Lists of places for Diploma of Aggregation to to the Primae Primariae
- IE IJA SOD/1/9
- File
- 1863-1865
Lists of places which obtained Diplomas of Aggregation to the Primae Primariae: Includes date of aggregation, date and by whom.
Lists of places for Diploma of Aggregation to to the Primae Primariae
Lists of places which obtained Diplomas of Aggregation to the Primae Primariae: Includes date of aggregation, date and by whom.
Documents related to Sodality history and surveys
File of documents related to Sodality history and surveys. Includes 'Sodality Conference, 1955', 'A Sodality Venture: St Francis Xavier's Boys' Club' by Charles Molony SJ, '350 years - The Irish Sodalities 1598 - 1948' by Rev. E. O'Connor SJ, 'Memorandum on Sodalities of Our Lady in Ireland, 1958', Extracts from 'A History of the Society of Jesus' by Fr William Bagert SJ, 'General report on Irish Sodalities, 1966', 'The Sodality of Our Lady in Ireland', 'Sodalities of Our Lady: Survey: May 1967', 'The Sodality of Our Lady in Ireland in the Nineteenth Century' by Rev. E. O'Connor SJ, 'Report on the present state of the Sodality of the Blessed Virgin in Ireland' by T F Ryan SJ, 'Nursing Sodalities', 'Common Sample Commentary Constitution for a Diocesan Sodality Federation', 'Sample Constitution and By- Laws for Union of Adult Sodalities', 'Popes who were Sodalists', calendar of 'Sancti et Beati Sodales Mariani' and record of donations from the sodality to Pope Pius XII, 1954.
Sodality Prayer and 'Sodalist's Daily Examination
Copies of the Sodality Prayer and a leaflet explaining the 'Sodalists Daily Examination' by Fr Joseph A. Sommer SJ.
Booklets for the Sodality of Our Lady
Booklets relating to the Sodality of Our Lady concerning rules, meditations, prayers, explanations and history of the Sodality. Includes 'Meditations for Sodalists', 'Rules of the Sodality of Our Lady', 'Prayers for the Dying', 'How to Establish a Sodality', 'His Mother's Beads', 'No surer way to heaven', 'What is the sodality of Our Lady?', 'The Message', 'Guide to the Sodality of Our Lady', 'The Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Ireland: A short history' by Fr John MacErlean SJ, 'Sodality of Our Lady of Lourdes and St Joseph: For Invalids', 'Sodality of Our Lady of Lourdes and St Joseph: For Invalids, Daily duties', 'Magnificat Bulletin of the Sodality for the Sick' and 'Favours lost by a person who deliberately neglects to receive one holy communion'.
Hardback loose leaf binder containing documents related to Madonna Sodality Prints. List and details readings for Sundays of the year, Sundays of Lent and Easter, social enquiries and preliminary articles.
'Parish Sodalists Red Book' and American publications on the Sodalities
Handbook entitled 'Parish Sodalists Red Book' belonging to Fr John B Kerr SJ. Includes booklets, sample membership cards and sodality seals. The articles are aimed at a American audience. Includes 'An Introduction to the Sodalities of Our Lady' by Fr Douglas E. Daly SJ and 'Moderator's Manual for the St. Mary's Integrated Four-Year High School Sodality Program'.
Kerr, John B, 1919-1978, Jesuit priest
List of Irish Jesuit retreat preachers and the groups to whom they gave retreats
Bound volume containing an alphabetical list of Irish Jesuit retreat preachers and the groups to whom they gave retreats.
Volume containing information on retreats given by Irish Jesuit priests
Volume containing information on retreats given by Irish Jesuit priests. Includes information on the date of the retreat, the type of group to whom the retreat was given and the name of the person who gave the retreat.
Newsletter of the Directors of Youth Service the Sodality of Our Lady
Newsletter of the Directors of Youth Service, the Sodality of Our Lady, published at 5, Great Denmark Street, Dublin. The newsletter was published for every month, with the exception of July and August. Includes an activity chart for the Sodality of Our Lady for 1945 – 46, 1947 - 48.
Booklets entitled 'Apostolic Constitution: Bis Saeculari, on the Sodality of Our Lady', 'Apostolic Constitution on the Sodality of Our Lady' and the 'Address of Pope Pius XII'.
Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland
A file relating to a petition signed by members of the Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary urging the Jesuit Fathers not to close St Ignatius College, Galway.
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
Jesuit villa group, Rossleague House, Letterfrack, Galway
Part of Irish Jesuits
Jesuit villa group, Rossleague House, Letterfrack, Galway. Back row: Bernard Page, Frank Browne, James McCann, John Mary O'Connor and Robert Dillon-Kelly. Front row: Frs James Whittaker, Lambert McKenna and Frederick Gill;.
