John F. Hurley, SJ Papers
Collection — Box: GTM Shared Box 35, Folder: 10
Identifier: GTM-0055
This collection contains a typescript of Fr. John F. Hurley's experiences during the occupation of the Philippines (1941-1945) in which he was held at Santo Tomas Internment Camp. The account was written at the request of Fr. William C. Repetti, then Georgetown University Archivist, in 1964.
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John F. Hurley, SJ (1892-1967) was born in New York City to Thomas (b. 1864) and Mary Power Hurley (1871-1940) alongside siblings Julia, Peter, Margaret, Mary, Genevieve, and Helen. He attended the College of St. Francis Xavier and graduated from Fordham College (1914) before entering the Society of Jesus at St. Andrew-on-Hudson (Poughkeepsie, 1915-1917). He was then at Woodstock (1918-1920) and Boston College High School (1921) before being stationed at the Ateneo de Manila, Philippines (1922-1924). Fr. Hurley came back to the US for his theological studies at Woodstock (1925-1928), during which he was ordained (1927), before returning to the Ateneo in 1929. There he eventually became Superior of the Mission (1936-1945).
In December 1941, with the attack of the Philippines by Japanese forces, Fr. Hurley was confined to the Ateneo de Manila through January 1944 after which he was sent to Santo Tomas Internment Camp. There he was held until liberation by US forces in February 1945. After WWII, Fr. Hurley was made Secretary General of the Catholic Welfare Organization (CWO) and helped coordinate relief efforts in the Philippines. He spent the remainder of his life working with the organization and on war damage claims for payments to American and Filipino internees and veterans and for the reconstruction of Catholic schools, orphanages, and hospitals there. He died at Shrub Oak in 1967.
0.1 Cubic Feet (1 folder)
English
This account was removed from the William C. Repetti, SJ Papers during processing in July 2024 and processed as its own collection.
Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository