Born: 26 February 1789, Scotland
Entered: 07 September 1810, Hodder, Stonyhurst, England - Angliae Province (ANG)
Ordained: 1820
Died: 12 March 1835, Aberdeen, Scotland

Left Society of Jesus: 1830

in Clongowes 1817;
in Friburg Switzerland 1826

Fr Edmund Hogan SJ “Catalogica Chronologica” :
Father Murphy says that at the age of 10, he entered the Scotch College at Ratisbonne, at 16 he went to Stonyhurst. His inscription is “Carolus Fraser, Miss : Ap : in Planis Scotiae ob : Aberd. xii Mar 1835, aet xlvii”. (cf FD Murphy’s “Collections”

He belonged to HIB and was very much esteemed by all his brethren in Ireland.
He was a Professor and Prefect at Clongowes and a most distinguished Preacher, as well as the author of a History of the Suppression, which is in the Milltown Park Archives.

Although he left the Society, he kept up a correspondence with the Irish Jesuits.
Loose leaf note in CatChrn : Entitled “Left Stonyhurst for Castle Brown” :

Born: 11 June 1930, Main Street, Dundrum, Dublin City
Entered: 07 September 1948, St Mary's, Emo, County Laois
Ordained: 31 July 1962, Milltown Park, Dublin
Final Vows: 02 February 1965, Sacred Heart College SJ, Limerick
Died: 28 August 2007, Clover Well, Edgworthstown, County Longford

Left Society of Jesus: 14 August 1995

Parents were Charles and Josephine (Dillon)

Family lived at Cadogan Road, Fairview, Dublin, County Dublin. Fifth of eight boys.

Early education was at a North William Street Convent school and then at Scoil Iósep na mBratháir in Marino for nine years. He won a University scholarship

Baptised at Holy Cross Church, Dundrum, Dublin, 15/06/1930
Conformed at St Vincent de Paul, Marino, Dublin, 01/10/1940

1948-1950: St Mary's, Emo, , Novitiate
1950-1953: Rathfarnham Castle, Juniorate, UCD (BA)
1953-1956: St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg, Philosophy
1956-1959: Coláiste Iognáid SJ, Galway,Regency
1959-1963: Milltown Park, Theology
1963-1964: Rathfarnham Castle, Tertianship
1964-1966: Crescent College, Limerick, Teaching
1966-1969: Coláiste Iognáid SJ, Galway, Teaching
1969-1973: St Francis Xavier’s, Gardiner Street, working
1973-1974: Rome, Italy (DIR) sabbatical at Il Centro Internazionale Pio XII a Rocca di Papa
1974-1979: St Ignatius, Leeson Street, National Promoter CLC
1979-1982: Gonzaga College SJ, National Promoter CLC
1982-1983: St Ignatius, Leeson Street, National Promoter CLC
1983-1990: Chaplain at Charles Lwanga Teachers’ Training College, Chisekesi, Zambia
1990-1991: John Austin House, studying at Syon House, High Street, Angmering, Sussex
1993-1995: St Aloysius Residence, Widside Place, Glasgow, Scotland (BRI) working

Leave of absence announced 22/06/1995. Dispensed by Rome from celibacy 22/09/1997. Married Marie McEvoy 2000

Adsdress 1996: Harcourt Road, Wood Green, London and Blessing Way, Barking, Essex, England
Address 2000: Rockfield Gardens, Maynooth, County Kildare & Blessing Way, Barking, Essex, England
Interfuse No 139 : Easter 2009

Obituary

Fr Val Mac Lochlainn (1930-2007) : former Jesuit

Paul Andrews (Interfuse Obituarist) writes:
Because Val died as a married man, in Edgeworthstown in August 2007, we never had an obituary of him in Interfuse. That was an oversight, because he was an Irish Jesuit for 47 years, and remained a close friend after he left the Society in 1995. What follows is a memoir put together with the help of Tom McGivern in Zambia,

Val's education took him from “Joey's” CBS in Fairview through Emo, UCD (BA in Latin and Irish), philosophy in Tullabeg, theology in Milltown and tertianship in Rathfarnham. He then taught for two years in the Crescent, and three in Galway, where he had done his Regency. There followed four years in Gardiner Street church, a sabbatical in Rome, and then the work for which he is probably best remembered, nine years as National Promoter for the Christian Life Communities. There were 310 CLC groups in Ireland, and Val worked assiduously to encourage them all. When he left the job in 1983 he wrote in his CV of “mental exhaustion resulting from over zealous commitment to study while at secondary school”.

At the age of 53 he volunteered for Zambia, and he worked there for seven years, mostly in Charles Lwanga Teacher Training College. He suffered greatly from the fact that his mother had fallen into dementia, and in 1981 had to be put into a home; she died in 1988.

For Val the 1990s were years of uncertainty. He returned to Ireland in 1990, and while working as a priest - mostly in Scotland - he went through a period of painful discernment, with strong help from his Irish Jesuit director. In 1995 he decided to leave the Society and the priesthood. Through the remaining twelve years of his life, in England and Ireland, he stayed in close contact with Jesuit friends, especially Michael O. Gallagher who now holds Val's old post in CLC. Val married an old friend in 2000, and contributed energetically to the parish of Edgeworthstown where they lived.