Photographs of villa at Mornington, Victoria
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of photographs, of landscapes and a house, of villa (holiday) at Mornington, Victoria.
Photograph of Milltown Park villa to Ballytrent, County Wexford
Part of Irish Jesuits
Photograph of Milltown Park villa to Ballytrent, County Wexford.
Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland
‘Prayer to Guardian Angel & Certificate of Membership’ card from the Sodality of the “Holy Angels”, St Ignatius College, SJ, Galway.
Letter on the centenary of the Sodality of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland
Copy letter from the Sodality of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, St Ignatius and St Aloysius to sodality members, concerning the centenary of the Mens’ Sodality of Our Lady, St Ignatius Church, Galway and seeking contributions in order to present a special altar to the church.
Prayer Leaflet - ‘Aspiration and Prayers for a happy death’
Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland
Pray leaflet entitled ‘Aspiration and Prayers for a happy death’ for the Arch - Confraternity of the Bona Mors, St Ignatius Church, Galway.
Part of Irish Jesuit community houses
Register of the Sodalities, Confraternities and Associations of the Church of St Francis Xavier, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Souvenirs for the sodality day at St Francis Xavier's Church
Part of Irish Jesuit community houses
Two copies of souvenirs for the sodality day at Saint Francis Xavier's Church for 1949 and 1950.
Part of Irish Jesuit community houses
Calendar of the Young Men's Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Souvenir of the Novena of Grace, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin
Part of Irish Jesuit community houses
Souvenir of the Novena of Grace, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Part of Irish Jesuit community houses
Register of the Sodalities, Confraternities and Associations of the Church of St Francis Xavier, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin, detailing name, when founded, whom for, time of meetings, dates of retreats and location of meetings.
Part of Irish Jesuit community houses
Copy letter from Fr Superior (Fr Robert Tyndall SJ), St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin to the Sodalists concerning the Annual Sale of Work to raise money for the missions in Canton and Hong Kong.
Tyndall, Robert J, 1897-1989, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuit community houses
Notice advertising a 3 day retreat for legal, medical and university students in the Ignatian Chapel, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Part of Irish Jesuit community houses
Photocopy of newspaper report on an address given by Fr Bernard Vaughan SJ to the Sodality of Our Lady Help of Christian, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Part of Irish Jesuit community houses
Photocopy of report from the 'Daily Nation' regarding the end of the annual retreat for the Dublin Metropolitan Police held in St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Part of Irish Jesuit community houses
Calendar for the annual retreat for the officers and men of an Garda Síochána, Church of St Francis Xavier, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Part of Irish Jesuit community houses
Photocopy of newspaper report of the Golden Jubilee of the Young Men's Sodality at St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Part of Irish Jesuit community houses
Notice and prayer leaflet of the annual retreat for the members of the Dublin Metropolitan Police Force held in the Church of St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Commemorative prayer card for the silver jubilee of the sodality of Our Lady of Christians
Part of Irish Jesuit community houses
Commemorative prayer card for the silver jubilee of the sodality of Our Lady of Christians, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Photograph of Junior sodality members, St Ignatius, Galway
Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland
Group of thirteen boys dressed formally, with medals on lapel. In three rows, taken outdoors by Keogh Bros. Ltd. Names are printed.
Keogh Brothers, photographers
Photograph of Senior sodality members, St Ignatius, Galway
Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland
Group of twenty-three boys dressed formally, with medals on lapel. In four rows, taken outdoors by Keogh Bros. Ltd. Names are printed. Some boy appears to be wearing shamrocks [St Patrick's Day]. Senior sodality members, St Ignatius, Galway.
Keogh Brothers, photographers
'The Sodality of Our Lady’ by Fr Gregory Ffrench SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
‘The Sodality of Our Lady’ by Fr Gregory Ffrench SJ, reprinted from the September issue of 'The Furrow'.
Retreat notes compiled by Mr Michael Egan SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Retreat notes compiled by Mr Michael Egan SJ.
Letters from Superior of the Mission, Australia to Fr Daniel Jones SJ
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of letters from the Superior of the Australian Mission Fr Joseph Lentaigne SJ, St Patrick's College, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia to Fr Daniel Jones SJ (Socius) concerning the Australian Mission and the work being carried out.
Lentaigne, Joseph, 1805-1884, Jesuit priest
Manuscript of an outline for a long (30 day) retreat by Fr John Coyne SJ
Part of Irish Jesuits
Typed manuscript of an outline for a long (30 day) retreat. Includes a drawing of Tullabeg, County Offaly.
Correspondence between Jesuits in Nothern Rhodesia and the Irish Fr Provincial during the year 1955
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of letters written during the year 1955 relating to the Chikuni Mission, Northern Rhodesia.
