Kelly, Patrick, 1920-2012, Jesuit priest

• Paddy Kelly

Born: 21 February 1920, Patrick Street, Limerick City, County Limerick
Entered: 07 September 1937, St Mary's, Emo, County Laois
Ordained: 31 July 1950, Milltown Park, Sandford Road, Dublin
Final Vows: 15 August 1953
Died: 04 May 2012, Cherryfield Lodge, Milltown Park, Dublin

Part of the Milltown Park, Sandford Road, Dublin community at the time of death.

Father, John, had a shoe shop.

Second of three boys with three sisters.

Early education at a Convent school and then at the Christian Brothers School in Limerick for two years

1937-1939: St Mary’s, Emo, County Laois, Novitiate
1939-1942: Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin, Juniorate, UCD (Arts)
1942-1945: St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg, County Offaly, Philosophy
1945-1947: Belvedere College SJ, Great Denmark Street, Dublin, Regency
1947-1951: Milltown Park, Sandford Road, Dublin, Theology
1951-1952: Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin, Tertianship
1952-1953: Canisius College SJ, Chikuni, Chisekesi, Northern Rhodesia (Pol Mi)
1953-1954: Fumbo Mission, Fumbo, Northern Rhodesia (Pol Mi), Setting up Station
1954-1955: Kasiya Station, Pemba, Northern Rhodesia, Setting up Station
1955-1956: Fumbo Station, Fumbo, Northern Rhodesia, Missioner, Catechetics at St Canisius College SJ, Chikuni
1956-1959: Canisius College SJ, Chikuni, Chisekesi, Northern Rhodesia, Teaching, Missioner
1959-1960: Charles Lwanga Training College, Chisekesi, Northern Rhodesia, , Teaching
1960-1962: Canisius College SJ, Chikuni, Chisekesi, Northern Rhodesia, Manager of Mission Junior Schools, Missioner
1962-1972: Mungret College SJ, Mungret, County Limerick, Teaching in College and Apostolic School
1972-1985: Della Strada, Dooradoyle, Limerick, Teaching at Crescent College Comprehensive SJ, Dooradoyle, Limerick
1985-1986: Sabbatical in Chicago IL, USA (CHG)
1986-1988: Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Church, W Centennial Avenue, Roosevelt NY, USA, Prison Chaplain at Rikers Island
1988-1992: Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Tujunga Canyon Boulevard, Tujunga CA, USA (CAL), Curate
1992-1994: St Francis Xavier, Gardiner Street, Dublin, Assists in Church
1994-2002: Sacred Heart Church, Crescent,. Limerick, Assists in Church
2002-2012: Milltown Park, Sandford Road, Dublin, Assists in community

Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Church, W Centennial Avenue, Roosevelt NY, USA; Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Tujunga Canyon Boulevard, Tujunga CA, USA

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