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Fragment of letter from Fr General Beckx. Refers to ‘Dionysius Murphy’ and ‘William Seaver’.

Handwritten copy of printed letter from Fr General Beckx to Fr Provincial Aloysius Sturzo SJ where he describes his visit to Leo XIII.

Printed letter from Fr General Beckx to Fr Provincial Aloysius Sturzo SJ where he describes his visit to Leo XIII.

Circular from Fr General Beckx on the subject of the controversy regarding the Jesuit school in Manchester, England.

Handwriten letter by Fr General Beckx to Irish Fr Provincial Nicholas Walsh SJ.

Handwriten letter by Fr General Beckx to Irish Fr Provincial Edmund O'Reilly SJ in relation to [faculties and the responses of consultors].

Handwriten letter by Fr General Beckx to Irish Fr Provincial Edmund O'Reilly SJ. Announces the renewal of faculties by Pius X.

‘Decretum’ issued by Fr General Beckx, constituting the Irish Province and announcing the election of Fr Joseph Lentaigne SJ as Irish Provincial.

‘A Bill to amend the Law regarding Roman Catholic Charities’.

‘A Bill for the further Repeal of Enactments imposing Pains and Penalties upon Her Majesty’s Roman Catholic Subjects on account of their Religion’.

Notices delivered by Jesuits and members of other Religious Orders to Clerks of the Peace or their Deputies in Great Britain and Ireland. The notices divided into counties consist of the date of registry, the name of the party, age, place of birth, name of the religious community, usual residence and name of immediate superior.

Volume of mainly pasted letters of Provincials’ Circulars to the Irish Province of the Society of Jesus, with handwritten notes underneath. Index at front.

Volume of mainly pasted letters of Provincials’ Circulars to the Irish Province of the Society of Jesus, with handwritten notes underneath. Index at front.

Volume of mainly pasted letters of Provincials’ Circulars to the Irish Province of the Society of Jesus, with handwritten notes underneath. Index at rear.

Letters of Provincials’ Circulars to the Irish Province of the Society of Jesus.

Lessor:
Bridget Magrath of Port Ryan, County Tipperary

Lessee:
John [Teirnan] of Arranhill, County Tipperary

Property:
Town and lands of Kilibegg and Ballyc[ ] in the Barony of lower Ormond and County of Tipperary, containing one hundred and sixty-three acres and eight perches

Terms and conditions:
The lessor demises, grants, sets and to farm lets unto the lessee the above land at the annual rent of £73.07.00stg for thirty-one years to commence on 25 March, ‘(provided the Lives in the Lease taken of said Lands by Richard Magrath [Gesuit] deceased, from Michael Head late of Derry Esqr. Deceased so long subsist.)’

Other:
Signed, Sealed and Delivered in the presence of Richard Vandeleur and Rickard Dardis.

Letter from B. Quinn, PP, Laragh, Ballymote, County Sligo to Irish Fr Provincial John Conmee SJ concerning a tenant on land belonging to the Society in Tobercurry. Remarks that the tenant, Patrick Shee, is 'wretchedly poor'. Asks Fr Conmee if he can offer any help to him and his family.

A file of letters concerning the Dromore property (Loyola House) belonging to the Society of Jesus. At the time the Jesuits were not occupying Dromore, but leasing the land for grazing. The estate was eventually sold in 1918. Includes a note, written on the back of an Income Tax Assessment form, concerning the names vested in the Dromore estate.

Letter from John Lyster, Bishop of Achonry, The Abbey, Ballaghaderreen, County Roscommon to Irish Fr Provincial James Murphy SJ concerning property belonging to the Society in Tobercurry, County Sligo and an order of nuns who wish to build a school on it. Includes a draft of a reply from Fr Murphy SJ.

A file relating to the estate of Catherine Cleary and litigation between Raphael Ambrose Biale, Plaintiff and Frs Timothy Kenny, Alfred Murphy and Christina Hodgens, Alice Chamberlain, Anne Healy, Mary Lentaigne, Emily O'Brien, Mary Anne Cleary and Jane Denehey.

Letters from Fr John Etheridge SJ, London & Liverpool to Fr [ ] SJ concerning a legal opinion he obtained on property belonging to the Society of Jesus in England. Remarks that counsel stated that the Society would become liable to the investigation of the Commissioners for Charitable Trusts. Continues '…I shall keep as quiet as I can and instruct our people that our properties belong to those individuals who are named in the deeds and can be disposed of by them as they see best, without any obligation of trust.'

Notebook (XXXII) belonging to Fr John Curtis SJ containing the accounts of the property of the Irish Vice Province of the Society of Jesus and other details including title deeds etc.

