'Mungret Question'. Includes letters from Irish Fr Provincial urging Fr Tomkin SJ not to correspond with former Apostolics on the 'Mungret Question'.
Documents relating to the 1927 Provincial Congregation
Documents relating to the 1927 Provincial Congregation. Includes photograph (Fr Peter Finlay SJ) at Procurators Congregation, Rome, 1927 - with names.
Part of Irish Jesuits
File containing MacSeumais’ admission papers and correspondence with his Irish Fr Provincials from post-war Germany, Pakistan, England and the United States. Photograph included.
MacSeumais, J Anthony, 1910-1989, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
A telegram from Pope Pius XI to Fr Patrick Barrett SJ, Director of Retreats at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin, blessing all those making a retreat at Rathfarnham. In Latin.
Pius XI, Pope, 1857-1939, Head of the Catholic Church
Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland
Copy of a letter from Irish Fr Provincial John Fahy SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin to Fr Assistant concerning the financial relations of the two schools, Lay and Apostolic, at Mungret.
Fahy, John, 1874-1958, Jesuit priest
Material relating to Fr Bernard P Collins SJ entry to the Society of Jesus
Part of Irish Jesuits
Material relating to Fr Bernard P Collins SJ entry to the Society of Jesus, biographical information and correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials.
Notes compiled by Fr John MacErlean SJ on the history of the Irish College in Rome
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A file of notes compiled by Fr John MacErlean SJ on the history of the Irish College in Rome.
MacErlean, John C, 1870-1950, Jesuit priest, historian and archivist
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
A file relating to permission granted by Fr General Wlodimir Ledóchowski SJ and the Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, Matthew Cullen, for the establishment of a Jesuit house at Emo, County Laois.
Codd, William, 1864-1938, Roman Catholic Bishop of Ferns
Letter from Fr General Wlodimir Ledochowski SJ, Rome to Irish Fr Provincial John Fahy SJ concerning Studies and other matters relating to formation.
Ledóchowski, Wlodimir, 1866-1942, Jesuit priest and Father General
Documents relating to the 1930 Provincial Congregation
Documents relating to the 1930 Provincial Congregation.
Biographical information on Fr John J Hannon SJ
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Biographical information on Fr John J Hannon SJ. Includes catalogue entry (1930), correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials and brief biography by Fr Fergus O'Donoghue SJ.
Catalogue entries and photograph depicting Fr Daniel O'Connell SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Catalogue entries (1930; 1970), black and white photograph depicting Fr Daniel O'Connell SJ at Castel Gandolfo, Rome, Italy (1948) and notes on appointment as Director of the Vatican Observatory (1952).
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of letters from Fr Michael Saul SJ to Irish Fr Provincial concerning his journey to the Hong Kong mission.
Saul, Michael, 1884-1932, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
Correspondence between Thomas Fleming and his Irish Fr Provincials during his professional life in China and in Australia.
Fleming, Thomas, 1897-1988, Jesuit priest
Photographs of Fr Joseph Canavan SJ, Fr John Hannon SJ and Fr J R MacMahon SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
A file of photographs of Fr Joseph Canavan SJ (c.[1930], 1946, 1947), Fr John Hannon SJ and Fr John R McMahon SJ and others.
Part of Irish Jesuits
Material relating to Fr William Hogan SJ, including admission details, catalogue entry, and correspondence with Irish Fr Provincial.
Hogan, William, 1912-1978, Jesuit priest
Correspondence between the Irish Fr Provincial and Jesuits on various matters such as
Material related to the admission and taking of vows of Fr Patrick Simpson SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
File of material related to the admission and taking of vows of Fr Patrick Simpson SJ to the Society of Jesus. Includes correspondence related to Fr Simpson’s studies in Rome.
Photographs depicting various scenes and people sent to Fr John Ryan SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
A file of photographs depicting various scenes and people.
Kevin Quinn's admission papers to the Society and correspondence
Part of Irish Jesuits
File containing Kevin Quinn's admission papers and brief correspondence from his time in Lusaka, Zambia and at the College of Industrial Relations.
Documents relating to the 1933 Provincial Congregation
Documents relating to the 1933 Provincial Congregation.
