Litterae Annuae of the Australian Mission
- IE IJA MSSN/AUST/59
- File
- 1902; 1923-1926
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file containing Litterae Annuae (annual letters) of the Australian Mission.
Irish Jesuit Mission to Australia, 1865-1931
Litterae Annuae of the Australian Mission
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file containing Litterae Annuae (annual letters) of the Australian Mission.
Irish Jesuit Mission to Australia, 1865-1931
Map showing the location of Sevenhill, South Australia
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Map showing the location of Sevenhill, South Australia.
Irish Jesuit Mission to Australia, 1865-1931
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letter from Fr George Kelly SJ, St Mary's Presbytery, North Sydney, Australia to Irish Fr Provincial J Murphy SJ concerning a letter written by a priest in Rome 'which has been taken up amongst certain laymen who are in the confidence of Ecclesiastical circles.' Refers to a Cardinal Moran and remarks '...there has been much gossip about the probability of his remaining in Rome.' Refers to Fr [Michael] Dooley and remarks 'It had been...a matter of public notoriety and some amusement amongst Ours that for years Fr Dooley has been in the habit of writing constantly to Propaganda...about anything...in the Ecclesiastical world and lately...about the Cardinal's future.' Includes a note written by Fr Provincial concerning a meeting he had with Cardinal Moran about the letter.
Kelly, George, 1847-1934, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file relating to a request by Cardinal Moran, Archbishop of Sydney, St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney to Fr John Ryan SJ (Superior of the Mission) to make available a chaplain to the Federal Contingent to South Africa.
Moran, Patrick Francis, 1830-1911, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Sydney
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of letters written by Fr John McInerney SJ, Chaplain to the Australian Forces fighting in the Boer War, South Africa describing his work with the troops and his experiences of the war. Includes a letter describing the peace conference. Remarks that a telegram from Lord Kitchener announcing the peace deal was read to the troops '...many of our Australians regret the war is over. Their recent drive and its spoils have only whetted their appetite for the fray - They have smelt and tasted blood and they long for at least "another good cut in" - to use their own term. Our recent "drive" turns out to be the last of this long, costly and bloody war.'
McInerney, John, 1850-1913, Jesuit priest
Letter from Fr Augutus Fleury SJ, Port Darwin to concerning his life and work in Australia
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letter from Fr Augutus Fleury SJ, Port Darwin to Irish Fr Provincial Timothy Kenny SJ concerning his life and work in Australia. Remarks 'You may perhaps desire to hear some particulars about our living in our exile of Palmerston...we are in good health in spite of the great heat; yet I long for leaving this country and be again among ours where I could live a better conventual life than we do here'.
Fleury, Augustin, 1855-1931, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letter from Brother Aubury, De La Salle Retreat, Castletown, Queen's County (County Offaly) to Fr John Ryan SJ Gardiner Street, Dublin concerning a foundation of Christian Brothers in Australia. Remarks that he raised the matter a number of years ago with his superiors who were not supportive of the proposal. Continues '...I fear it would be rash for me to hold out hopes of being able to offer Your Reverence a community of Brothers for your interesting schools for a few years to come.'
