Letter from T. J. Fallon to Fr. Thomas V. Nolan, 11 November 1915 Letters 1916-1923 T. J. Fallon

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A letter from T. J. Fallon, honorary secretary, Belgian Refugees Committee to Father Provincial, Thomas V. Nolan (1867-1941) informing Fr. Nolan that Fr. Ottevaere, the chaplain to Ireland's Belgian refugees, has asked the Committee to attend the upcoming ceremony and concert on 15 November 1915 at the Church of St. Francis Xavier, Dublin. Fr. Nolan was the Provincial of the Irish Province of the Society of Jesus (1912-1922) and was a member of the Distribution Committee which looked after the welfare and distribution of the the Belgian refugees who arrived in Ireland as a consequence of the First World War. The Irish Jesuits were asked by the Local Government Board (17 October 1914) to go down to the North Wall and meet the 100 Belgian refugees, due to ‘a few of your Order, who speak Flemish’. The Irish Jesuits helped to house refugees and initiate schemes to aid them, both physically and spiritually.

 Irish Jesuit Archives IE IJA/ADMN/7 https://letters1916.ie/item/2500 English T. J. Fallon 1915-11-11 68 Upper Mount Street, Dublin, Ireland Thomas V. Nolan St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin, Ireland Male Faith World War I (1914-1918)

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 BELGIAN REFUGEES COMMITTEE, 62, Upper Mount Street, DUBLIN 11th November, 1915. Very Reverend and dear Sir, I am desired by my Committee to inform you that Father Ottevaere, S.J., the Chaplain to the refugees in Ireland, has asked that the members of the Committee be invited to the Te Deum and ceremony to be held at the Church of St. Francis Xavier, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin, on Monday next, the 15th instant, at 4 p.m., in celebration of the Feast Day of His Majesty, the King of the Belgians. After the ceremony there will be a Concert and Entertainment for the refugees in St. Francis Xavier's Hall, adjoining the Church. I think Father Ottevaere would be grateful to know the names of the members of the Committee who find it convenient to attend. Yours faithfully, T.J. Fallon Hon. Secretary. Very Rev. T.V. Nolan, S.J., St. Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, DUBLIN. T. J. Fallon Letter from T. J. Fallon to Fr. Thomas V. Nolan, 11 November 1915 68 Upper Mount Street, Dublin, Ireland Letter from T. J. Fallon to Fr. Thomas V. Nolan, 11 November 1915 St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin, Ireland Letter from T. J. Fallon to Fr. Thomas V. Nolan, 11 November 1915Letter from Fr Patrick McCurtin SJ to Fr Thomas V Nolan SJ, 10 May 1916