Part of Jesuits in Ireland pre-1773
Copies of Irish ‘Informationes’ transcribed from the ‘Codex Novitiorum’ and ‘Informationes Novitiorum’ kept at Galloro, Roman Province. Sent with covering letter (12 February 1933, 1p) by Fr Denis Nerney SJ to Fr John MacErlean SJ. Includes ‘Informationes Novitiorum Hib. S.J. in Tirocino Romano, 1826 - 1841’ (in Italian, 6pp) and extracts from the Codex Novitiorum, 1565 – 1586 (in Latin, 7pp).
Francis O'Farrell's admission papers and correspondence with his Irish Fr Provincials
Part of Irish Jesuits
Francis O'Farrell's admission papers and correspondence with his Irish Fr Provincials from the Pontifica Università Gregoriana, Rome.
Correspondence of bequests made to Father Provincial regarding the Hong Kong and China missions
A file relating to correspondence of bequests made to Irish Fr Provincial regarding the Hong Kong and China missions.
Part of Irish Jesuits
File of material relating to Fr Francis Joy SJ including catalogue record, mortuary card, and correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials.
Joy, Francis, 1903-1977, Jesuit priest
Notes compiled by Fr Francis Finegan SJ on the SS Trinit´Scottorum, Rome
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Typed notes compiled by Fr Francis Finegan SJ on the medieval monastery and church of SS Trinit´Scottorum, Rome and Irish saints in Italy.
Finegan, Francis J, 1909-2011, Jesuit priest
Robert Thompson's admission papers and correspondence with Irish Fr Provincials
Part of Irish Jesuits
File containing Robert Thompson's admissionpapers and correspondence with irish Fr provincials covering his time in Zambia, at Rathfarnham Castle and Tullabeg and his parish work at Clane, County Kildare and Moycullen, County Galway.
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 relating to visitors to the Chinese/Hong Kong mission
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file relating to visitors to the Chinese/Hong Kong mission. The letters relate to the administration of the mission and the Jesuits working in the mission. Includes a copy of a letter from the Superior of the mission Fr Thomas F Ryan SJ to Fr Visitor, Fr Burkhardt SJ concerning the mission in light of the communist occupation of the neighbouring provinces of China. Describes the effects of this occupation on the work of the mission (15 January 1950, 11pp).
Admission of Fr Herbert J Dargan SJ to the Society of Jesus and correspondence
Part of Irish Jesuits
File relating to the admission of Fr Herbert J Dargan SJ to the Society of Jesus and subsequent correspondence mainly related to his time as Tertian instructor at the Jesuit house at Tullabeg, County Offaly (1977-1986).
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letter from Br Philip G Sullivan SJ, Borgo S. Spirito, Rome to Irish Fr Provincial Laurence Kieran SJ concerning Mgr. Gee Piu's visit to Rome and Ireland.
Sullivan, Philip G, 1893-1955, Jesuit brother
Article by Fr Arthur Little SJ rejected by the censors
Part of Irish Jesuits
A file relating to an article by Fr Arthur Little SJ rejected by the censors. Includes a letter from Fr Arthur Little SJ, St Stanislaus College, Tullamore, County Offaly to Irish Fr Provincial stating that he wishes the article to be sent for censorship to Rome ‘I have no desire to get anyone into trouble so I shall only communicate with the English Assistant. If he upholds the censors having read their remarks I can only apologise for taking badly what turns out to be a fair verdict.’ (4 September 1938, 3pp).
Memoranda and letters to the Provincial on proposals to establish an amateur Irish Jesuit news agency to supply information to Radio Vaticana.
Photographs of Hong Kong missionaries
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Photographs of Hong Kong missionaries. Most of the individuals are identified. Inlcudes a letter from Br E Connolly, Secretaritus Missionum, Borgo S. Spirito, Roma, Italy to Fr John Coyne SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin enclosing a list of photograph in their archives of missionaries on the Hong Kong mision.
Includes photograph of visit of Fr General Pedro Arrupe SJ to Wah Yan College
Statement (in Latin) issued by the Vatican to Religious Orders concerning the Sacred Congregation for Seminaries and University Studies.
Documents relating to the 1938 Provincial Congregation
Documents relating to the 1938 Provincial Congregation.
Part of Irish Jesuits
File of material relating to the admission of Desmond Collins to the Society of Jesus and subsequent professional life including correspondence relating to the Jesuit Seminary Association.
Collins, Desmond, 1920-1996, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
File containing material relating to Fr Frank Schrenk's transcription from the Austrian to the Irish Province and his time as a teacher at Belvedere College, Dublin.