Correspondence between Jesuits in Nothern Rhodesia and the Irish Fr Provincial during the year 1956
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of letters written during the year 1956 relating to the Chikuni Mission, Northern Rhodesia.
Correspondence between Jesuits in Nothern Rhodesia and the Irish Fr Provincial during the year 1954
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of letters written during the year 1954 relating to the Chikuni Mission, Northern Rhodesia.
Correspondence between Jesuits in Nothern Rhodesia and the Irish Fr Provincial during the year 1958
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of letters written during the year 1958 relating to the Chikuni Mission, Northern Rhodesia.
Kozłowiecki, Adam, 1911-2007, Archbishop of Lusaka
Correspondence between Jesuits in Nothern Rhodesia and the Irish Fr Provincial during the year 1953
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of letters written during the year 1953 relating to the Chikuni Mission, Northern Rhodesia.
Correspondence between Jesuits in Nothern Rhodesia and the Irish Fr Provincial during the year 1952
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of letters written during the year 1952 relating to the Chikuni Mission, Northern Rhodesia.
Correspondence between Jesuits in Nothern Rhodesia and the Irish Fr Provincial during the year 1951
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of letters written during the year 1951 relating to the Chikuni Mission, Northern Rhodesia.
Number of religious in the Catholic Mission, Northern Rhodesia
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Statement prepared by Fr Bruno Wolnik SJ, on the number of religious in the Catholic Mission, Northern Rhodesia 'Pro Archivo S.C. de Propangand Fide'.
Wolnik, Bruno, 1882-1960, Jesuit priest, missioner and apostolic prefect
Ecclesiastical administration of the Chikuni Mission in the Vicariate of Lusaka
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Memorandum on the ecclesiastical administration of the Chikuni Mission in the Vicariate of Lusaka, Northern Rhodesia.
Memorandum from the Procurator of the Missions
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Memorandum from the Procurator of the Missions. Includes a financial statement of the mission fund.
Chikuni Mission
Map depicting educational establishments in Northern Rhodesia, Southern Province
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Map depicting educational establishments in Northern Rhodesia, Southern Province. Scale 1:500,000.
Order of the day in Northern Rhodesia
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Order of the day for the mission, divided into summer time and winter time.
Irish Jesuit Mission to Zambia, 1946-1969
Maps of Northern Rhodesia depicting SJ mission borders
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Maps of Northern Rhodesia depicting Jesuit mission borders.
Irish Jesuit Mission to Zambia, 1946-1969
'Irish Jesuits in Northern Rhodesia'
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Booklet entitled 'Irish Jesuits in Northern Rhodesia' by Rev Joseph McSweeney SJ published by the Irish Messenger Office.
McSweeney, Joseph, 1909-1982, Jesuit priest, chaplian and missioner
Correspondence between Jesuits in Nothern Rhodesia and the Irish Fr Provincial during the year 1957
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of letters written during the year 1957 relating to the Chikuni Mission, Northern Rhodesia. This mission was set up as a separate mission from Lusaka (Polish) in 1 January 1957.
Kozłowiecki, Adam, 1911-2007, Archbishop of Lusaka
Letters written from Nothern Rhodesia to the Irish Fr Provincial during the year 1948
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letters written from Jesuits in Northern Rhodesia to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas Byrne SJ.
Letter from the Archbishop of Melbourne concerning the procurement of a community of religious
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letter from Joseph Alipius Goold, Archbishop of Melbourne, Archbishop's Residence, St Patrick's, Melbourne to Fr Thomas Cahill SJ (Superior of the Mission) concerning the procurement of a community of religious to take charge of schools for girls.
Goold, James Alipius, 1812-1886, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letter from Joseph Alipius Goold, Archbishop of Melbourne, writing from Brussels, Belgium to Fr Joseph Lentaigne SJ concerning an urgent request by Fr Joseph Dalton SJ for a community of teaching nuns to go to Australia.
Goold, James Alipius, 1812-1886, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letter from Fr John McEncroe, Archdiocese, Sydney, Australia to Fr John Callan SJ concerning the introduction of Fathers from the Society of Jesus into the Diocese of Sydney.
McEncroe, John, 1794-1868, Catholic priest and archdeacon
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
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-
'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-
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
The Irish Jesuit Mission to Australia was initiated due to the will of Fr John Joseph Therry (1790-1864), who named the Irish Jesuits as beneficiaries to his property in Australia, and by an invitation to the Irish Province by James Alipius Goold, Bishop of Melbourne (later Archbishop) (1812-1886) to set-up a mission in his diocese. The first two Irish Jesuits, Frs William Lentaigne (1805-1884) and William Kelly (1823-1909), arrived in Melbourne in September 1865. Previously, two Austrian Jesuits, Frs. Kranewitter (1817-1880) and Klinkowstroem (1819-1896) had arrived in 1848 after Jesuit expulsion from Austria. The Austrian Mission centred on South Australia and the Northern Territory. In 1901, the Austrian and Irish missions amalgamated. Australia was made a Vice-Province in 1931 and Fr Austin Kelly SJ (1891-1978) was named the first Provincial of the Australian Province in 1950.