‘Memo. For Rev. Fr. Prov. in re Proc. Prov. Hib.’ Relates to dealings with a solicitor, Mr. Maxwell, who owes money; a field in Milltown bought from Lord Mount Temple; a debt due to John Errington SJ in California etc. Signed ‘P.H. S. J.’ [Patrick Hughes]

List of tenants in arrears [Dromore, County Down]. A note states that proceedings should be taken against them to recover rent and arrears. Adds that Fr [McCartan] ‘says that they are well able to pay’.

Letter from P. Turner, [Staplestown], County Kildare to Fr Edward Kelly SJ, Clongowes Wood College, County Kildare. Asks on behalf of James Hanlon, for permission to use ground at Mainham, formerly used by the Jesuit community for burials, as a burial ground for his own family.

List of property owned by the Irish Province of the Society, compiled by Irish Fr Provincial Nicholas Walsh SJ. Includes details such as type of property – stocks, mortgages, land etc. – and value.

Part of document, drawn up by Fr Lentaigne SJ, summarising sums of money invested in property, mainly Milltown Park, Dublin.

Comparative numbers of Priests, Scholastics and Brothers in the five colleges - Clongowes, Belvedere, Galway, Crescent and Mungret.

Statistics relating to Scholastics of Irish Province of the Society of Jesus.

Number of departures from the Irish Province of the Society of Jesus before and after vows.

Document containing three parts: I Observations of Fr General on Order of Studies; II Responses Regarding Each Stage of Studies; III Letter from Fr Provincial (Fr William Delany SJ) to Fr Assistant concerning the foregoing.

Disputation theses from Milltown Park, Dublin.

Document concerning the question of the use of text books in Theological studies.

A file relating to Philosophical Theses.

Lists of books in Irish Jesuit library, and suggestions regarding access. Refers to writing of the history of the Irish Province - archives and library [Edmund Hogan SJ].

Handwritten document setting out the order of the day, and reading lists for an unidentified formation house. (In Latin).

‘Animadversiones in Relationes pro Studiis Scholasticorum Ordinanis pro Provinciis Angliae et Hiberniae.’ Regulations issued by the Fr General in relation to the studies of scholastics in the English and Irish Provinces. (In Latin).

Part of a report on how Theological Studies are managed in an unidentified Theological College. An accompanying note in English suggests that the College may be St Beuno's, and that the writer may be Fr Edmund O’Reilly. (In Latin).

‘De Studiis Juniorum’. Document in point form re. the studies of Juniors in Ireland and Australia. (In Latin).

Report of the Commission appointed to inquire into the condition and requirements of the higher studies in the English and Irish provinces.

[Examination papers] for the third year of Moral Theology and Dogmatic Theology.

Letter from Fr Henry J Rorke SJ, writing from Clongowes Wood College SJ, to Fr Patrick Bracken SJ, Vice Provincial. Writes on the subject of the establishment of a fund for ‘the Education of members for the Society in the Noviciate’.

Oral examination in the Jesuit College, Louvain by Francis Murphy SJ on 'Actual Grace'.

Philosophy examination papers (Easter Term ) from St Mary's Hall Stonyhurst, England.

Anonymous handwritten manuscript of a philosophical lecture entitled 'Morals' - possibly University College, Dublin.

Anonymous handwritten manuscript of a philosophical lecture entitled 'Of Duty' - possibly University College, Dublin.

Anonymous handwritten manuscript of a philosophical lecture entitled 'Of Human Testimony' - possibly University College, Dublin.

Anonymous handwritten manuscript of a philosophical lecture entitled 'Of Reason' -possibly University College, Dublin.

Circular letter concerning the commission appointed by the Provincials of the Irish and English Provinces to investigate the need for changes in Higher Studies.

Copy of a letter/draft of a letter from Irish Fr Provincial John S. Conmee SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin to Fr [ ] concerning a discussion paper on Higher Studies in the Society. Includes a copy of the discussion paper from Fr General.

Letters from English Fr Provincial Reginald Colley SJ, 31 Farm Street, London to Irish Fr Provincial James Murphy SJ concerning the special commission on Higher Studies. The commission was established to investigate how to adapt the courses offered to Scholastics to modern needs and difficulties.

A file relating to the joint Irish-English Commission on Higher Studies.

Handwritten file relating to Theological Theses.

List of degrees awarded to Jesuits in the Irish Province, 1893-1910.

Minutes of the Commission on Scholastics Formation - 'De Scholasticum Institutione, Praesertim in Studiis.'

Comments on the structure of the proposed booklet for Irish Jesuit scholastics.

