Jesuit Chaplains in the VEC Colleges

Repository: Irish Jesuit Archives

Identity Statement

TitleJesuit Chaplains in the VEC Colleges
Archive ReferenceIE IJA/CHP/EDU
Web Link to this Entryhttps://iar.ie/archive/jesuit-chaplains-vec-colleges
Creation Dates1965-1978
Extent Medium1 box

Context

Creator(s): Irish Jesuits

  • Administrative History ↴

    Jesuit involvement as chaplains in VEC (Vocational Educational Committee) Colleges, Dublin can be traced to the early 1940’s when a number of Irish Jesuits taught religion in technical schools in Dublin. From 1951, when Fr. John McAvoy SJ (1908-1983) was appointed Spiritual Director of the Centre of Technology in Bolton Street, Jesuits have worked as chaplains at the College of Commerce, Rathmines and at the Colleges of Technology, Bolton Street and Kevin Street.
  • Archival History ↴

    Material deposited from the Provincialate.
  • Immediate Source Acquisition ↴

    Official Transfer

Content & Structure

  • Scope & Content: Irish Jesuits ↴

    The material consists of documents which outline the establishment of the College of Technology at Bolton Street; attempts to establish a student centre (1965); chaplains’ correspondence with Fr. Provincial on the status and role of chaplains: problems and issues (1965-1973), ‘John Austin House’, 135 North Circular Road (1974) and a proposal to set up Jesuit house in Dominick Street (1976); Fr. Provincial’s nominations for chaplains (1968-1976); Archbishop of Dublin’s Planning Commission for V.E.C. Colleges (1971-1972); Role of college chaplains ([ ]; 1973); reports (1973-1978); The V.E.C. and chaplains (1973; 1975).

  • Appraisal Destruction ↴

    Permanent
  • Accruals ↴

    Periodic accruals
  • Arrangement ↴

    Material was catalogued in 2005 and 2011.

Conditions of Access & Use

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Creation Dates1965-1978
Extent Medium1 box
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Allied Materials

Publication NoteJesuit Year Book (1967)

Descriptive Control Area

Archivist NoteDamien Burke
Rules/ConventionsIGAD: Irish Guidelines for Archival Description. Dublin: Society of Archivists, Ireland, 2009. ISAD(G): General International Standard Archival Description. 2nd ed. Ottowa: International Council on Archives, 2000. National Council on Archives: Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names. Chippenham: National Council on Archives, 1997. Irish Guidelines for Indexing Archives. Dublin: Archives and Records Association, Ireland, 2013.
Date of Descriptions41609