Born: 10 October 1671, Dublin City, County Dublin
Entered: 02 October 1691, Paris, France - Franciae Province (FRA)
Ordained: 1704, Paris, France
Final Vows: 02 February 1706, Nîmes, France
Died: 18 December 1746, Dublin Residence, Dublin City, County Dublin - Romanae Province (ROM)

Before entering was a Master of Arts at Poitiers
1711 Teacher at Moulins College (FRA)
1714 in Ireland
Professor of Philosophy, learned man, good poet. Was also private chaplain to a family

◆ Fr Edmund Hogan SJ “Catalogica Chronologica” :
1713 In France and about to travel to Ireland
1714-1717 In Ireland
he had been a Professor of Philosophy and was a learned man and good poet.

◆ Fr Francis Finegan SJ :
Early education at the Jesuit School in Dublin and then graduated with an MA from Poitiers, before Ent 02 October 1691 Paris
1693-1700 After First Vows he was sent for an extra year of Rhetoric at the Novitiate and then the next six years Regency at Nevers (1694-1699) where he brought his first class as far as Rhetoric, and then at Vannes (1699-1700).
1700-1704 He was then sent to La Flèche for Theology being Ordained there in 1704.
1705-1706 Made Tertianship at Rouen
1706-1710 He taught Philosophy at Nevers and Moulins
1711-1713 he was sent for two years teaching Humanities at the Irish College, Poitiers
1713/1714 Winter he was sent to Ireland with Michael Murphy, and for thirty years taught Humanities in Dublin in close collaboration with Canon John Harold’s ecclesiastical Academy. In his latter years he seems to have taken little part in active ministry, as he suffered greatly from scruples. He died in Dublin 18 December 1746
In his time he was considered an accomplished Latinist, and he did publish some verse, though this has not been recorded in Jesuit bibliographies.

◆ George Oliver Towards Illustrating the Biography of the Scotch, English and Irish Members SJ
BYRNE, MILO. I find by F. Walt. Lavelin’s letter of the 1st of January, 1713, that this Father was preparing to quit the College at Poitiers for the Irish Mission.

Born: 04 November 1715, Ardfert, County Kerry
Entered: 26 August 1735, Paris, France - Franciae Province (FRA)
Ordained: 1748, Paris, France
Final Vows: 02 February 1752
Died: post 1766
Official Catalogus Defuncti MISSING

◆ In Chronological Catalogue Sheet

◆ Old/15 (1) has Ent 1734-5 RIP after 1757

◆ Old/16 has : “P Charles O’Kefe”; DOB 04/11/1717 Ireland; Ent 1735 France; Prof 4 Vows 02/02/1752; RIP post 1763

◆ CATSJ I-Y has “Charles Emmanuel (Arthur) O’Keefe”; DOB 04/11/1715 or 10/10/1716 Ardfert; Ent 26/09 or 26/08/1735 or 1724 or 1735; FV 02/02/1752
1743 At Moulins College teaching Grammar, Rhetoric and Humanities
1746 At Paris College (Louis-le-Grand) studying Theology
1757-1761 At Bourges College FRA Minister, Prefect of General Studies, Confessor and Consultor
1766 towards the end is at Avignon College

◆ Fr Edmund Hogan SJ “Catalogica Chronologica” :
Two Entries

O’Keef and O’Keefe

DOB 09/10/1716 or 04/11/1717 Ireland; Ent 26/08/1735 Paris; FV 02/02/1752; RIP post 1763

Taught Humanities for five years and Rhetoric for one.

1746 Studying Theology at Louis-le-Grand Collège, Paris (FRA CAT 1746)
1762 Prefect of Studies at Bourges. : “Préfet des Hautes Etudes” (Arrêt du Parlement de Paris, 1763)

There was a Captain Art O’Keefe in the army of James II.
Ther Christian names of the Jesuit suggest that he was the son of an officer in the Sardinian service.

