IE/ROS - Rosminian Congregation Ireland & USA

IE/ROS

Rosminian Congregation Ireland & USA

Approx 100 boxes

Provost Generals

1. Antonio Rosmini (1839-1855)
2. Giovanni Battista Pagani (1855-1860)
3. Pietro Bertetti (1860-1874)
4. Guiseppi Cappa (1874-1877)
5. Luigi Lanzoni (1877-1901)
6. Bernardino Balsari (1901-1935)
7. Giuseppi Bozzeti (1935-1956)
8. Giovanni Gaddo (1956-1981)
9. Gianbattista Zantedeschi (1981-?)

List of Irish Provincials

1. Reverend Thomas Hickey (1931-1948)
2. Reverend John Hickey (1948-1955)
3. Reverend Hugh MacFadden (1955-1964)
4. Reverend Benedict Forsyth (1964-1973)
5. Reverend Bernard McNally (1973-1976)
6. Reverend Charles O’Sullivan (1976-1985)
7. Reverend James Flynn (1985-1991)
8. Reverend Patrick Pierce (1991-1997)
9. Reverend Matthew Gaffney (1997-2003)

List of English Provincials

1. Giovanni Battista Pagani (1855)
2. Angelo Rinolfi (1855-1875)
3. Dominic Gazzola (1875-1906)
4. Aloysius Emery (1906-1916)
5. Trevor Hughes (1916-1926)
6. Daniel [Dennis] Hickey (1926-1948)
7. Cuthbert Emery (1948-1964)
8. Michael McGough (1964-1971)
9. Thomas Kearns (1971-1981)
10. Augustine Little (1981-)


Omeath Rectors

1. A.J. O’Brien (1931-1933) (1939-1946)
2. Hugh McFadden (1933-1935)
3. Joseph McPolin (1935-1939)
4. Patrick O’Byrne (1946-1947)
5. John O’Kane (1947-1951)
6. Finbar Cronin (1951-1958)
7. Vincent Kennedy (1958-1964)
8. Vincent Connolly (1964-1967)
9. Patrick O’Leary (1967-1974)
10. Martin Kenny (1974-1982)
11. Malachy Loughran (1982-1986)

Brief History

• St Michael’s belonged to Institute of Charity between 1901 to 1988
• Provincial Gazzola visited Omeath for the first time.
• 1927 West Wing of building constructed.
• Became a scholasticate in 1935.
• Became a Juniorate in 1947.
• Became a recognised Secondary School in 1954.
• 1956 East Wing of building constructed.
• 1968 Day Pupils admitted.
• 1972 girl day pupils admitted.

The majority of the documents in this collection were created by members of the Institute of Charity and so are personal in nature. The personal documents in this collection include letters, birth certificates, death certificates, application forms, passports and photographs. Any documents created by other characters mostly come in the form of letters, correspondence and reports. There are also newspaper cuttings regarding news stories that concern the Institute of Charity and its members. Maps of land owned by the Institute of Charity also make up a part of this collection. As a large part of this collection comes from the late nineteenth and early twentieth century’s, money is recorded as pounds, then shillings and then pence. The use of miles as a form of distance is also used in some documents. Most of the correspondence is handwritten but typed correspondence becomes more common from the 1980s onwards.

The documents in this collection were found mostly in their original order in boxes which were well labeled about their contents. Some personal papers were less orderly with many found in suitcases meaning the contents were scattered and unorganised. The collection has been arranged into a number of sub-fonds. Most of the sub-fonds are made up of documents from each Rosminian house in Ireland and in America. These sub-fonds are broken down into further series regarding each house’s history, administration, finances and correspondence. Other sub-fonds relates to the administration of the Irish Province, the Rosminian missions in Tanzania, the School for the Blind in Drumcondra, correspondence between Irish provincials and the Father Generals of the Institute of Charity, personal papers of individual Irish Rosminians, papers from the Conference of Religious Ireland and a collection of papers from the Carmelite Order who ran the Drumcondra School for the Blind before handing over control to the Institute of Charity in 1953. Most items are arranged in chronological order. Series containing the personal records of priests or students who attended a school ran by the Rosminian Order are arranged by alphabetical order by surname.

The condition of these papers is in relatively good condition however there are a number of letters and documents that have started to tear along where they were folded so care is needed here. A number of documents also have some pieces of paper torn off them at the sides. A small number of documents couldn’t be completely cleaned due to engrained dirt. Some newspapers have minor tears but are in good condition.

2020, Catalogue compiled by Kevin Healion and Paul Heffernan.

ISAD(G) 2nd edition