Schrenk, Franz, 1909-1992, Jesuit priest
Photographs of retreatants at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
Group photographs of retreatants at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin, and Rome, Italy with Fr John F O'Connor SJ, 1964.
Certificate awarding Doctor in Philosophy to Fr Patrick Joy SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Certificate awarding Doctor in Philosophy to Fr Patrick Joy SJ.
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial from Fr Michael Pelly SJ written while serving as a chaplain
Part of Irish Jesuit chaplains
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial from Fr Michael Pelly SJ written while serving as a chaplain with 11th York and Lancaster Regiment (218th Infantry Brigade); in Otley, West Yorkshire; The Military Hospital, York; with the British North Africa Force in North Africa; 1st Battalion, The Buffs, C.M.F. in Italy; in 93rd British General Hospital, C.M.F. and in the School of Infantry, Warminster, Wiltshire. Includes Fr Pelly’s first letter to the Provincial written from Bridlington (23 April 1942, 1p.) and letters describing the monastery of Cassino following the battle of Monte Cassino (30 May 1944, 2pp), being in Rome on the day it was taken by the Allies and his ‘semi-private audience with the Pope’ (30 June, 29 July 1944, 2 items).
Pelly, Michael C, 1907-1990, Jesuit priest and chaplain
Article published in The Standard entitled 'Scots, Spanish, Irish.'
Part of Irish Jesuit Colleges in Europe
Photocopy of an article published in The Standard entitled 'Scots, Spanish, Irish.'
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
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A file relating to an article written by Fr Patrick Gannon SJ in the 'Irish Ecclesiastical Record' supporting a fellow Jesuit's interpretation of a passage in St. Mark. This article sparked a controversy as Fr Gannon's views were disagreed with by Cardinal MacRory (and other eminent scripture scholars). Includes a letter from Fr John R MacMahon SJ (Fr Provincial), St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin to Fr Byrne SJ concerning the controversy. Remarks 'In reply to a letter from Fr Gannon, I wrote to him to say that I could not allow him to pursue the discussion about St. Mark III, 20 - 21 any further…that I would not approve of his seeking an interview with the Cardinal; that he might write to the Cardinal, but that I would have to see a draft of the letter beforehand.' Remarks that he received a reply from Fr Gannon and includes a passage from the letter describing it thus 'He is taking a most extravagant view of the situation.' (15 April 1945, 1p). Includes a copy of a letter from Fr Provincial (Fr MacMahon SJ) concerning a letter Fr Gannon wishes to write to Cardinal MacRory regarding the difference of opinion between the two men. Remarks 'Let me assure you (and I wish I could convince you) that you are taking far too tragic a view of the whole business. If you could put it out of your mind for a month, you would, I am confident, take a more tranquil view of things.' (26 January 1945, 1p). It would appear from the file that Fr Gannon was not able to put the matter out of his mind and that it was only as a result of his death in 1953 that the matter was laid to rest. It would also appear that Fr Gannon's view was gaining some support amongst scripture scholars when he died.
Typed diary by Fr Joseph McSweeney SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Typed diary by Fr Joseph McSweeney SJ of periods in his life - Chaplain in the R.A.F. (1945-1949), journey to Northern Rhodesia and first impressions (1950), trip to Lourdes, France (July 1970) and Rome, Italy (1975).
Manuscript by Fr Joseph E. Canavan SJ describing how the Jesuits elect their General
Typed and handwritten manuscript with corrections by Fr Joseph E. Canavan SJ describing how the Jesuits elect their General.
Canavan, Joseph E, 1886-1950, Jesuit priest
Document concerning new regulations on the type of apostolate work being carried out in China
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Document concerning new regulations on the type of apostolate work being carried out in China. The document was circulated at a General Congregation of the Society.
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Copy of a letter from Fr John Hannon SJ (English Assistant) to Fr General seeking permission for Fr Patrick Joy SJ (Superior of the mission) to sell property in Hong Kong. The permission was granted.
Hannon, John J, 1884-1947, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Report by Fr Patrick Joy SJ (Superior of the Hong Kong mission) on interviews he had in Rome with various officials concerning the future of the Hong Kong mission.