Letters from Fr John Ryan SJ to Irish Fr Provincial concerning the Mission in Australia
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
An extensive file of letters from Fr John Ryan SJ to Irish Fr Provincial. As Superior of the Mission (11 February 1901 - 14 June 1908 & 9 April 1913 - 24 October 1917), Fr Ryan wrote to his superior, the Irish Fr Provincial on all matters concerning the administration (including visitations he made to the various communities) of the Mission and members of the Society living and working in see also Australia. Includes a letter to Fr J. Murphy SJ concerning Fr John O'Neill's health. Remarks '...there is only one proper course open to us viz. to send Fr O'Neill to Europe where he will have, at least, a chance of recovery...He is a source of constant anxiety, and we have no institution in Australia where we can put him, except the public Lunatic Asylum.' Remarks that following discussion with his Consultors he has decided to send Fr O'Neill home. (8 December 1902, 2pp). Includes a memorandum concerning the mission of the Jesuit Fathers in North Sydney. (5 March 1912, 7pp). Includes a letter concerning the Sydney Synod. Remarks 'It seems the secular clergy are urging His Grace to dock more and more the missionary districts of Regulars and apparently he means to satisfy them as much as possible.' (6 August 1913, 2pp). Includes a letter discussing the proposed additions to St. Aloysius College (6 August 1913, 5pp). Includes a letter referring to the war and the difficulty of sending letters. Remarks '…it is a blessing that so far none of our mail boats have been sunk'. Refers to Sevenhills and remarks that he will do his best '…to work up the Altar Wine Industry which I hope will be of great help to Loyola. And I do hope you will succeed in getting some Bros. That understand the making of wine.' Concludes by remarking that more chaplains are needed by the Military Authorities and remarks that he cannot supply even one Father. Refers to Fr Hearne SJ, at the front and remarks '…everyone who has met him is loud in his praises.' (9 February 1914, 2pp). Includes a letter concerning a loan for Riverview (a second mortgage on the property) (18 February 1914, 3pp). Includes a letter regarding the reopening of the Novitiate at Loyola (18 February 1914, 4pp). Includes a letter concerning the proposed administration of St. John's College in the University of Sydney by the Jesuit Fathers (23 - 25 February 1914, 3pp). Includes a letter (with rough drawings) regarding the alterations made at Loyola for the reopening of the Novitiate (16 June 1914, 3pp). Includes a letter referring to a statement sent to Fr General concerning the lax discipline at Riverview. Remarks that the statements made by Fr General were too sweeping (1 September 1915, 2pp). Includes letters concerning an offer made by Archbishop Dunne (Archbishop of Brisbane), Toowong Parochial District, Brisbane. In a letter from Fr Ryan to Fr Thomas V Nolan SJ he remarks that Toowong would be the most suitable district in Brisbane for the work of the Jesuits (29 August 1915 - 18 June 1916, 9 items). Includes letters see also concerning the property Ellangowan (Adelaide) and the desire of the Society of Jesus to secure the property (9 March 1916, 3pp). Includes a number of letters concerning a new Superior for Norwood and problems with Fr McCurtin over the matter (8 March 1916 - 27 March 1916, 6 items). Includes a letter expressing his surprise at the employment of female cooks at Xavier College, Kew, Melbourne. Remarks that he challenged Fr O'Dwyer SJ (Rector) about it at once as 'It was well known that I would not consent without referring the matter to Your Reverence.' Includes a letter from Fr O'Dwyer to Fr Ryan explaining the reasons why he employed female cooks (1 April 1917 & 2 April 1917, 2 items). Includes a memorandum concerning the sending of Juniors to Ireland and opposition of the Consultors to sending them to Ireland. Outlines various reasons why the Consultors are opposed to this (2 May 1917, 1p). Includes a letter referring to a meeting with the Consultors at which the question of a Juniorate in Australia was fully discussed (30 October 1917, 1p).
Ryan, John, 1849-1922, Jesuit priest
Letter from Frances [ ] to Fr John Conmee SJ on board the R.M.S. ‘Orizaba’
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letter from Frances [ ] to Fr John Conmee SJ on board the R.M.S. ‘Orizaba’, on which Fr Edward Corrish SJ, Fr John O'Neill SJ, and some Loreto nuns are also travelling to Australia.
Balance sheets for the Australian Mission
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of balance sheets for the following:
Richmond Residence
Richmond Parish
Sevenhill Residence
Sevenhill Parish
Norwood Residence
Norwood Parish
St Patrick's College, Melbourne
Xavier College, Kew
Hawthorn Parish
Hawthorn Residence
Riverview College, Sydney
St Aloysius College, North Sydney
Loyola College, Sydney
Irish Jesuit Mission to Australia, 1865-1931
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letter from Fr Oliver Daly SJ to Fr John Ryan SJ concerning his voyage accompanying Fr John O'Neill back to Ireland. Refers to an incident that took place after Mass on board the ship. Remarks 'I went into the cabin to make my acts of thanks just as I had finished I heard screams of "passenger overboard". The brave captain stopped the steamer at once lowered a boat he (Fr O'Neill) was picked up in 20 minutes. Had he not swam so vigorously...the [ ] hawks who gathered in numbers around him would have picked out his eyes.' Refers to other attempts to commit suicide and remarks: 'There is no doubt that had I known him as well before starting as I do now I should have been afraid to volunteer my services.'
Daly, Oliver, 1845-1916, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letter from Fr Martin Maher SJ, St Aloysius College, Sydney to Irish Fr Provincial James Murphy SJ concerning his return to Ireland to take up a new position as Rector in the Crescent College, Limerick and as Socius to Fr Provincial.