The papers of the Australian Mission provide a comprehensive history of the Irish Jesuit Mission, concentrating on the years 1865-1931. The Irish Jesuits worked as missionaries, educators, writers, chaplains, theologians, scientists, pastors and directors of retreats, mainly in the urban communities of eastern Australia.
Subjects touched upon include: agreements with Archbishops in establishing Jesuit houses in a particular diocese; reflections on the journey to and from Australia; administration of schools, colleges, universities and Jesuit residences - (St Patrick’s, Melbourne; St Francis Xavier College, Kew, Melbourne; St Aloysius, Dunedin (NZ); St Aloysius College, Sydney ; St Ignatius College, Riverview, Sydney; St Louis, Claremont, Western Australia; Newman College, University of Melbourne); parishes - (Norwood and Sevenhills in South Australia; Invercargill (NZ); Melbourne; Sydney; Toowong and Indooroopilly in Queensland); financial documents; expansion of the Mission; and correspondence between Father Provincial in Ireland and Jesuits in Australia. By far the greatest number of letters sent to Father Provincial in Ireland was from Fr John Ryan SJ (1849-1922) (Superior of the Mission from 11 February 1901-14 June 1908; 9 April 1913-24 October 1917). Until the creation of the Australian Mission as a Vice-Province, the Irish Provincial was kept informed of every minor detail about the Mission and often decision making in Australia was delayed until approval from Dublin was given.
Although this collection provides a comprehensive history of the Australian Mission, there are some gaps. For example, the collection does not contain any deeds or other legal documents relating to property obtained by the Society of Jesus in Australia and it is presumed that these documents would have been kept by the Superior of the Mission and later the Vice-Provincial of the Vice-Province in Australia, where they remain today.
Superiors of the Irish Jesuit Mission to Australia (1865-1931)
Fr Joseph Lentaigne SJ 1865-1866
Fr Joseph Dalton SJ 1866-1872
Fr Thomas Cahill SJ 1872-1879
Fr Joseph Dalton SJ 1879-2 September 1883
Fr Aloysius Sturzo SJ 2 September 1883-5 April 1890
Fr Patrick Keating SJ 5 April 1890-1 February 1895
Fr Timothy Kenny SJ 1 February 1895-11 February 1901
Fr John Ryan SJ 11 February 1901-14 June 1908
Fr Thomas Brown SJ 14 June 1908-9 April 1913
Fr John Ryan SJ 9 April 1913-24 October 1917
Fr William Lockington SJ 24 October 1917-20 June 1923
Fr Jeremiah Sullivan SJ 20 June 1923-19 March 1931
Vice-Provincials of the Vice-Province of Australian (1931-1950)
Fr John Fahy SJ 19 March 1931-25 August 1939
Fr John Meagher SJ 25 August 1939-1 October 1947
Fr Austin Kelly SJ 1 October 1947-1 November 1950
Irish Vice-Province of the Society of Jesus, 1830-
'The Society of Jesus in Australia'
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Book entitled 'The Society of Jesus in Australia.'
Watson, Michael J, 1845-1931, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Notes written by Fr Joseph Dalton SJ on the Sydney Mission.
Dalton, Joseph, 1817-1905, Jesuit priest
Letter from Fr General Beckx to the Superior of the Australian Mission
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letter from Fr General Peter Beckx SJ to the Superior of the Australian Mission, Fr Joseph Dalton SJ discussing the Australian Mission.
Beckx, Peter, 1795-1887, Jesuit priest and Father General
Letter from the Superior of the Australian Mission, Fr Joseph Dalton SJ to Fr John Ffrench SJ
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letter from the Superior of the Australian Mission, Fr Joseph Dalton SJ, St Patrick's, Melbourne to Fr John Ffrench SJ regarding the Australian Mission and worries expressed by Father General concerning the observance of spiritual matters and the customs of the Society.
Dalton, Joseph, 1817-1905, Jesuit priest
Letter from the Superior of the Australian Mission, Fr Joseph Dalton SJ to Fr Joseph Lentaigne SJ
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letter from the Superior of the Australian Mission, Fr Joseph Dalton SJ, Villa Maria, Hunters Hill, Sydney to Fr Joseph Lentaigne SJ concerning the Australian Mission. Refers to a number of topics he wishes to be passed on to Irish Fr Provincial Edmund O'Reilly SJ when Fr Lentaigne returns to Ireland.