A file containing remarks by various members of the Irish Province on the proposed booklet to aid Scholastics about to begin their Magisterium.

Copy of a circular letter from Irish Fr Provincial Laurence J. Kieran SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin to members of the Irish Province concerning the booklet compiled to aid scholastics about to begin their Magisterium. Asks for comments on the booklet under different headings.

Incomplete document regarding replies from Fr General on various matters including the fourth vow.

Letter from Fr General Wlodimir Ledochowski SJ, Rome to Irish Fr Provincial John Fahy SJ concerning Studies and other matters relating to formation.

Copy of a letter from [ ], St. Mary's Hall, Stonyhurst, Blackburn to Irish Fr Provincial William Delany SJ concerning the new Ordinatio Studiorum in Assistentia Angliae and Studies of Jesuits.

Notes concerning Studies in the Novitiate and Juniorate and Philosophy and Theology.

Notes on the Theology course in Milltown Park, Dublin.

Proposals on Juniorate and Theological Studies in the Irish Province and the responses of Fr General.

Responses of some Irish Jesuit priests to Fr General's observations on the order of Studies.

Report to the Provincials of the English and Irish Provinces. The commission was appointed to consider whether any changes should be introduced in Jesuit Studies.

Notebook containing the results of Examina Annua for the Irish Province. The results are listed under name in alphabetical order.

Case of Conscience.

Draft plan of a course in the Principles, History and Methods of Education (Juxta Ratiorum Studiorum) for a one year course after the Novitiate.

Reports on Jesuit Studies in the Irish Province.

Scheme for Juniorate classes in the Irish Province of the Society of Jesus.

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).

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).

Circulars from Provincial Thomas Byrne relating to Extraordinary Permissions renewed by Fr General granting leave to accept stipends for various purposes; the notice of congregations for the beatification of Fr. Peter Olivaint; fundraising for the Gregorian University; the order for the removal from libraries, and subsequent destruction, of a recent work by Fr. Emile Delaye entitled Qu’est-ce qu’un Catholique (Paris 1950).

Two circulars from Irish Fr Provincial L.J. Kieran SJ relating to a letter from Fr General, ‘On the combating of modern Atheism’ and how the Jesuit community in Ireland should assist special celebrations being held in Lourdes in 1935.

Drafts of leaflets on Papal objections to ‘Very Many Features of the Present Social and Economic System, Individualistic Capitalism’, Catholic objections to Communism and the foundation of a Christian Social Order. Includes editorial comments on the drafts and two pamphlets compiled by the Redemptorists for the Catholic Truth Society discussing Communism (1933, 1936, 2 items).

Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial concerning proposed publications of biographies of, and brochures on, St Ignatius Loyola during the fourth centenary of the saint’s death.

Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial concerning the proposed translation of the French Catholic Encyclopaedia.

Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial relating to pictures of St Ignatius Loyola in a book by Mary Purcell.

Letter to the Irish Fr Provincial from Fr Roland Burke Savage SJ (Editor of Studies) enclosing a suggested plan for a special Centenary number of Studies to be published in June 1956.

Letters and memoranda to the Irish Fr Provincial concerning the proposed re-publication of the 'Irish Monthly'.

Memoranda, notes and reports following consultations concerning the future of the Irish Monthly.

Letters, memoranda and reports concerning the various Sodalities in Irish Jesuit works.

File entitled Missions in Britain 1950s containing eleven sections: Introductory letter from Fr Leonard Sheil SJ (20 February 1960, 5pp);

• report for Irish Fr Provincial (8 January 1958, 8pp);
• list of places and dates of Irish Missions in Britain 1949 - 1959 (19[59], 6pp);
• copies of commendatory letters (7 November 1953 - 24 November 1958, 3 items);
• Report for Irish Fr Provincial on Missions 1958 - January 1959 and cuttings from the [Irish Independent] on the Mission Campaign in Britain by Fr Leonard Sheil SJ (20 January 1959, 3 items);
• three ‘typical’ reports on three 1959 Missions for the Bishop of Ferns (1959, 4pp);
• ‘Account of an Ideal Mission for the Bishop of Ferns’ by Fr Sheil (n.d., 7pp);
• press articles by Fr Sheil describing the Missions (September - October 1958, 6 items);
• photographs of Birmingham and Westminster Cathedrals, Brompton Oratory, photographs of ‘children of the Irish’ (13 items) and
• map of England indicating the routes of Fr Sheil’s motorcycle travel (1 item).
  Also includes booklets and advertising leaflets for the Missions (7 items) and memorandum for Irish Fr Provincial by Fr Sheil containing suggestions for better organisation of the Missions (1959, 2pp).