Maher, Martin, 1861-1942, Jesuit priest
Letters from Fr David Gallery SJ, St Patrick's College, East Melbourne to Irish Fr Provincial
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of letters from Fr David Gallery SJ, St Patrick's College, East Melbourne to Irish Fr Provincial James Murphy SJ. Includes a letter asking to be recalled to Ireland. Remarks 'My standard is different from the standard adopted here and I do not feel justified on "levelling down". Neither have I much hope of being able to raise the body to mine.' (18 November 1902, 12pp).
Gallery, David, 1849-1934, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of letters from Fr Oliver Daly SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Fr James Murphy SJ concerning his voyage from Ireland to Australia and back to Ireland again accompanying Fr John O'Neill SJ.
Daly, Oliver, 1845-1916, Jesuit priest
Letters to Irish Fr Provincial James Murphy SJ
File of letters to Irish Fr Provincial James Murphy SJ. Includes an index/précis to the letters.
Letter from Br Francis Atchinson SJ concerning his renunciation prior to taking his last vows
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letter from Br Francis Atchinson SJ, St Patrick's College, Melbourne to Fr John Ryan SJ concerning his renunciation prior to taking his last vows.
Atchison, Francis, 1849-1911, Jesuit brother
Pamphlet containing letters of Fr Edward Masterson SJ
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Pamphlet containing letters of Fr Edward Masterson SJ entitled 'The Catholic Protest, Letters by the Rev. E. Masterson SJ on Lying and Mental Restriction in reply to Accusations made by "The Evangelical Council of New South Wales" ',25 February 1901, St Ignatius' College, Riverview, Sydney, Australia an printed in 1931 by 'The Athlone Printing Works Co., Ltd. Athlone.
Masterson, Edward, 1856-1935, Jesuit priest
Note written by Fr Morgan O'Brien SJ concerning his taking of his last vows
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Note written by Fr Morgan O'Brien SJ concerning his renunciation and the taking of his last vows.
O'Brien, Morgan J, 1849-1901, Jesuit priest
Letters from Fr Francis B. Keogh SJ to Irish Fr Provincial
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of letters from Fr Francis B. Keogh SJ to Irish Fr Provincial. Includes a letter referring to the promise of a good vintage at Sevenhills ([1901]-[1911], 3pp). Includes a letter referring to his share in the estate of his late father. Asks that the money be used for the benefit of the Novitiate at Loyola, NSW. Annotated by Fr John Ryan SJ (Superior of the Mission) (14 February 1916, 1p).
Keogh, Francis, 1854-1929, Jesuit priest
Letter from Fr Luke Murphy SJ, Riverview, Sydney concerning the college
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letter from Fr Luke Murphy SJ, Riverview, Sydney to Fr Patrick Keating SJ concerning the college and the issue of selling St Aloysius College.
Murphy, Luke, 1856-1937, Jesuit priest
Text of a lecture delivered by Fr William Lockington SJ on alcohol
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Text of a lecture delivered by Fr William Lockington SJ entitled 'Sacred Heart Temperance Crusade. Cause of the Drink Evil' published in 'The Advocate'.
Lockington, William, 1871-1948, Jesuit priest
Album depicting various views of Sydney
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Album depicting various views of Sydney (drawn).
Photograph showing the church of the Immaculate Conception, Hawthorn, Australia
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Photograph showing the church of the Immaculate Conception, Hawthorn, Australia with inscription 'Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year'. By R. Redfern, photographic artist, Excelsior Studio, Burwood Road, Hawthorn.
Financial status of St Mary's, North Sydney
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Financial status of St. Mary's, North Sydney.
Irish Jesuit Mission to Australia, 1865-1931
Photograph of unknown Jesuit (taken in Sydney)
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Portrait photograph of unknown Jesuit, taken by Roarty, The City Photographic Studio, Sydney.
Historia Domus for the Hawthorn Residence
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Historia Domus for the Hawthorn Residence.
Immaculate Conception Church, Hawthorn, Melbourne, Australia, 1869-
Account by Fr Sturzo of the novices in Australia
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Account by Fr Sturzo of the novices in Australia.
Sturzo, Aloysius,1826-1908, Jesuit priest
Programme for St. Ignatius College Rowing Club annual regatta
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Programme of events for the S. Ignatius College Rowing Club (thirteenth) annual regatta.
St Ignatius’ College, Riverview, Sydney, Australia, 1880-
Photographs of students from Xavier College, Melbourne, Australia
Part of Irish Jesuits
Photographs of students from Xavier College, Melbourne, Australia.
