Letter from Fr Antony Asrtain SJ to Irish Fr Provincial John Conmee SJ
- IE IJA ADMN/13/82
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- 15 April 1907
Letter from Fr Antony Asrtain SJ to Irish Fr Provincial John Conmee SJ.
Letter from Fr Antony Asrtain SJ to Irish Fr Provincial John Conmee SJ
Letter from Fr Antony Asrtain SJ to Irish Fr Provincial John Conmee SJ.
Part of Irish Jesuit houses of formation
A file relating to a letter from Fr Patrick Barrett SJ, The Retreat House, Rathfarnham Castle, County Dublin to Archbishop Edward J. Byrne, Archbishop's House, Dublin asking him to make a personal subscription towards the building of a new oratory or chapel for the Retreat House. Describes the unsuitability of the existing chapel. (17 November 1926, 1p). Includes a copy letter from Irish Fr Provincial John Fahy SJ to the Archbishop apologising for any upset caused by Fr Barrett's letter (22 November 1926, 2pp).
Barrett, Patrick, 1866-1942, Jesuit priest and chaplain
Letter to the Irish Fr Provincial from Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ (Lecturer in Ancient History, U.C.D.) on Fr Matthew Devitt’s interpretation of ‘the last clause of the Maynooth Decree…forbidding priests either to attend or to speak at meetings in T.C.D.. This seems to me to be a very strict interpretation of a vague prohibition, and as the matter concerns me closely, I should be glad to let you have my position in writing.’
Part of Irish Jesuits
Holograph letters from Fr Matthew Devitt SJ, Rome to Father Rector, concerning the deliberation over whether to hold a General Congregation or not (27 September); in official interview with Fr. General ‘with regard fundamental theology…no changes or suspension of ordination’ however ‘though the ordination must stand the execution may be deferred for a year or two while we are preparing a professor and he expects this should be set about without delay’. Fr Devitt reports that ‘there is a sickening sirocco wind blowing - very fatiguing and oppressiveness’ (5 October).
Letters to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas Brown SJ
A file of letters to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas Brown SJ (term 7 May 1883 - 2 February 1888). Includes an index/précis to the letters by Fr James Rabbitte SJ.
Notes on Genicot ‘De jure et justitia’
Part of Irish Jesuits
Notes on Genicot ‘De jure et justitia’ printed as MSS., Milltown Park, Dublin. (Printed by Ponsoby & Gibbs, Dublin University Press). With names on front of Fr Matthew Devitt SJ and Fr Donal McCarthy SJ, and with pen annotations. Inserts in different hands.
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.
'The King, the Irish Free State and the British Commonwealth of Nations' by Fr Richard Devane SJ
'The King, the Irish Free State and the British Commonwealth of Nations' by Fr Richard Devane SJ.
Devane, Richard, 1876-1951, Jesuit priest
'The Protestant Church of Ireland and its Claim to Episcopal Succession' by Br Denis Fennell SJ
'The Protestant Church of Ireland and its Claim to Episcopal Succession' by Br Denis Fennell SJ .
Fennell, Denis Peter, 1872-1959, Jesuit brother