Dalton, Joseph, 1817-1905, Jesuit priest
Copy letters from Fr General Peter Beckx SJ to the Superior of the Mission, Fr Joseph Dalton SJ
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Copy letters from Fr General Peter Beckx SJ to the Superior of the Australian Mission Fr Joseph Dalton SJ.
Beckx, Peter, 1795-1887, Jesuit priest and Father General
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Copy letter from the Superior of the Australian Mission Fr Joseph Lentaigne SJ, St Patrick's College, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia to Father General Peter Beckx SJ, Rome, Italy concerning the Australian Mission and his visit to Australia.
Lentaigne, Joseph, 1805-1884, Jesuit priest
Letter from the Irish Fr Provincial to the Bishop of Melbourne, on the arrival of two Jesuits
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Copy of a letter from Irish Fr Provincial Edmund O'Reilly SJ, Milltown Park, Dublin to the Bishop of Melbourne, James Alipius Goold, concerning the arrival of Frs Lentaigne and Kelly in Australia in order '...to take preliminary steps for the establishment of our Society in Melbourne.'
O'Reilly, Edmund J, 1811-1878, Jesuit priest
Letter from the Superior of the Mission Fr Joseph Lentaigne SJ to Father General
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Copy letter from the Superior of the Australian Mission Fr Joseph Lentaigne SJ to Father General Peter Beckx SJ concerning the Australian Mission.
Lentaigne, Joseph, 1805-1884, Jesuit priest
Letter concerning the two fathers setting out from Ireland to establish the Australian Mission
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letter from the Irish Fr Provincial Edmund O'Reilly SJ, Milltown Park, Dublin to [ ] concerning two fathers setting out from Ireland to establish the Australian Mission (Fr William Kelly SJ and Fr Joseph Lentaigne SJ). Refers to Fr Therry's brother in Cork who has agreed to co-operate in anyway so that the Jesuit fathers may secure their bequest.
O'Reilly, Edmund J, 1811-1878, Jesuit priest
Photograph of the mission community, Zambia
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Photograph of the mission community, Zambia. Names on rear, given by Fr John Fitzgerald SJ (25/06/2010).
Seated L - R: Colm O'Riordan, Louis Meagher, Sean McCarron, Thomas Byrne, Jim Corboy, Des O'Loghlen, ?, John Fitzgerald.
1st row: L - R. Barney Collins (?), Eddie O'Connor, Tom McGivern, Joe McDonald, Teddy O'Brien (?), Joe Conway, Bob Kelly, Tommie O'Meara, Danny Byrne, Charlie O'Connor and Shaun Curran.
Back row: L - R. Sean O'Connor, ?,?, Des O'Connell, Fred Moriarty, Pat McDuff, Brother Joseph Duda, Jim Carroll, Br. McKinney, ?, Br. Charlie O'Connor, Paul Brassil, Jim Dunne, Paul Cullen, ?, Paddy Sherry.
'Irish Jesuits Among the Mild Batonga'
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Booklet entitled 'Irish Jesuits Among the Mild Batonga' by Rev Joseph McSweeney SJ published by the Irish Messenger Office.
McSweeney, Joseph, 1909-1982, Jesuit priest, chaplian and missioner
Correspondence between Jesuits in Nothern Rhodesia and the Irish Fr Provincial during the year 1950
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of letters written during the year 1950 relating to the Chikuni Mission, Northern Rhodesia. Includes numerous letters relating to the announcement that eight Irish Jesuits are to be sent to the Chikuni Mission and the need for these men to learn the language (Chitonga). Many letters express concern over the lack of preparations being made for their arrival and a reluctance to comply with Fr General's instructions that all eight men are to be housed together for one year to obtain a firm grasp of the language.
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letter from Fr Patrick J Connolly SJ, 35 Lower Leeson Street, Dublin to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas Byrne SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin urging him to consider taking over the Jesuit Mission of Northern Rhodesia from the Polish Province. Remarks 'The mission is a going concern: to take it over would cost nothing save in man-power. It has its residences, chapels, schools, landed property (some thousands of acres waiting to be exploited)'.
Connolly, Patrick J, 1875-1951 Jesuit priest and editor
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letter from Fr Ladislaus Zabdyr SJ, Chikuni, PO Chisekesi, Northern Rhodesia to Irish Fr Provincial John R MacMahon SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin thanking him for sending two Irish Jesuits to the mission. Asks if more men can be spared for work in the mission. Includes a copy of a reply remarking that more men cannot be spared.