Letter to the Irish Fr Provincial from Dr James Staunton, Bishop of Ferns enclosing documents relating to ‘the scheme for Missions to Irish Catholics in Britain by Irish Missioners’.

List of Missions to be given in Britain in Autumn 1955.

Correspondence (mostly letters from Archbishop’s House, Drumcondra) concerning the appointment of priest-teachers in the Technical Schools. Includes holograph letter to the Irish Fr Provincial from Dr John Charles McQuaid, Archbishop of Dublin (5 August 1955, 1p) and copies of the Spiritual Director’s Report for Bolton Street Technical Institute (195[4] – 1956, 3 items). (See also references to the Technical Schools in ADMN/3/74)

Correspondence between the Irish Fr Provincial and Jesuits on various matters such as

• the censure of those in various stages of formation;
• the proposal to purchase books dealing with the missions in order to establish ‘the nucleus of a useful missionary library’ in Milltown Park (See also ADMN/3/11);
• Catholics and Trinity College Dublin (See also ADMN/3/43; 76);
• villas;
• the introduction of legislation granting a rebate of income tax to parents having children at school;
• the ‘desirability’ of a ‘recognised uniform’ way of expressing ‘Society of Jesus’ in initials in English and Irish;
• the introduction of dancing classes ‘under the guidance of a certain number of lady instructresses’ without the permission of Irish Fr Provincial at Belvedere College;
• Irish scholastics in Jersey and
• examinations in ‘air raid precautions and anti-gas measures’ for male members of religious orders at the Air Raid Precautions School, Griffith Barracks, Dublin.

Documents examining ‘the question of the advisability or otherwise of our…(the Irish Jesuit Province)…founding & running a Weekly Paper’ following Fr General’s letter asking the Provincial to “find out the views of ‘peritorum Patrum’ on this subject.” Includes copy of circular letter and questionnaire sent by the Provincial to sixteen ‘knowledgeable’ Jesuits and replies from the following Fathers: Patrick Connolly (Editor of 'Studies'), Michael Kirwan, John Ryan, Aubrey Gwynn (ADMN/3/18; 29; 40), Timothy Corcoran, Michael Egan, Edward Cahill, Joseph Canavan, Timothy Mulcahy (Editor of 'Madonna', 'Irish Monthly' and 'The Jesuit Directory'), Edward J. Coyne (See also ADMN/3/29; 39; 42; 57), John McMahon, George Roche, John Keane, Charles Doyle (includes two unsigned replies from Frs Stephen Brown and Charles Scantlebury). Also includes tables of summaries of the views expressed.

Correspondence on retreats (and missions) to priests, nuns and the laity. Includes correspondence concerning the drafting, by Irish Fr Provincial, of a confidential circular concerning the ‘principles which were to direct Ours when treating, whether in missions or retreats, the 6th & 9th Commandments. I judged…direction necessary because complaints had been made to me that some of Ours had said rather gross things in the pulpit, and because there seemed to be a want of uniformity amongst our preachers and confessors in their manner of treating this difficult subject.’ (See also ADMN/3/11)

Correspondence mostly between two sisters and the Irish Fr Provincial concerning the sisters’ efforts to contest the will of their late cousin, Josephine Keshan, decd., 1910, who left the administration of her entire estate to the Society of Jesus. The matter was settled amicably.

Documents, mainly letters to Irish Fr Provincial reporting on works in progress by various Jesuits, to be published during the fourth centenary year of the foundation of the Society. Includes letters from Frs John Ryan, Timothy Mulcahy, Charles Scantlebury, Henry Gill, Joseph Canavan, Michael McGrath, Patrick Gannon, Stephen Brown, Arthur Little, John MacErlean, Edward Coyne (See also ADMN/3/37; 39; 42; 57), Timothy Corcoran, Aubrey Gwynn and Seán Ó Catháin. Also includes lists of titles and authors and a memorandum on historical publications of the Irish Province by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ (See also ADMN/3/18; 37; 40).

Letters, mostly to Irish Fr Provincial discussing the declining circulation 'An Timire', the Irish Messenger of the Sacred Heart and proposals to issue the magazine on a quarterly, rather than monthly basis.

Documents relating to the celebration of Mission Sunday in Jesuit churches and houses.

Letters and printed circulars concerning the appointment of diocesan censors.

Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial from possible candidates and various parish priests seeking information on and interviews to discuss, the possibility of entrance into the Society of Jesus. Also includes applications to join the Society; letters from those who have been accepted and letters concerning financial support from novices’ families.

A file relating to the establishment of an Mungret College Apostolic School. Includes letters to Irish Fr Provincials James Tuite, Thomas Browne and Timothy Kenny concerning the matter.