Val was a good man, a zealous priest, a brilliant footballer who might well have made the Dublin team, a cherished husband, and, above all, a searcher. May he rest in peace, having reached his goal.

Born: 05 May 1929, Kill, Castlecomer, County Kilkenny
Entered: 07 September 1953, St Mary's, Emo, County Laois
Ordained: 29 July 1965, Milltown Park, Dublin
Died: 18 August 2013, Mercy Retirement Center in Oakland, CA, USA

Left Society of Jesus: 03 October 1968

Parents William and Eileen (O’Toole) were National Teachers. Family lived at St Alphonsus' Road, Drumcondra. Mother died in 1968

Oldest of two boys with three sisters.

Early education at Clogh NS, County Kilkenny and then with the Christian Brothers in Carlow.

After school he went into Pharmacy for 5.5 years, qualifying as an Assistant in 1953.

Baptised at St Patrick’s, Clogh, County Kilkenny, 05/05/1929
Confirmed at St Patrick’s, Clogh, County Kilkenny, by Dr Collier of Ossory, 14/04/1941

Left 05/10/1968, entered Capuchin’s and took vows in 04/10/1969. Known as “Father James”.

1953-1955: St Mary's, Emo, Novitiate
1955-1959: St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg, Philosophy
1959-1961: Belvedere College SJ, Regency
1961-1962: Clongowes Wood College SJ, Regency
1962-1966: Milltown Park, Theology
1966-1967: Rathfarnham Castle, Tertianship
1967-1968: St Mary’s, Choma, Zambia
1968: On supply at the Jesuit Church of Sacred Heart, Lauriston Street, Edinburgh, and then came to Manresa House Dollymount.

After leaving and taking Vows in the Capuchins, he had worked at St Brendan’s Hospital and was living and working at St Mary of the Angels, Church Street.

Address 2000: Old Mission Santa Ines, Mission Drive, Solvang, CA, USA

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/sfgate/name/edward-o-keefe-obituary?id=9716767

Edward O'Keefe Obituary
Fr Edward O'Keefe
Was born on May 5, 1929 in Kill, Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland, the son of William O'Keefe and Eileen O'Toole. He entered the Jesuit Order and made first profession at Emo, Port Arlington, Ireland in 1955. He was ordained at Milltown Park, Dublin in 1965 and was sent to the Jesuit Mission at Zambia Africa in 1967. His first contact with the Capuchins came on the banks of the Zambezi River in Central Africa. He was welcomed by the Capuchins and had frequent contact with them during the year. As a result he felt drawn to join the Capuchins; and so he did in the following year of 1968. He returned to Ireland and made his novitiate year. In 1969 he was solemnly professed and remained in Ireland as a Chaplain and ministering in giving parish missions and retreats.

In 1974 he came to Our Lady of Angels in Burlingame, CA as associate pastor.

From 1974 to 1981 he was assigned as a hospital chaplain in Fresno, CA. He also was actively involved in Marriage and Engaged Encounter retreats and the Focolare movement.

In 1981 he was associate pastor in Hermiston, Oregon.

In 1985 to 1987 he was associate pastor at St Francis Parish in Los Angeles and from 1988 to 1991 was associate pastor at St Francis of Assisi Parish in Bend, OR.

From 1991 to 1998 he was Pastor at St Lawrence of Brindisi Parish Watts, Los Angeles

1999 to 2000 he was associate pastor at Old Mission Santa Ines in Solvang, CA.

In 2000, he once again felt called to go out into the mission field. This time he went to our Mexico mission in Monterrey as guardian of the student community.

In 2010, it became obvious that Fr Ed was rapidly declining in health with Alzheimer's disease and he retired to Mercy Care and Retirement Center in Oakland, CA. After ministering so many years in so many different places Fr. Ed could no longer minister to others but in his silent prayer.

In June of 2013 Fr. Ed began to lose weight and in August he could barely eat anything. Fr. Ed died at 12:10 pm in the afternoon of the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Mother at Mercy Retirement Center in Oakland, CA. He was 84 years old.

He is survived by his sister Noreen O'Keefe and his brother Gerard O'Keefe and his sister Frances Glavin.

His funeral arrangements are as follows: Rosary at 7:30 pm at Old Mission Santa Ines in Solvang, CA on August 18, 2013 and Funeral Mass at 11 am also at Old Mission Santa Ines on August 19, 2013. Burial following the Mass at San Lorenzo Friary in Santa Ynez, CA.