Zabdyr, Ladislaus, 1890-1968, Jesuit priest and missioner
Further letter from Fr Ladislaus Zabdyr SJ to the Irish Fr Provincial
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letter from Fr Ladislaus Zabdyr SJ, Chikuni, PO Chisekesi, Northern Rhodesia to Irish Fr Provincial John R MacMahon SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin imploring him to respond to his request for Irish Jesuits to be sent to the mission (1p). With airgraph copy.
Zabdyr, Ladislaus, 1890-1968, Jesuit priest and missioner
Letter concerning the Irish Province decision to send Irish Jesuits to Northern Rhodesia
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letter from Fr Ladislaus Zabdyr SJ, Chikuni, PO Chisekesi, Northern Rhodesia to Irish Fr Provincial John R MacMahon SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin concerning the news that the Irish Province is to send Irish Jesuits to Northern Rhodesia. Explains the situation in the mission. Remarks 'Any man that can be spared and is willing to come will be welcome because at any time one can expect that some one of those still at work here may break down…'.
Zabdyr, Ladislaus, 1890-1968, Jesuit priest and missioner
Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ concerning Fr Arthur Cox
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ concerning Fr Arthur Cox, who died in Zambia on 11 June 1965 following a car crash. Includes: letter from Fr Cox to Fr Gwynn describing how Fr Cox is settling in to his new life in Monze and learning new languages (21 December 1964, 2pp);
– letter from Bishop James Corboy SJ with reference to Fr Cox (23 February 1965, 1p) (see also J10/18);
– letter from Fr Frank O'Neill SJ describing the circumstances of Fr Cox’s death (16 June 1965, 3pp);
– letter from Bishop Corboy following the first anniversary of Fr Cox’s death (17 June 1966, 1p.). Includes ordination and memorial card of Fr Cox.
Aubrey Gwynn and Arthur Cox at UCD together.
Cox, Arthur, 1891-1965, solicitor and priest
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial from Fr Leonard Sheil SJ, various Jesuits and others relating to Fr Sheil’s work in the Jesuit church in Galway. Includes:
– letters from Fr Sheil and the Secretary of the International Catholic Girls’ Protection Society (Veritas House, Lower Abbey Street, Dublin) regarding radio broadcasts for Irish emigrants in England and an appeal for funds for the I.C.G.P.S. (see also J16/6) (7 November 1941 - 6 June 1942, 3 items);
– letters from Fr Hugh Kelly SJ (Rector, Rathfarnham Castle) and Fr Patrick O'Kelly SJ (Director of the Pioneers Association) reporting complaints about Fr Sheil’s behaviour with regard to the content of his lectures to secondary school girls, his running of the Sodalities in Galway and his comments to a young girl who came to him for religious instruction (17 November - 20 December 1942, 4 items);
– letters from Fr Sheil, Fr Hugh Kelly SJ and the Superior of the Presentation Convent, Dundrum, County Tipperary requesting permission for Fr Sheil to give various lectures and retreats and to act as Special Confessor to the nuns of Dundrum Presentation Convent (26 January - 24 May 1943, 3 items) and
– letter from Fr Sheil enclosing a list of his sodality work in Galway, to help his successor, ‘I have tried all these two years to get these works into such order that anyone could carry them on, but I have not had the time. Many details of organization have still to be put into practice. The walls are built but the roof is not yet on. However there is plenty of brains and holiness among the men and women engaged in the work. If I could have any wish where obedience is concerned, I would wish to stay with them’ (8 August 1943, 3pp).
Minutes of Committee meetings of Cumann Teresa, St Ignatius, Galway
Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland
Minutes of Committee meetings of Cumann Teresa, part of Our Lady’s Girls’ Club, for girls of 14-18 years of age who have left school. Givens names of President, Secretary and Treasurer. Insertions detail attendance: removals, full, partial and low. Minutes cover topic such as annual reports, rules, appointments, finance, duties, attendance and punctuality for example.
Minutes of meetings of Our Lady’s Girls’ Club, St Ignatius, Galway
Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland
Notebooks with handwritten entries related the minutes of committee meetings of Our Lady’s Girls’ Club. The insertions details expenses for 1951. Includes two black and white photographs of girls’ club members at an outing at the beach.
Letters written from Nothern Rhodesia to the Irish Fr Provincial during the year 1949
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letters written from Jesuits in Northern Rhodesia to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas Byrne SJ.
Photograph of Sodality room, St Ignatius, Galway
Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland
Black and white photograph taken in the Sodality Room, St Ignatius, Galway with Fr Edward Masterson SJ and six other pupils seated
around a table. 17th century pictorial map of Galway City in background.
Register of the Boy’s Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary, St Ignatius, Galway
Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland
Handwritten register of the Boy’s Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary, St Ignatius, Galway. Details that ‘there is no record…of the date or circumstance of its establishment’ however ‘there is in existence a recording of the Sodality during 1887-1888 and subsequent years’. Includes member’s names and signatures and notes from meetings.
