Letter from Mr Henry A. Johnston SJ to Fr Thomas V Nolan SJ, 17 February 1916 Letters 1916-1923 Henry A Johnson

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Letter from Mr Henry A. Johnston SJ (1888-1986) to his Irish Jesuit Provincial, Fr Thomas V Nolan SJ (1867-1941), in which he announces that he has received a 'very mysterious' letter from Mr Finn. Mr Finn wants you to know 'that he and his two fellow exiles are in good health and the troubles of the hour are not weighing too heavily on them'. From 1914 until 1918, Irish Jesuits Timothy Halpin (1879-1951), Daniel Finn (1886-1936) and John Coyne (1889-1978) were unable to leave Austria due to the First World War. It is presumed that they spent their time at Jesuit houses in Innsbruck. In those four years, there was very little communication with Ireland to give an account of their lives.

 Irish Jesuit Archives IE IJA/ADMN/13/34, IE IJA/ADMN/13/34 https://letters1916.ie/item/704 English Henry A Johnson 1916-02-17 St Marys Hall, Stonyhurst, Blackburn, England Thomas V Nolan St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin Male World War I (1914-1918)

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 St Marys Hall, Stonyhurst, Blackburn. 17/2/1916 Dear Fr. Provincial, P.C. I had a letter from Mr. Finn yesterday. It was a very mysterious one, and owing to suppression of names and other precautions, it was not clear for whom it was meant. It passed through several hands before reaching me, and I recognised it as an answer to a note I had sent him at Christmas, which he got. He wants you to know that he and his two fellow-exiles are in good health and the troubles of the hour are not weighing too heavily on them. I believe you know that they are at Kalksburg near Vienna. They are always hoping, he says, to return soon to Innsbruck. Mr. Coyne is acting as a Prefect in the College. Everyone is very kind to them. Mr. Finn is working at his Theology and though circumstances make the work harder than usual he seems to be in very good spirits. When I wrote to him at Christmas I sent the letter to Innsbruck and addressed it to the Rev --- British Subject interned at--. He got my communication, and so far as I can make out from the necessary ambiguities of his letter he seems to say that I am the only one who tried that plan. All here are well (including the birds). With best wishes I remain Yours obediently in Xt. H.A.Johnston S.J. St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin Letter from Fr Francis M Browne SJ to Fr Thomas V Nolan SJ, 21 August 1916Letter from Fr Henry Gill SJ to Father Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ, 11 July 1916Letter from Fr Patrick Morris SJ to Father Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ, 24 September 1916Letter from Fr Jerome O'Mahony SJ to his Father Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ, 25 May 1916Letter from Fr Daniel Roche SJ to his Father Provincial, Thomas V Nolan SJ,, May 1916Letter from Fr Joseph Wrafter SJ to his Father Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ, 6 July 1916Letter from Mr Henry A. Johnston SJ to Fr Thomas V Nolan SJ, 17 February 1916Letter from Fr Nicholas J Tomkin SJ to Fr Thomas V Nolan SJ, 7 June 1916Letter from Fr James Brennan SJ to Fr Thomas V Nolan SJ, 21 August 1916Letter from Fr Henry Gill SJ to Fr Thomas V Nolan SJ, 3 May 1916 St Marys Hall, Stonyhurst, Blackburn, England Letter from Mr Henry A. Johnston SJ to Fr Thomas V Nolan SJ, 17 February 1916 Henry A Johnson Letter from Mr Henry A. Johnston SJ to Fr Thomas V Nolan SJ, 17 February 1916