Tallies of votes at the 13th Provincial Congregation at which Father Edward I. Devitt was selected to represent the Maryland-New York Province at the Congregation of Procurators in Rome.
Bound record of the first and general inquiry proposed to all those asking to be admitted to the Society of Jesus. Each entry consists of thirteen questions asked of candidates as they prepare to take their vows and advance towards full profession. Includes an index of names.
Summary report on examination scores received by community members throughout the year at Province colleges and universities (e.g., Fordham, Georgetown, Gonzaga, etc.).
List of the twenty five Provincial Congregations held between 1835 and 1950, including details surrounding time, location, and members voted Procurator or Elector.
Correspondence predominantly with Father Provincial James P. Sweeney on the graduate studies of Jesuits within the Maryland-New York Province. Includes information on the cases of individual students.
Correspondence predominantly between Father Provincial Vincent L. Keelan and Father John S. Creaghan regarding the graduate studies of the latter at Princeton University's Institute for Advanced Study. Also includes correspondence with other Jesuit graduate students.
Materials compiled on the separation of New York from the Maryland-New York Province, including financial considerations, a petition for division, and articles of agreement.
Correspondence between individual Jesuits with Father Provincials John M. Daley and Edward J. Sponga on permission to smoke.
Correspondence from Fathers Jacob B. Matthews, Junius A. McGehee, and Charles J. Hennessy regarding Sacred Heart Church in La Plata, Maryland. Includes financial information on the "new rectory account," 1925.
Correspondence surrounding providing fathers with an extra year of special studies before their graduate biennium in theology, based on Father John S. Creaghan's recommendation. Predominantly addressed to Father Provincial William F. Maloney.
Correspondence and reports regarding the Novitiate and Juniorate programs at Wernersville, Pennsylvania. Predominantly letters from Prefect of Studies Neil J. Twombly, S.J.
Correspondence surrounding the visitation of Father Norbert de Boynes, including a synopsis of his exhortation made at Keyser Island (1920); a copy of his farewell address at the College of St. Francis Xavier, New York City (1921); and a memorial of his visit (1922).
Written arrangement between the Maryland Province and Georgetown College regarding the clothing and board of Province members not employed at the school.
Materials on scholastics studying at Georgetown as well as correspondence with pottery companies regarding the purchase of special plates showing scenes of the university.
Includes assignments for brothers in charge of student organizations; living arrangements for Jesuits on campus; and newsclippings regarding foreign Jesuit students attending the university. Much of the folder consists of event planning materials for the installation dinner of Father Arthur A. O'Leary as Vice Rector in October, 1934, and for Christmas of that year.
Contains planning materials for the Christmas season as well as some for Holy Week, Easter, and New Year's within the Georgetown Jesuit community. Also included are several newsclippings regarding a summer 1935 retreat for Jesuit teachers from throughout the East Coast.
Addresses given by or to commmunity members on the "religious state;" the humility, faith, and charity of St. Peter; and perfection.
Addresses given by or to commmunity members on the "religious state," devotion to guardian angels, St. Stanislaus, the "interior life," the vocation of the Apostles, the "means of preserving and strengthening the spiritual life," and the particular examen.
Announcements read in the community refectory on masses, litanies, prayers, and other information regarding daily schedules and ecclesiastical events.
Announcements read in the community refectory on masses, litanies, prayers, and other information regarding daily schedules and ecclesiastical events.