Sodality medals, St Ignatius, Galway
Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland
Medals for:
Prefect of the Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary, St Ignatius, Galway;
Congregation of the Holy Angels;
Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary, St Ignatius, Galway for R. Fr[ancis] Mullery, 2nd July 1871.
Attendance registers for guilds associated with, St Ignatius, Galway
Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland
Copy book attendance registers, with Fr Peader O'Higgins SJ as master. Includes aspirant names for the Sacred Heart Guild, Blessed Virgin Mary Guild, Mary Immaculate Guild, Realt na Maidne Guild, Mother of Good Counsel Guild, Mother of Christ Guild, Our Lady of the Rosary Guild, Our Lady of the Wayside Guild, Star of the Sea Guild, Our Lady of Lourdes Guild, Mother of Mercy Guild, St Aloysius Guild, Our Lady of the Perpetual Succour Guild, Holy Name of Jesus Guild, St Francis Xavier Guild, St Ignatius Guild, St John Guild, Seat of Wisdom Guild, St Nicholas Guild, St Patrick Guild, Queen of Heaven Guild, Good Shepherd Guild, St Brigid Guild.
Candidates proposed and received into the Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary, St Ignatius, Galway
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Volume of candidates (male) proposed and received into the Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary and various guilds. Handwritten entries divided by name, occupation, date when admitted, residence, guild and remarks.
Register for the Holy League of the Sacred Heart, Daily Mass, St Ignatius, Galway
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Register for the Holy League of the Sacred Heart, Daily Mass, at St Ignatius Church, Galway giving name and address.
Confraternity of the Bona Mors Register, St Ignatius, Galway
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Register for the Confraternity of the Bona Mors at St Ignatius Church, Galway giving names, address and date.
Register for Apostleship of Prayer, St Ignatius, Galway
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Register for Apostleship of Prayer, St Ignatius Church, Galway giving names, address and date.
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Bound handwritten register of the female and male members of the Apostleship of Prayer and Confraternity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Includes lists of promoters; inserts of a Certificate of Enrolment to the Apostleship of Prayer of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (1877); list of books in library used for different subjects: Latin, Greek, Theology, Physics, German, Jesuitica, Mathematics. English Literature, Periodicals and Religion (1633-1918).
With signatures and practice handwriting by Daniel Leap[e], Bolart, Clara, King's County, 9 October 1912 and James Dolan, Roscommon.
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Handwritten register of the Apostleship of Prayer and of the Crusaders of the Blessed Sacrament, St Ignatius College, Galway. Details list of classes, Spiritual Directors, President, Secretary, Treasurer, Promoter and members. Includes loose inserts of notes on; the Apostleship of Prayer; souvenir of reception for the Crusaders of the Blessed Sacrament; certificate of membership of the Apostleship of Prayer; list of members of the Apostleship of Prayer Cumann Brigid 1946.
Photograph of Fr Leonard Sheil SJ, on a ladder while talking to a chippy
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Photograph of Fr Leonard Sheil SJ, on a ladder while talking to a chippy (carpenter), on scaffolding. Taken for the 'Birmingham Post & Mail'.
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Correspondence mainly between Irish Fr Provincial, Fr Leonard Sheil SJ and the English Provincial, relating to Fr Sheil’s Mission work in England. Includes:
– incomplete letter from Fr Sheil to the Provincial referring to a Mission he and Fr Robert L. Stevenson SJ are to give in Peterborough, ‘We will run one mission in a hostel, and another in the church at the same time. There are 180 Irish in the hostel; and there are believed to be about 400 in lodgings around the town. We may, or may not, be able to get at them.’ Also describes his recent travels on the Continent (third page of letter is missing) (12 Sep. 19--, 2pp);
– letter from Fr Sheil to the Provincial describing a ‘country mission in Northampton’ where he “was told to take a different village every day, say Mass in some Catholic house, visit every house – Catholic or no, and ‘hold a service’ on the village green in the evening” (2 September 19–, 7pp);
– covering letter and note (January 1953, 2pp) from Fr Sheil to the Provincial enclosing a memorandum entitled ‘Relations between Irish and English Jesuit Missioners’ (n.d., 3pp);
– covering letter from Fr Sheil (13 April 1953, 1p.) to the Provincial, enclosing a letter he received from the Archbishop of Cius and English Apostolic Delegate following Fr Sheil’s report to him of 1952 Mission work. The Archbishop writes ‘I have read with deepest interest the reports sent to me by the Reverend Father L. Sheil, S.J. and I have informed the Holy See of all the splendid work that has been accomplished. For this most necessary apostolate, certainly the Delegate of the Holy Father must send a cordial blessing in the name of His Holiness and he is confident that, with God’s help, more and more will be achieved for those who stand so much in need of the ministry of their own priests’ (9 April 1953, 1p.);