History of the Novitiate, Sydney
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
History of the Novitiate, Sydney.
Irish Jesuit Mission to Australia, 1865-1931
Historia residentiae for Manresa, Norwood, Australia
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Historia residentiae for Manresa, Norwood, Australia.
Irish Jesuit Mission to Australia, 1865-1931
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letter from Fr Joseph Hearn SJ, St Ignatius, Richmond to Irish Fr Provincial Patrick Keating SJ concerning an invitation to accept the Adelaide Mission.
Hearn, Joseph, 1854-1941, Jesuit priest
Plans depicting Melbourne, Adelaide and railway systems in Australia
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of plans depicting: Melbourne and suburbs; Adelaide and suburbs; principal railway systems and Australia and New South Wales railway system
'Our Alma Mater', journal from St Ignatius College, Riverview, Sydney.
Includes Jubilee book 1880-1930.
Historia Domus of the SS. Cordis Residence, Sydney
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Historia Domus of the SS. Cordis Residence, Sydney.
Irish Jesuit Mission to Australia, 1865-1931
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letter from Fr John Ryan SJ, Xavier College, Kew, Melbourne to Irish Fr Provincial Patrick Keating SJ concerning the Austro-Hungarian Mission in Australia and the possibility of unifying the two Missions.
Ryan, John, 1849-1922, Jesuit priest
Historia Domus for St Patrick's College, Melbourne
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Historia Domus for St Patrick's College, Melbourne.
St Patrick's College, East Melbourne, 1854-1968
Sketches compiled by Fr Joseph Dalton SJ on deceased members of the Society
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Sketches compiled by Fr Joseph Dalton SJ on deceased members of the Society in Australia for 'Memorials of the Irish Province' including Frs John Cunningham SJ (1817-1858), and the pilgrimage to St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg, County Offaly before the Irish famine on the 'first Sundays' (Bona Mors) and Br Philip Reilly SJ (1784-1868).
Dalton, Joseph, 1817-1905, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letter from Fr Peter O'Flinn SJ, Manresa, Hawthorn to Fr Patrick Keating SJ concerning the acceptance of an offer of Norwood, Sevenhill and a site for a church college and residence in Adelaide.
O'Flinn, Peter, 1822-1907, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Photocopy letter from Irish Fr Provincial Patrick Keating SJ, The Presbytery, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin to Fr General concerning a letter Fr Keating received from John O'Reily, Archbishop of Adelaide and the suggestion that the Austro-Hungarian and Irish Mission should unite in Australia.
Keating, Patrick, 1846-1913, Jesuit priest
List of deceased Jesuits, Australian Mission
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
List of deceased Jesuits, on the Irish Jesuit mission to Australia, 1866-1898.
'Our Alma Mater', journal from St Ignatius College, Riverview, Sydney
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
School journal from St Ignatius' College, Riverview, Sydney entitled 'Our Alma Mater' (vol. 1 no. ix).
St Ignatius’ College, Riverview, Sydney, Australia, 1880-
Previous edition torn from bound book. Contains pages 97-128.
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letter from Fr Joseph Dalton SJ, St Ignatius College, Riverview, Sydney to Fr Patrick Keating SJ concerning the proposal to sell St Aloysius College. Suggests selling Loyola instead and keeping St Aloysius College as a novitiate, a mission house and house of studies.
Dalton, Joseph, 1817-1905, Jesuit priest
'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-
The Apostleship of Prayer and its connection with the Sacred Heart
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letters concerning the Apostleship of Prayer and its connection with the Sacred Heart to the Irish Fr Provincial and Cardinal Moran.
Irish Jesuit Mission to Australia, 1865-1931
Photographs regarding Jesuits in Australia, left behind by Fr Bernard Page SJ
Part of Irish Jesuit chaplains
46 photographs regarding Jesuits in Australia, left behind by Fr Bernard Page SJ, some of the Jesuits spent the rest of their working lives in Ireland.
Page, Bernard F, 1877-1948, Jesuit priest and chaplain
Part of Irish Jesuits
File of photographs belonging/taken by Fr Bernard Page SJ:
Page, Bernard F, 1877-1948, Jesuit priest and chaplain
Material relating to Fr Daniel E. O'Brien SJ
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file relating to Fr Daniel E. O'Brien SJ, his health and details concerning how he would like his property to be distributed.
