Box 3

Scope and Contents From the Series: This series contains the bound personal journals of Fr. Ward that describe daily activities; letters received; visitors and travels; weather conditions; and brief entries on finances. As superior at Frederick for much of the Civil War, he was especially invested in the military operations of the surrounding area. This is reflected in his diaries for 1863 and 1864 in which he provides a considerable number of details pulled from area newspapers; however, he does not outwardly insert his own...

Scope and Contents From the Series: This series contains the bound personal journals of Fr. Ward that describe daily activities; letters received; visitors and travels; weather conditions; and brief entries on finances. As superior at Frederick for much of the Civil War, he was especially invested in the military operations of the surrounding area. This is reflected in his diaries for 1863 and 1864 in which he provides a considerable number of details pulled from area newspapers; however, he does not outwardly insert his own...

Scope and Contents From the Series: This series contains the bound personal journals of Fr. Ward that describe daily activities; letters received; visitors and travels; weather conditions; and brief entries on finances. As superior at Frederick for much of the Civil War, he was especially invested in the military operations of the surrounding area. This is reflected in his diaries for 1863 and 1864 in which he provides a considerable number of details pulled from area newspapers; however, he does not outwardly insert his own...

Scope and Contents From the Series: This series contains the bound personal journals of Fr. Ward that describe daily activities; letters received; visitors and travels; weather conditions; and brief entries on finances. As superior at Frederick for much of the Civil War, he was especially invested in the military operations of the surrounding area. This is reflected in his diaries for 1863 and 1864 in which he provides a considerable number of details pulled from area newspapers; however, he does not outwardly insert his own...

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Notes for 33 day retreat with sections for each year of Jesus' life. These materials do not have dates but would have been created after Fr. Ward's entry into the Society.

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Sets of meditations for the renovation of vows. These materials do not have dates but would have been created after Fr. Ward's entry into the Society.

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Description of the Spiritual Exercises with a note that indicates "translated from the French of Rev. P. Jennesseause S.J. by Fr. Ward S.J." The translation is not complete and the original source of the text is unknown. These materials do not have dates but would have been created after Fr. Ward's entry into the Society.

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Notes by Fr. Ward in a notebook previously written in by Fr. Francis X. de Neckere on the following of Christ. Fr. Ward's entries include notes on a variety of spiritual topics, sermons, and retreat preludes. Note that Fr. de Neckere's entries occur on the recto side of the first 15 pages only. These materials do not have dates but would have been created after Fr. de Neckere's entry into the Society.

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Notes for a variety of retreats, of which some are only partially complete. These materials do not have dates but would have been created after Fr. Ward's entry into the Society.

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Notes for a variety of retreats.

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Sets of meditations for the renovation of vows.

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Notes for Spiritual Exercises and a booklet entitled "Directory of the Exercises of Saint Ignatius," which outlines the method and form of the Exercises and instructions for those who complete them. These materials do not have dates but would have been created after Fr. Ward's entry into the Society.

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Other spiritual writings: on the method of catechism; the reason for meditation; the presentation of Christ to the Temple; the efficacy of Grace; sin and conscience; reason and man as a credulous creature; and how one's eternal and temporal welfare is reliant on victory over passions. These materials do not have dates but would have been created after Fr. Ward's entry into the Society.

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A set of five instructions on the infallibility and permanency of the Church and prayers entitled "Offering of the Heart"; "Prayer at the Crowning of the Statue"; and "Consecration to the Most Holy Heart of Mary." These materials do not have dates but would have been created after Fr. Ward's entry into the Society.

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Sets of meditations on the death of the priest; perfection; and the renovation of vows.

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Individual sermons on the purification, Matthew 22:14, John 4:48, I John 2:15, Ecclesiasticus 4:34-25, and Acts 4:12. These materials do not have dates but would have been created after Fr. Ward's entry into the Society.

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A disbound notebook containing notes of a spiritual retreat for eight days; sermons for the first two Sundays of Lent; other essays and homilies; and readings for the Spiritual Exercises.

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Notes for a variety of retreats, of which some are only partially complete. These materials do not have dates but would have been created after Fr. Ward's entry into the Society.