– copy letter from the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas Byrne to the English Fr Provincial Desmond Boyle SJ, regarding Fr Boyle’s ‘wishes concerning the activities of the Irish Mission staff in England’. States ‘I have…instructed Father Leonard Sheil to confine his activities in future to Camp Missions during the autumn months, and, once he has fulfilled his programme in London this autumn, to approach no parish priest about a parish Mission nor to accept any parish Mission without a specific request from Father Farrell.…I think he (Fr Sheil) has done good work for the Irish in England, some of which, such as the Confraternity in Birmingham, may be of permanent worth. But whatever good he has achieved is due in no small measure to the co-operation of the English Province and the support he received from the English parish clergy’ (22 Apr. 1953, 1p.);
– Fr Boyle’s reply thanking Fr Byrne for his co-operation and stating ‘I only hope that we of this Province have not seemed too difficult or dog-in-the-manger-ish. The position was getting rather confused and it seemed desirable to regularize it. Your mission Fathers have done wonderful work in England, and I am quite sure that Fr Sheil will be approached either directly or through Fr Farrell for further missions’ (29 Apr. 1953, 1p.);
– letter to Fr Sheil from Dr James Staunton, Bishop of Ferns in which he remarks ‘I was glad to know that you are going to St. Wilfrid’s York, and I hope your Fathers and yourself will be invited to give many missions in the secondary modern schools, and pioneer in this sphere’ (20 Aug. 1958, 2pp);
– letter to the Provincial from Fr Sheil describing the work of two Irish chaplains in London – Fr Cullen in Warwick Street and the chaplain in Bayswater (Sep. 1967, 2pp).
Also includes list drawn up by Fr Sheil of Jesuits who ‘should give a very good priests’ retreat’ (n.d., 2pp).
Letters and report to the Irish Fr Provincial from Fr Leonard Sheil SJ concerning missions in Spain
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Letters and report to the Irish Fr Provincial from Fr Leonard Sheil SJ concerning missions in Spain, comparisons with missions in Britain and Ireland and the possibility of Fr Sheil’s working in South America. Includes:
– letter from Fr Sheil to the Irish Fr Provincial seeking permission to go to Spain to study Spanish missions in order to adapt certain practices for use in Britain (7 September. 1961, 4pp);
– copy of a ‘Report on Missions in Spain’ following a visit by Frs Shiggins and Sheil who attended five missions around the country (n.d., 4pp);
– letter from Fr Sheil to the Irish Fr Provincial in which he discusses certain Spanish customs which could be used on Missions in Britain. Remarks that he will send the Provincial a report ‘on the meetings I now hold with Protestant clergymen after missions in Ireland’ and that he has sent in ‘full reports on our missions in Britain’ ‘almost every year for ten years’. Also mentions a new member of the mission staff, Fr Kevin Laheen SJ – ‘You will be glad to know that Fr Laheen on this his first mission did very well. He preaches well and his musical voice was a help to O'Beirne and I. I need not tell you that O'Beirne preaches very well, and is a wonderful companion on a mission. He sleeps badly’ (Fr Gerry O'Beirne) (23 March 1963, 3pp) and
– letters seeking permission to go to Spain (and Italy) as a supply priest (25 May 19?? – 30 November 1965, 4 items).
Memorandum listing the number of Irish missions given by Fr Leonard Sheil SJ from 1933 to 1947
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Typed memorandum for Irish Fr Provincial listing the number of Irish missions given by Fr Leonard Sheil SJ from 1933 to 1947; his work in Britain which began in 1948, ‘Since then Fr Sheil has given five missions most years and never less than three – during the autumn period in Britain’; and listing his work from 1933 to 1947 in Ireland in the autumn as ‘mostly with the convent school-girls, and occasional retreats in convents and in Jesuit churches.’
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Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial, mostly from Fr Leonard Sheil SJ, relating to his Mission work throughout Ireland. Includes:
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Correspondence between Fr Leonard Sheil SJ and Irish Fr Provincial Laurence Kieran SJ concerning the relationship between the Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Legion of Mary.
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Published letter from Fr Michael Watson SJ, St Patrick's College, Melbourne, Australia to the novices of the Irish Province concerning missions given by the fathers in Australia in various parts of the country.
Watson, Michael J, 1845-1931, Jesuit priest
Report on the mission in Australia
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Report on the mission in Australia written by the Superior of the Mission Fr Jeremiah Sullivan SJ.
Sullivan, Jeremiah, 1877-1960, Jesuit priest