O'Brien, Daniel E, 1865-1915, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letter from J.P. Hall, solicitor, 100 George Street, Limerick, to Fr Joseph Dalton SJ in Riverview, Sydney, Australia. Reports on his efforts to sell an unnamed property (Cecil Street premises), which later burned down. Offers to send over the money received from the insurance claim, and asks Fr Dalton to decide on a course of action in relation to the damaged property.
Dalton, Joseph, 1817-1905, Jesuit priest
Photograph of Jesuit in a park, and St Ignatius' College Football Team
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Photograph of unknown Jesuit standing on a bridge in a park, and the reverse photograph depicts the [St Ignatius' College Football Team] in three rows (rugby). The oval shaped football has the initial S.I.C.F.C.
List of names of those attending St Ignatius' College, Riverview
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file containing the list of names of those attending St Ignatius College and the prize list for the college. These were sent to the Editor of the Clongownian.
St Ignatius’ College, Riverview, Sydney, Australia, 1880-
Letters from Fr Timothy Kenny SJ to Irish Fr Provincial concerning selling St Aloysius College
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of letters from Fr Timothy Kenny SJ to Irish Fr Provincial concerning a consultation on the issue of selling St Aloysius College and the establishment of a residence in Adelaide.
Kenny, Timothy J, 1843-1917, Jesuit priest
Account of the Australian Mission
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Account of the Australian Mission by Fr Michael J Watson SJ.
Watson, Michael J, 1845-1931, Jesuit priest
Map of North Sydney and Mosman
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Maps of North Sydney and Mosman (Robinson Street Directory) with Jesuit properties marked in red: St Aloysius College, Lavender Bay Church and residence, St Mary’s, Loyola.
Irish Jesuit Mission to Australia, 1865-1931
Catalogue for the Australian Mission
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Catalogue for the Australian Mission.
Irish Jesuit Mission to Australia, 1865-1931
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letter from Cardinal Verga to Irish Fr Provincial Timothy Kenny SJ concerning a special faculty for St Francis Xavier's College, Kew.
Verga, Isidoro, 1832-1899, Cardinal
Burses offered to Mungret for the training of priests for Diocese of Wilcania Forbes, Australia
Part of Jesuit colleges in Ireland
A file relating to the Burses offered to Mungret for the training of priests for the Diocese of Wilcania Forbes, Australia (by donor from Rhode, County Offaly, home-place of Bishop John Dunne).
Also includes typed list of gifts and burses to Mungret (1882-1965).
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letter from Edward Corish SJ, Canisius College, Pittwater Road, Pymble, NSW, Australia to Fr John Coyne SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin asking for biographical information on Fr William Kelly SJ, and a certificate of approval given by the Ninth International Congress of Orientalists at Inner Temple Hall, London 10 September 1891.
Corish, Edward, 1862-1951, Jesuit priest
Report on St Ignatius College, Riverview, Sydney
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Report on St Ignatius' College, Riverview, Sydney by Fr Joseph Dalton SJ.
Dalton, Joseph, 1817-1905, Jesuit priest
Letter from Archbishop Thomas J Carr to Fr Timothy Kenny SJ him thanking him for his letter
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Copy letter from Archbishop Thomas J Carr, St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne to Irish Fr Provincial Timothy Kenny SJ thanking Fr Kenny for his letter and expresses the wish that the work of the Jesuit Fathers in the Archdiocese will be a 'great gain both to the diocese and to all their works. This is certainly my wish and desire as I know it is yours.'
Carr, Thomas Joseph, 1839-1917, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letter from Cardinal Moran, St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney to Irish Fr Provincial Timothy Kenny SJ praising the work of Jesuit priests in Australia.
Moran, Patrick Francis, 1830-1911, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Sydney
Status temporalis for Loyola, Sydney
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Status temporalis (Province Accounts) for Loyola, Sydney.
Irish Jesuit Mission to Australia, 1865-1931
Letters from Fr Patrick Keating SJ to Irish Fr Provincial concerning the Australian Mission
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of letters from Fr Patrick Keating SJ to Irish Fr Provincial concerning the Australian Mission and his work as Rector of Riverview. Includes letters referring to Fr Brown's (Superior of the Mission) illness and subsequent hospitalisation (17 September 1912 - 12 November 1912, 3 items).
Keating, Patrick, 1846-1913, Jesuit priest
Historia Domus for Loyola, Sydney
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Historia Domus for Loyola, Sydney.
