Item 1 - The Jesuits of Tullabeg, The Early Years From Mission 1810 to Province 1860

Born: 18 February 1919, Dublin City, County Dublin & Bray, County Wicklow
Entered: 16 September 1938, St Mary's, Emo, County Laois
Ordained: 31 July 1952, Milltown Park, Sandford Road, Dublin
Final Vows: 02 February 1955, Mungret College SJ, Mungret, County Limerick
Died: 26 March 2019, Highfield Healthcare, Whitehall, Dublin

Part of the St Ignatius, Leeson Street, Dublin community at the time of death.

Brother of Br Christopher J Laheen Ent 23/03/1940 - LEFT 24/04/1945

Parents were supported by private business. Family moved to Bray, County Wicklow and then back to Dublin.
Youngest of three boys with two sisters.
Early education was at Presentation College Bray. Then he went to Belvedere College SJ.

1938-1940: St Mary’s, Emo, County Laois, Novitiate
1940-1943: Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin, Juniorate, UCD (Arts)
1943-1946: St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg, County Offaly, Philosophy
1946-1949: Belvedere College SJ, Great Denmark Street, Dublin, Regency, HDip in Education at UCD
1949-1953: Milltown Park, Sandford Road, Dublin, Theology
1953-1954: Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin, Tertianship
1954-1957: Mungret College SJ, Mungret, County Limerick, Teaching, Liturgical Music
1957-1962: Gonzaga College SJ, Ranelagh, Dublin, Teaching, Gamesmaster
1962-1985: Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin, Missioner, Spiritual Exercises
1981-1983: Missioner, Spiritual Exercises, Lay Retreat Association
1983-1985: Missioner, Spiritual Exercises, Lay Retreat Association, Apostleship of Prayer, Writer
1985-2019: St Ignatius, Leeson Street, Dublin, Missioner, Spiritual Exercises, Apostleship of Prayer, Writer
2001-2019: Council Member of Knights of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem and Ecclesiastical Master of Ceremonies
2014-2019: Caring for health at Highfield Healthcare, Swords Road, Dublin 9