Joy, Patrick, 1892-1970, Jesuit priest
Letter from Fr John Hannon SJ, Rome written in Italian containing the signatures of all the Fathers in the Curia Generalizia. A note attached (written by Fr John R. MacMahon SJ) remarks that the letter is probably unique.
Hannon, John J, 1884-1947, Jesuit priest
Photographs of the 29th General Congregation of the Society of Jesus
Photographs of the 29th General Congregation of the Society of Jesus. Including photograph of representatives of the English and Irish Province, and Australian Vice-Province.
Back: Helsham, Joseph Canavan (Irish Province)
Front: John Fahy (Australian Vice-Province), John R MacMahon (Irish Province), John Hannon (Irish Province), Martin D'Arcy (English Province),
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Copy of a letter from Fr John Hannon SJ (English Assistant), Rome to Fr Patrick Joy SJ (Superior of the mission) concerning the Hong Kong mission. Encloses a copy of a letter from Fr General to Fr Hannon raising a number of points about the work of the Hong Kong mission.
Hannon, John J, 1884-1947, Jesuit priest
Diary kept by Fr Joseph Canavan SJ, detailing his time in Rome during the 1946 General Congregation
Part of Irish Jesuits
Diary kept by Fr Joseph Canavan SJ, detailing his time in Rome (who he met, where he went) during the General Congregation 29, (6 September 6 - 23 October 1946) as a representative of the Irish Province,
Canavan, Joseph E, 1886-1950, Jesuit priest
Letters concerning Fr Thomas Byrne SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
A file of letters realting to Fr Thomas Byrne SJ. Includes a letter from Fr John L Swain SJ, Borgo S. Spirito, Rome to Irish Fr Provivnial Charles O'Conor SJ concerning an emergencvy operatiopn performed on Fr Byrne in Rome (22 December 1963, 1p); letter from Fr Bernard Lonergan SJ, Regis College, 3425 Bayview Avenue, Willowdale, Ontario, Canada to Fr Thomas Byrne SJ, thanking him for suggesting that Fr General be asked to allow Fr Lonergan more free time to write (21 Decmeber 1967, 1p).
Article from 'Archivium Historicum Societatis Jesu' entitled 'Le P. François Bray (1584 -1624)...'
Part of Jesuits in Ireland pre-1773
'Le P. François Bray (1584 -1624). Un Irlandaise de la Mission Navale des Jèsuites Belges' by Édouard R. Hambye SJ. Reprint from 'Archivium Historicum Societatis Jesu', Vol. XV, 1946.
Hambye, Édouard René, 1916-1990, Jesuit priest
Pamphlet regarding the Gregorian University in Rome
Part of Irish Jesuit community houses
Pamphlet regarding the Gregorian University in Rome.
Sudden death of Fr John Hannon SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
File relating to the sudden death of Fr John Hannon SJ, including letters of sympathy.
Photographs of Fr John Hannon SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Photographs of Fr John Hannon SJ.
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
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Visit of Mondragone party which included three priests, two scholastics and sixteen pupils of the Collegio Nobile of Mondragone, Frascati, Italy and Jesuits including Frs Sean McCarron (Superior of Manresa), Denis P. Kennedy (Rector of Belvedere College), Peader McSeaumais (Belvedere College) and Laurence Kearns(Minster of Manresa), on pier in Dublin Bay, 7 August 1950;
Material concerning the reason(s) behind Fr David Woulfe’s leaving of the Society of Jesus
Part of Jesuits in Ireland pre-1773
Material concerning the reason(s) behind Fr David Woulfe’s leaving of the Society of Jesus. Includes typescript by Fr Francis Finegan SJ entitled ‘Why did David Wolf Leave the Society?’ an appendix to his privately published pamphlet on the earliest period of the Society in Ireland (n.d., 7pp);
Visit of Mondragone party which stayed at Manresa
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Visit of Mondragone party which stayed at Manresa - included three priests, two scholastics and sixteen pupils of the Collegio Nobile of Mondragone, Frascati, Italy and Jesuits( including front row, l-r: Mr Delmirari J, Sigior Bellegamba (Italian Legation), Fr. Alberico Grass SJ. Fr Denis P. Kennedy SJ (Rector of Belvedere College), Mr Waldron (Dept. of External Affairs), Fr Chile DJ, Fr Bondani SJ, Fr Laurence Kearns SJ (Minister Manresa). Back row: Mr Phelan, Mr Mooney, Fr Sean McCarron SJ (Superior Manresa), Fr Charles Byrne SJ (Belvedere College), [ ], Fr Peader McSeaumais SJ (Belvedere College) and [ ], at Manresa, Dollymount 9 August 1950;
Letters from Gerard (brother in law) to Fr William White SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letters from Gerard (brother in law), 21 Havelock Street, Glasgow and Pontificio Collegio Irlandese, rOME to Fr William White SJ.