Irish Jesuit Mission to Australia, 1865-1931
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Photographs relating to Australia, taken from Clongowes Wood College. Inlcudes:
the Jesuit community at Riverview, Sydney, Australia (1890-1891). Includes 2nd from left, seated, Fr John Ryan SJ, Superior of the Mission [1894]-[1917];
ordination of Rev. Leonard Dew (+1931), Missionary of the Sacred Heart, April 1929, at the Jesuit run-diocesan seminary, Corpus Xti College, Melbourne, Australia. Includes seated, 1st from left, Fr Robert Peterson SJ; 3rd from left, Fr Henry Johnston SJ; Third from right, seated, next to Archbishop Daniel Mannix, Fr Albert Power SJ By C. J. Fraser Photo, Melbourne.
unknown photograph, maybe in Australia c[1900-1930], but looks Italian.
Balance sheets for St Ignatius College, Riverview, Sydney
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Balance sheets for St Ignatius College, Riverview, Sydney.
St Ignatius’ College, Riverview, Sydney, Australia, 1880-
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.
Letter from Archbishop Thomas J Carr to Fr Timothy Kenny SJ concerning Fr Kenny's visit to Australia
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letter from Archbishop Thomas J Carr, St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne to Irish Fr Provincial Timothy Kenny SJ concerning Fr Kenny's visit to Australia. Expresses his gratitude to the Jesuit Fathers for the work they have carried out. Refers to relations between himself and the Jesuit Fathers and describes them as unsatisfactory until Fr Kenny's arrival. Remarks 'You have met all my representations in an open, disinterested and religious spirit. You have framed wise and salutary regulations...You have carried out...the whole object of your mission in a very successful manner.'
Carr, Thomas Joseph, 1839-1917, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
House history of Sevenhill.
Irish Jesuit Mission to Australia, 1865-1931
Status temporalis for St Francis Xavier College, Kew Melbourne
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Status temporalis for St. Francis Xavier College, Kew Melbourne.
Xavier College, Melbourne, Australia, 1878-
Description written by J. M. O'Callaghan, C.C. of a visit made by Fr Patrick Duffy SJ to Tasmania
Part of Irish Jesuits
Description, written by J. M. O'Callaghan, C.C. of a visit made by Fr Patrick Duffy SJ to Tasmania. Refers to a meeting between Fr Duffy and Archbishop Murphy and Governor Hamilton at a Government House Levée. Governor Hamilton greeted Fr Duffy very warmly and remembered how Fr Duffy saved his life in the Crimean war when he carried Governor Hamilton to an ambulance.
O'Callaghan, Matthew, d 1899, priest
Notes detailing John Lannigan bequest to St Ignatius' Church, Richmond, Melbourne
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Handwritten account of the sale of property of the late John Lannigan, who in his will left to St Ignatius Church, his property in Drummond Street, Carlton, Melbourne which consisted of four houses, two shops and two cottages. It appears there was some difficulty with the sale.
Lannigan, John
Lucius Gwynn’s copy of 'A Manual of Prayers for the use of the Catholic Laity'
Part of Irish Jesuits
Edward Lucius Gwynn’s copy of 'A Manual of Prayers for the use of the Catholic Laity'. Prayerbook used by Edward Lucius (Fr Gwynn’s brother, who died in Sydney aged 28 in 1919) in Australia and kept for fifty years by Cornelia Jennings. With a Greek inscription on the flyleaf and the following inscription on the opposite page ‘Love is stronger than Death, but Time is stronger than both. Therefore when we die then Time will be no more.’
Gwynn, Edward Lucius, 1890-1919, historian
Letter from Katie M. Drinan describing a tour of Europe and thanking Fr Brown for his advice
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letter from Katie M. Drinan, 'E de Marie', Branxton, New South Wales, Australia to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas Brown SJ, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin describing a tour of Europe and thanking Fr Brown for his advice.
Drinan, Katie M.
Cancellation of the loan to the Jesuit Fathers for the college at Kew
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Copy letter from Duffy Wilkinson, 69 Chancery Lane, Melbourne to Messrs Arnold, Fooks and Chadwick concerning the cancellation of the loan to the Jesuit Fathers for the college at Kew.
Wilkinson, Duffy
Letter from Fr William Kelly SJ, concerning suitable candidates for [Rector] of St Aloysius College
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letter from Fr William Kelly SJ, St Aloysius College, Bourke Street, Sydney to Fr Aloysius Sturzo SJ [Superior of the Mission] concerning suitable candidates for [Rector] of St Aloysius College. On the reverse of this letter is a letter from Fr Sturzo SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas Brown SJ on the same subject.