◆ MacErlean Cat Miss HIB SJ 1670-1770
1737 FRA Cat
Novitiate Paris
“Carolus Emmanuel O Keeffe”
Born 04/11/1715 Ardfert diocese
Entered 26/08/1735
Studied Philosophy 1 before entry. Novice

1740 FRA Cat
Novitiate La Flèche
“Carolus Emmanuel O Keeffe”
Born 04/11/1715 Ardfert diocese
Entered 27/08/1735
Studied Philosophy 1 before entry then 1; Teaching Humanities 1

1743 FRA Cat
Collegium Moulins
“Carolus Emmanuel Arthurus O Keeffe”
Born 24/11/1715 Ardfert diocese
Entered 26/08/1724
Studied Philosophy 1 before entry then 1; Teaching Grammar 4, Rhetoric 1

1746 FRA Cat
Collegium Paris
“Carolus Emmanuel O Keeffe”01
Born 24/11/1716 Ardfert diocese
Entered 26/08/1735 Paris
Studied Philosophy 1 before entry then 1, Theology 1; Teaching Humanities 5, Rhetoric 1

1749 FRA Cat
Collegium Paris
“Carolus Emmanuel Ô Keeff”
Born 04/11/1717 Ardfert diocese
Entered 26/08/1735 Paris
Studied Philosophy 1 before entry then 1, Theology 4; Teaching Humanities 5, Rhetoric 1

Ordained 1748

1754 FRA Cat
Collegium Rouen
“Carolus Emmanuel O Keeff”
Born 04/11/1717 Ardfert diocese
Entered 26/08/1735 Paris
Professed Four Vows 02/02/1752 Rouen
Studied Philosophy 1 before entry then 1, Theology 4; Teaching Grammar 5, Rhetoric 1, Philosophy 5

1757 FRA Cat
Collegium Bourges
“Carolus Emmanuel O Keeffe”
Born 04/11/1717 Ardfert diocese
Entered 26/08/1735 Paris
Professed Four Vows 02/02/1752 Rennes
Studied Philosophy 1 before entry then 2, Theology 4; Teaching Grammar 5, Rhetoric 1, Philosophy 5, Theology 4

1761 FRA Cat
Collegium Bourges
“Carolus Emmanuel O Keeffe”
Minister; Professor General Studies; Health; Librarian; Sodality; Consultor since October 1757

1766 LUGD Cat
Collegium Avignon
“Carolus Emmanuel O Keeffe”
Ex FRA Province

◆ Henry Foley - Records of the English province of The Society of Jesus Vol VII - Second Appendix
KEEF, O', CHARLES EMMANUEL, Father. (Irish Catalogue, P. 74.) He was born October 9, 1716; entered the Society in Paris, August 26, 1735; taught humanities for five years and rhetoric for one, and was studying theology in the College of Louis-le-Grand, Paris, 1746. (tanul, Provincia Francice, 1746.) During 1762 he was Prefect of Studies in the College of Bourges.

◆ Francis Finegan SJ Biographical Dictionary 1598-1773
He was born in the diocese of Ardfert, November 4, 1715, and he entered the Society at paris, August 26, 1735, having already commenced Philosophy studies.

After his first religiousprofession, he made his second year of Philosophy at La Flèche, and then remained for three years as a Regent in that College. he continued his Regency at Moulins and was Prefect at Bourges, 1743-1744. He now completed his Philosophy course and studied Theology form four years at the Collège Louis Le Grand at Paris, where he was ordained Priest in 1748.

On the completion of his studies he was appointed Professor of Philosophy at Rennes, and later Professor of Theology at Bourges, where he had graduated DD. He remained at Bourges until the dissolution of the Society in France. In his later years at Bourges he was Prefect of Studies. He was at the College of Avignon in 1766-1767, but after that year there is no further trace of him, nor the year of his death ever recorded during that troubled period in the Society’s history.

Born: 10 July 1670, Cork City, County Cork
Entered: 07 September 1687, Paris, France - Franciae Province (FRA)
Ordained: 1699, Paris, France
Final Vows: 15 August 1703
Died: 10 July 1718, La Flèche, France - Franciae Province (FRA)

Alias de la Roche

MA of Poitiers of Bourges (at entry?)
1693 At Compiègne College FRA
1711-1718 At Amiens teaching Humanities, Rhetoric, Philosophy and Theology
“...whose whole life devolved to the teaching of literature and the higher studies of Philosophy and Theology offers nothing but an almost scrupulous fidelity to the accomplishment of all his duties. Weak health required his Superiors to withdraw him to La Flèche.”
Also known to work as a confessor, visiting the poor, sick and prisoners, He enlisted his students in all of his good works.
(Guillaume Astana, Franc II p 43)

◆ Fr Francis Finegan SJ :
Had already studied Philosophy before Ent 07 September 1687 Paris
After First Vows he was sent for Regency to Nevers, La Flèche, Compiègne and Arras, and after that sent for Theology to Paris where he was Ordained 1699
After his studies were completed he was sent to teach Philosophy at Moulins for two years, and then he made Tertianship at Rouen.
1703-1712 He spent the next nine years teaching Philosophy at Amiens, La Flèche and Paris.
1712 Then he was sent to La Flèche for a Chair in Theology, and he remained there until his death 10 July 1718
Just before his death he had been invited by the General to join the Irish Mission