Mission material relating to Fr Patrick O'Brien SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
File of mission material relating to Fr Patrick O'Brien SJ. Includes passport photograph; announcement of death; obituaries; death certificate; personal record; Zambian stamps from 1980 - 81; newspaper cuttings from the trial of Laurence Sullivan, Lusaka, Zambia in which Fr O'Brien refused to be called as a witness (1952) and correspondence between Fr O'Brien and Frs. Thomas Martin, Vincent Murphy and Thomas O'Brien, Jesuit Missions, 20 Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Part of Irish Jesuits
Copy of newspaper cutting from ‘The Catholic Weekly’ reporting on Fr Daniel O'Connell’s appointment as Director of the Vatican Observatory.
Fr Joseph Hurley's wish to write some of the Messenger of the Sacred Heart in Irish
Part of Irish Jesuits
A file relating to Fr Joseph Hurley's wish to write some of the Messenger of the Sacred Heart in Irish. Includes a letter from Fr F. Schwendimann SJ, Directio Generalis, Apostolatus Orationis, Borgo S. Spirito 5, Rome, Italy to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas Byrne SJ expressing his worry over different dialects in Ireland and the possibility of misinterpretation (21 November 1952, 1p). Includes a copy reply from Fr Provincial explaining that although differences do occur within the Irish language in different parts of Ireland the meaning would not be misinterpreted (26 November 1952, 1p).
Hurley, Joseph, 1905-1984, Jesuit priest and Irish language editor
Correspondence between Dr John Charles McQuaid, Archbishop of Dublin, and Irish Provincials Thomas Byrne and Michael O'Grady. Includes letters relating to the nominations of various Jesuits to be Spiritual Directors in Dublin technical schools; a series of lectures on the subject of marriage delivered by Provincial O'Grady (13 November 1954); Missions given to emigrants in England (31 January 1955); help in the Archbishop's ‘work against Communism’ (9 February 1955); Readers and History Books used in Jesuit schools (1 February 1955).
McQuaid, John Charles, 1895-1973, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin
Photographic slides of sites of Jesuit interest in Barcelona, Rome, Manresa and Spain
Part of Irish Jesuits
Photographic slides of sites of Jesuit interest in Barcelona, Rome, Manresa and Spain produced by Fr John Purcell SJ.
Mission material relating to Br Patrick Sherry SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Mission material relating to Br Patrick Sherry SJ. Includes passport photographs, passports, personal record, announcement of death, and correspondence between Br Sherry and Frs Thomas J. Martin and Vincent Murphy, Mission Office, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin, Ireland.
Circulars and letters to Irish Fr Provincial Michael O'Grady SJ and Vice-Provincial Fr John Coyne SJ from Fr General John Baptist Janssens SJ, Fr Joseph Bolland SJ, English Assistant, Fr Friedrich Schwendimann SJ and others. Includes letters concerning the appointment of Iacobus Martegani as Italian Assistant (14 January 1955); the use of contraceptive devices by married couples (19 May 1955); the fourth centenary of the death of Ignatius Loyola (31 July 1955); the situation of the Society of Jesus in Poland (28 January 1957).
Janssens, Jean-Baptiste,1889-1964, Jesuit priest and Father General
Part of Irish Jesuits
Correspondence concerning Madame Regina Łukasiewicz’s accusations of the theft of her late husband’s papers by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ and Prof. E. O'Doherty of U.C.D. (her late husband was Jan Łukasiewicz, Professor of Mathematical Logic at the Royal Irish Academy (a special professorship) ). Madame Łukasiewicz was suffering from ‘paranoid psychosis with delusions of persecution’ and was admitted to St Vincent’s Private Mental Home for a number of weeks until Fr Gwynn helped to arrange her removal to the house of her nephew in England. The papers had in actual fact, been deposited by herself in the R.I.A. Library in 1956. Documents include:
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial relating to pictures of St Ignatius Loyola in a book by Mary Purcell.