Kelly, William E, 1823-1909, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Copy letter from Irish Fr Provincial Thomas Brown SJ to Fr Aloysius Sturzo SJ concerning a dispute between Richmond Parish and the Melbourne Colleges. Sets out his instructions as to how the dispute should be settled based on the wishes of the late Archbishop.
Brown, Thomas P, 1845-1915, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letter from Fr Joseph Mulhall SJ, St Ignatius to Fr Aloysius Sturzo SJ concerning the names he would recommend for [Superior of St. Ignatius].
Mulhall, Joseph, 1820-1897, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letter from Fr Joseph Dalton SJ to Fr Aloysius Sturzo SJ concerning suitable names for the position of Rector at St Ignatius College, Riverview and St Aloysius, Auburn, Sydney.
Dalton, Joseph, 1817-1905, Jesuit priest
Status temporalis and account sheets for St Aloysius College, Sydney
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of status temporalis and account sheets for St Aloysius College, Sydney.
St Aloysius' College, Sydney, Australia, 1879-
Photographs relating to St Aloysius College, Sydney
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of photographs relating to St Aloysius College, Sydney.
Three class groups are represented, with notes on reveres by Fr Daniel Clancy SJ:
Three exterior photographs of the college - two of house with individuals standing in the background, and one of the entrance to St Aloysius College, Sydney (1886). Photographs by E. L. Puckering.
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letter from Fr Martin Jacques SJ, St Xavier's College, Kew, Melbourne, Australia to Fr Thomas Brown SJ concerning his voyage to Australia.
Jacques, Martin, 1835-1890, Jesuit priest
Consultor's letters to Irish Fr Provincial
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of Consultor's letters from the following to Irish Fr Provincial:
Fr Patrick Keating SJ St. Ignatius College, Riverview, Sydney;
Fr William Hughes SJ, St. Francis Xavier's College, Kew, Melbourne;
Fr J. R. Murphy SJ, St. Ignatius College, Riverview, Sydney;
Fr Lucas Murphy SJ, Glenferrie Presbytery, Melbourne;
Fr C. Morrogh SJ, St Ignatius, Richmond, Melbourne;
Fr Francis Ryan SJ, St Patrick's College, East Melbourne;
Fr Thomas O'Dwyer SJ, St Patrick's College, East Melbourne;
Fr J. C. Hartnett SJ, St Patrick's College, East Melbourne;
Fr Patrick McGrath SJ, St. Ignatius, Richmond, Melbourne;
Fr J. Martin SJ, Xavier College, Kew, Melbourne
Fr Michael Egan SJ, Xavier College, Kew, Melbourne and a general summary of points raised by Consultors.
Irish Jesuit Mission to Australia, 1865-1931
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letter from Fr James Cleary SJ, St Francis Xavier's College. Kew, Melbourne to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas Browne SJ, as Consultor for the college. Describes the progress of the college.
Cleary, James, 1841-1921, Jesuit priest
Letter from Archbishop Patrick Moran to Fr Joseph Dalton SJ concerning a crisis at St John's College
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letter from Archbishop Patrick Moran, St Mary's Cathedral to Fr Joseph Dalton SJ concerning a crisis at St John's College and a proposal to put Fr Clancy SJ or Fr Kelly SJ forward as Rector of the college and a letter (written on the back) from Fr Dalton to Fr Aloysius Sturzo SJ, Superior of the Mission, concerning the letter. Includes a copy reply from Fr Dalton to the Archbishop.
Moran, Patrick Francis, 1830-1911, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Sydney
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letters from Fr Patrick Keating SJ, St Ignatius College, Riverview, Sydney to Fr Aloysius Sturzo SJ concerning his appointment as Rector of the College. Remarks 'I think that my appointment to the Rectorship in the present state of the College would be very detrimental to its interests. There is no one here to take my place as master...' (2 May 1885, 6pp).
Keating, Patrick, 1846-1913, Jesuit priest
Letter from Gibbs, Bright and Co. concerning the cost of a fare to Australia by their company
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Letter from Gibbs, Bright and Co., Melbourne, Australia to Fr Oliver Daly SJ, Hawthorn, Melbourne concerning the cost of a fare to Australia by their company.
Status Habitualis for St Francis Xavier's College, Kew, Melbourne
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Status Habitualis for St Francis Xavier's College, Kew, Melbourne, detailing income and expenditure, assets and liabilities for 1885-1886 and 1892.
