Item 38 - Letter from Fr Alfred Weld SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Nicholas Walsh SJ reporting that the Fr General has decided to help Dr Ricard with his college

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IE IJA ADMN/36/38

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Letter from Fr Alfred Weld SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Nicholas Walsh SJ reporting that the Fr General has decided to help Dr Ricard with his college

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  • 28 May 1875 (Creation)

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(1823-1890)

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Letter from Fr Alfred Weld SJ, writing from Collegio Romano, Rome, to Irish Fr Provincial Nicholas Walsh SJ. Reports that the Fr General has decided to help Dr Ricard with his college; asks Fr Walsh to find someone to take charge of it, and who would be competent to teach philosophy and theology in ‘a new colonial establishment’. Expresses his admiration for Bishop Ricard and his satisfaction at the thought of a new foreign mission. Refers to the problems with the Bishop of Salford and the opening of a school in Manchester.

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