Photographs of Pope's visit to the Vatican Observatory
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Photographs of the Pope's visit to the Vatican Observatory, with Fr Daniel Joseph O'Connell SJ.
File of material relating to Fr Thomas Byrne SJ, taken from the Mission Office
Part of Irish Jesuits
File of material relating to Fr Thomas Byrne SJ, taken from the Mission Office, 28 Upper Sherrard St (12 July 2011). Includes passport size photograph; passport; and correspondence between Fr Byrne to Fr Thomas J Martin, SJ, Mission Office, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Copy of a letter from Irish Fr Provincial Michael A. O'Grady SJ, 85 Eglinton Road, Donnybrook, Dublin to Fr General J B Janssens SJ, 5 Borgo Santo Spirito, Rome outlining the reasons why he feels the novitiate for candidates of the Society of Jesus in the far East should be transferred from Formosa to Hong Kong.
O'Grady, Michael A, 1911-1969, Jesuit priest
Material relating to Fr Francis O'Farrell SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Material relating to Fr Francis O'Farrell SJ. Includes notes, letters and postcards (mainly in German).
'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
Material relating to Fr Michael Fitzgerald SJ compiled by Fr Hugh Fenning, O.P.
Part of Jesuits in Ireland pre-1773
Documents relating to Fr Michael Fitzgerald SJ compiled by Fr Hugh Fenning, O.P. (Collegio S. Clemente, Via Labicana, Rome), for Fr Francis Finegan SJ. Includes letter from Fr Fenning to Fr Franics Finegan SJ (13 April 1966), 2pp) and enclosed ‘References to Michael Fitzgerald SJ in the archives of San Clemente, Rome’ (n.d., 3pp).
Fenning, Hugh, 1935-2018, Dominican priest, archivist and historian
Photocopy of a postcard from Fr Fergal McGrath SJ, Rome, Italy to his niece Sr Marie Hilary
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Photocopy of a postcard from Fr Fergal McGrath SJ, Rome, Italy to his niece Sr Marie Hilary, St Vincent's Hospital, St Stephen's Green, Dublin concerning his visit to the sanctuary of Our Lady of Graces and St Maria Goretti.
Mission material relating to Fr Gerald Lawlor SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
File of mission material relating to Fr Gerald Lawlor SJ. Includes correspondence between Fr Lawlor and Fr Thomas Martin SJ, Mission Office, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from various academics (including Valéria Flint) mostly relating to aspects of the life of Honorius Augustodunensis. Includes offprint ‘The Career of Honorius Augustodunensis’ by V.I.J. Flint, University of Auckland, New Zealand from Revue Bénédictine (Vol. 82, Nos. 1 – 2, 1972, p.63 – 86).
Catalogus defunctorum in renata Societate Iesu ab a. 1814 ad a. 1970
Catalogus defunctorum in renata Societate Iesu ab a. 1814 ad a. 1970 p. Rufo Mendizabal, S.I., collegit
Authors:Rufo Mendizábal, Gesuiti Archivum Romanum Societatis Iesu, Gesuiti Curia generalizia
Society of Jesus, 1540-
Letters relating to Fr Daniel O'Connell's diamond jubilee
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Letters relating to Fr Daniel O'Connell's diamond jubilee.
Catalogus Defunctorum in renata societate lesu ab a.1814 ad a.1970
Catalogus Defunctorum in renata Societate lesu ab a.1814 ad a.1970
P.Rufo Mendizábal, S.I. collegit
Primum Supplementum ab a. 1970 ad a. 1975
Romae, Apud Curiam P. Gen.-1976
Society of Jesus, 1540-
Letter from Father General Pedro Arrupe congratulating Fr John McAvoy SJ on his Golden Jubilee
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Letter from Father General Pedro Arrupe congratulating Fr John McAvoy SJ on his Golden Jubilee.
Arrupe, Pedro, 1907-1991, Jesuit priest and Father General
Research by Fr Roland Burke Savage SJ on Fr Peter Kenney SJ
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A file containing miscellaneous notes, MSS material and articles by Fr Roland Burke Savage SJ relating to his research on Fr Peter Kenney SJ. Includes letters to Fr Burke Savage concerning this research (2 May 1977 - 10 June 1986, 12 items). The file was used by Fr Morrissey for his research on Fr Peter Kenney SJ.
Burke Savage, Roland, 1912-1998, Jesuit priest and editor