Born: 01 July 1832,
Entered: 20 June 1856, Notre-Dame-de-I'Ermitage, Lons-le-Saunier, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France - Lugdunensis Province (LUGD)
Ordained: 1869,
Final Vows: 30 October 1864

Left Society of Jesus: 1876

1856-1857: Notre-Dame-de-I'Ermitage, Lons-le-Saunier, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France (LUGD), Novitiate
1857-1858: St Stanislaus, Florissant MO, USA (MIS), Novitiate
1858-1867: Spring Hill College, Mobile AL, USA, Regency
1867-1869: Fourvière, Lyon, France, Theology
1869-1870: Milltown Park, Dublin (HIB), Tertianship
1870-1871: St Stanislaus College SJ, Tullabe, County Offaly (HIB), Teaching
1871-1872: St Beuno’s, St Asaph, Flintshire, Wales (ANG), Missioner
1872-1874: St Ignatius, Preston, Lancashire, England (ANG), Curate
1874-1875: St Joseph’s Church, North Woodside Road, Glasgow, Scotland (ANG), Curate
1875-1876: Holy Cross Parish, Liverpool Road, Eccles, Lancashire, England (ANG), Curate

Born: 24 Augsut 1626, Jerpoint, County Kilkenny
Entered: 11 November 1647, Kilkenny City, County Kilkenny
Ordained: 13 March 1655,

Left Society of Jesus: 1674

◆ George Oliver Towards Illustrating the Biography of the Scotch, English and Irish Members SJ
TOBIN, JAMES, was an edifying Novice at Kilkenny in 1649. On the following year he was drafted with his brethren through the houses of the Society on the continent, where he vanishes from my pursuit.

◆ CATSJ I-Y has “Thomas”;
“Societatis Jesus Kilkenny” in title page of Officium Corporis printed in 1659, now in the Library of Black Abbey, Kilkenny (a loose note of Hogan)

◆ CATSJ I-Y has “James”; DOB 24/08/1626 Jerpoint; Ent 11/11/1647 Kilkenny Age 24;
Studied 2 years Philosophy before Ent
1666 CAT Living at Kilkenny. Preacher, Catechising, Administering the Sacraments. Teaches a few. Was on Mission in Scotland

“Between 08/09/1661 and 22/02/1665 or 1666 he signed a petition for the appointment of Rev James Cleere as Bishop of Ossory” (Arch HIB VI p56

LEFT

◆ Fr Edmund Hogan SJ “Catalogica Chronologica” :
DOB 24/08/1626 Jerpoint; Ent 11/11/1647 Kilkenny; LEFT 1674

On the Scottish Mission for three years.

◆ Francis Finegan SJ Biographical Dictionary 1598-1773
He was born at Jerpoint, Kilkenny, August 24, 1626, and studied at the Jesuit College, Kilkenny, and having completed Philosophy, entered the Society in the Novitiate recently established there.

After his Noviceship he was sent to Louvain for his Theological studies, 1651-1655, and was ordained Priest March 13, 1655.

He was designated for the Mission in Scotland, but does not seem to have arrived there until 1658, when, with three other Jesuits, he was working in the north near the Orkney Islands.

By January 1669, however, he was, apparently, once more in Flanders, as the General instructed the Flemish Provincial to send Tobin back to Ireland - a case that is probably unique in the history of the Irish Jesuits down to the Suppression.

Hem returned to Ireland about 1662, and was stationed at Kilkenny. he chafed under the obligation of religious poverty, and eventually left the Society in the winter 1673/1674.

There is some evidence that he was still living in 1692.

◆ Interfuse No 81 : Summer 1995
BACKS TO THE SEA : A LETTER FROM GALWAY 1651 BY ROBERT NUGENT

Stephen Redmond

Robert Nugent was one of the most remarkable members of the third Irish Jesuit mission 1598-1773. He became its superior in 1626/27 and ruled it with vigour and panache until 1646. He shaped it towards provincial status and led it in its commitment to the Catholic Confederation. In 1651 he took the helm again, this time as acting superior, in vastly changed circumstances. The Cromwellians controlled most of the country and were pushing west. With most communities dispersed, much of the mission (and a still active element of the former Confederation) retreated before them: Galway became a city of refuge and of contact with hoped-for allies, backs were to the sea.

The letter given here conveys something of the situation and the man. It was written to John Young who had been novice-master at Kilkenny and had gone to Rome. Apart from minimal editing it comes straight from the excellent MacErlean transcript in our archives. The original is in the Irish College, Rome.

Galwaie die 10ma. Maii 1651

Now and no sooner I understood of your safe laundinge at St. Mallos, This I receaved from the maister of your owne shipp John, who came hither. God be praised, you escaped those daungers..........

Since your parting, my Lord Fernes went soone avaie for Burdeaux; also Rice and Kuirke went within 3 daies after to Holland; I recommended them to F. Montmorencie. Tobin and Carberie alsoe went for Holland or Ostend circa 13am. diem nostri Aprilis; I recommended them to Fr. Montmorencie and to F. Quin and to your Reverence to be provided, till directions come from Picolhomini and Rome...........

Notes:
Piccolomini was the new General. Montmorencie was a former Vicar-General of the Society. Quin, another hero of the third mission, was to serve two stints as its superior. Rice, Quirke, Tobin, Carbery and Dillon were scholastics. Scarampi was Rinucinni's predecessor as papal envoy in Ireland.