Born: 12 February 1825, Duleek, County Meath
Entered: 24 September 1849, Amiens, France (FRA)
Ordained: Maynooth - pre Entry
Final vows: 15 August 1862
Died: 10 May 1901, St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg, County Offaly

by 1855 at Moulins College (LUGD) for Regency
by 1865 at Bordeaux Residence France (TOLO) health
by 1870 at Mongré Collège, Villefranche-sur-Mer (LUGD) working
by 1886 at Charleroi Belgium (BELG) Teaching

◆ HIB Menologies SJ :
He entered Maynooth for his own Diocese, and was a classmate of the future Bishop, Dr Nulty. After Ordination he felt a different call and applied to the Society.

After First Vows he was sent to Tullabeg where he taught Grammar for two years.
He then returned to France for further Regency.
1857-1865 He returned to Ireland, and he taught at Belvedere, Limerick and Clongowes.
1865 He was at the Bordeaux Residence.
1866-1869 He was back in Ireland in Milltown and Gardiner St.
1867 The famous “Convent Case : Saurin v Star” was tried was tried in the English Courts, in which Matthew’s sister, A Mercy Sister, took an action against her Superioress and Community of the Mercy Convent Hull for the harsh treatment of expulsion. (cf https://archive.org/details/greatconventcase00joseuoft/page/n3/mode/2up) It was decided that Matthew should live outside the jurisdiction of the Courts, lest he be called as a witness, and so he lived in the Continent.
On his return home he was stationed at Dublin.
1872-1884 He was sent to Tullabeg as a Missioner for twelve years.
1884-1889 He was at Clongowes and Mungret, except for a year that he spent at Charleroi in Belgium.
1899 Early in this year he had an accident at Clongowes, when he fell down the steps near the Dispenser’s Office and broke his hip. It was apparently impossible to set it properly, with the result that he could no longer walk. After a very active life - he was a very keen sportsman which he called “Hunting” - it was a very difficult transition for him. However, he never complained, though on one occasions, being told that the Novices had gone out for a walk, he said “Oh, how I wish I could go out too”, and then added with a flash of his old humour “Horses and dogs!”
He died at Tullabeg 10 May 1901 deeply regretted by all who knew him, as his bright humorous ways made him a welcome addition to every community.

◆ James B Stephenson SJ Menologies 1973

Father Matthew Saurin SJ 1825-1901
At Tullabeg on May 10th 1901 died Fr Matthew Saurin, deeply regretted by all, for he was a man of bright and humorous disposition, which made him a welcome addition to the various communities he lived in..

He was born at Duleek on February 12th 1825 and was ordained priest at Maynooth for his native Diocese of Meath. Shortly after his ordination, he felt the call to religious life and accordingly entered the Society in 1849.

Fr Saurin’s main work in the Society was as a missioner on the Mission Staff, in the course of which he was stationed at Tullabeg for twelve years. On retiring from the strenuous work of a missioner from 1884-1899, he was stationed at Mungret and Clongowes. It was in the latter house that he met with an accident to his hip bone. At age 74 it was impossible to set it properly, and from then on he was deprived of the use of his legs.

After a very active life that he had led, for he took a very keen interest in al kinds of field sports which he called “hunting”, this life of inactivity must have been very irksome to him. However, he never complained. Once only was he ever heard to make a remark which showed he felt the tedium of his illness. One day he was told that the novices had gone out for a walk. “Oh” he said “how I wish I could go out for a walk too”. But immediately, he added with a flash of his old humour, “However, if Almighty God has need of my legs He is welcome to them”.

◆ The Crescent : Limerick Jesuit Centenary Record 1859-1959

Bonum Certamen ... A Biographical Index of Former Members of the Limerick Jesuit Community

Father Matthew Saurin (1825-1901)

A native of Duleek, Co. Meath, had been educated at Maynooth and ordained for the diocese of Meath. He entered the Society in 1859, at St Acheul, and continued his studies in France. Father Saurin was one of the founder members of the re-established Jesuit community in Limerick in 1859 and remained as a member of the teaching staff of the college until 1863. After some twelve years as a missioner he resumed teaching at Clongowes and Mungret. His later years were spent at Tullabeg.