Irish Jesuit Mission to Australia, 1865-1931
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letter from Fr Aloysius Sturzo SJ, Superior of the Mission, St Ignatius Novitiate, Richmond, Melbourne to Fr Joseph Dalton SJ concerning the extension to the college building at St Ignatius, Melbourne.
Sturzo, Aloysius,1826-1908, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of letters from Fr Thomas Gartlan SJ, Rector of St Ignatius College, Riverview, Sydney, Australia to Fr Provincial. Includes a letter referring to Fr O'Neill's health. Refers to Fathers Dalton, Tuite and Fleury. Remarks 'I have been told that in Ireland the Province has sometimes paid colleges where such men are placed a sum of £50 or £60 per annum for their support - I wish something of this kind could be done here by the mission.' (9 December 1902, 3pp).
Gartlan, Thomas, 1853-1942, Jesuit priest
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of letters from Fr Patrick Keating SJ, St Ignatius College, Riverview, Sydney to Fr Peter [Beckx] SJ. Expresses his frustration at the lack of good men being sent out to Australia. Remarks 'I wish you could be spared to us. This place would suit you in many ways admirably... But that of course is out of the question. It is only the invalids the good for littles and the troublesome who are transported.' (1 May 1885, 8pp). Includes a letter relating to the delay in granting permission for a new building at Riverview. Remarks 'If the people at home saw the grand college the Marist Brothers have built they might think it necessary to do something...I hope that now the Provincial is well again things may go on a little faster. It is an awful thing to be so far away from headquarters and to have to write for permission for everything' (12 May 1885, 2pp).
Keating, Patrick, 1846-1913, Jesuit priest
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Letters from Fr Daniel Clancy SJ, St Aloysius College, Auburn, Bourke Street, Sydney to Fr Aloysius Sturzo SJ concerning a mortgage and Capitation Tax on the building occupied by St Aloysius College.
Clancy, Daniel, 1836-1895, Jesuit priest
Letter from Fr Christopher Nulty SJ concerning the Rectorship's of St Patrick's and Kew
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Letter from Fr Christopher Nulty SJ, St Patrick's College, Melbourne, Australia to Fr Aloysius Sturzo SJ, concerning the Rectorship's of St. Patrick's and Kew.
Nulty, Christopher, 1838-1914, Jesuit priest
Notebook containing a course of sermons
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Notebook containing a course of sermons. Some notes in shorthand. The rear of the book contains science notes (magnets, optics
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
Letter from Fr Thomas McEnroe SJ, St Mary's, Invercargill, New Zealand to Fr Aloysius Sturzo SJ (Superior of the Mission) concerning the finances of the New Zealand Mission and expressing his opinion on working in New Zealand.
McEnroe, Thomas, 1834-1902, Jesuit priest
Envelopes, stamped and postmarked
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A file of envelopes, stamped (Queen Victoria) and postmarked from Australia to Ireland.
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Copy of a letter from Bishop Patrick Moran, Dunedin, New Zealand to Fr Aloysius Sturzo SJ (Superior of the Mission) concerning Fr Thomas McEnroe SJ and the withdrawal of all Jesuit Fathers from New Zealand. Remarks that abandoning the Mission would be a 'calamity'. Continues 'I cannot expect you to permit Fr McEnroe to remain here alone and I there fore propose you should send some one of your Fathers to work with him in Invercargill...'
Moran, Patrick, 1823-1895, Roman Catholic Bishop of Dunedin
Letter from Fr Boursaud, Secretary to the Fr General, to Fr Tuite. Reports that the Fr General is very pleased to hear of the ‘good disposition shown by F. Clery’, and thanks Fr Tuite for sending him the ‘Australian paper’, which gave news of the work of the mission in Australia, including a reference to St Ignatius’ College. Sends the greetings of Fr Porter, who asks Fr Tuite to look in the archives for an instruction from the Fr General around 1878, which modified the ordination of Fr Roothaan on the Minervale.
Boursaud, Edward, 1840-1902, Jesuit priest
Results of examinations from St Patrick's College, Melbourne and St Francis Xavier College, Kew
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Printed notices of results of examinations from St Patrick's College, Melbourne for pupils matriculated and passing the Civil Service and St Francis Xavier College, Kew for pupils matriculated and passing the Civil Service (1883) (2 copies), and results of the Senior and Junior public examinations at Xavier College, Kew (December 1913).
Irish Jesuit Mission to Australia, 1865-1931