Holy Ghost Missionary College, Kimmage Manor, Dublin

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The Holy Ghost Missionary College
Other names
Kimmage Manor
TypePrivate, seminary
Active1917–1991
Religious affiliation
Holy Ghost Fathers (Spiritans)
Academic affiliations
 NCEA (1979-1991)
Maynooth College
Location
Kimmage, Ireland
CampusUrban

The Holy Ghost Missionary College, in Kimmage in Dublin, Ireland, colloquially known as Kimmage Manor, [1] is a Holy Ghost Fathers (Spiritans) institution that has served as a Seminary training missionary priests and spawned two other colleges the Kimmage Mission Institute and the Kimmage Development Studies Centre .The college church, The Church of the Holy Spirit (Kimmage Manor) serves as the parish church. [2]

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History

Kimmage Manor was bought by the Spiritans (under Provincial Fr. John Tuohill Murphy and former president of Pittsburgh Catholic College, later renamed Duquesne University), in 1911, initially as a novitiate where students pursued philosophy studies with the National University of Ireland (UCD). It developed into a seminary where students, studied theology and philosophy at Kimmage, while also taking civil degrees in University College Dublin.

In 1917 the Faculty of Theology for Irish Holy Ghost Fathers, which had been based in Chevilly,[ which? ] near Paris, opened in Kimmage Manor with 29 students. From 1924 until 1933, the Holy Ghost Fathers studied theology at Blackrock Castle, before returning to Kimmage Manor. In 1917 the House of Philosophy moved to St Mary's College, Rathmines, Dublin, then in 1926 it moved to Blackrock College, before moving back to Kimmage in 1938. [3] Kilshane House, County Tipperary, operated as a junior novitiate from 1933 to 1983, [4] with students moving to Kimmage to complete their studies.

In 1939 the Kimmage Manor Church was opened on the college campus. In 1959 the Mission House opened which would serve as a retirement home and accommodation for those returning from the missions. During the tenure of Kimmage alumnus Archbishop John Charles McQuaid, he conducted ordinations of priests trained at Kimmage, in Clonliffe College Chapel. During his tenure as superior of the order, Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre who would later lead a schism from Rome, ordained spiritan priests in Kimmage. The Mission House opened in Kimmage in 1959. [5]

In 1974 under Rev. Dr. Liam Carey, the adult education department was set up; this evolved from 1977 under Fr. Richard (Dick) F. Quinn C.S.Sp., into the Development Studies Centre. In the 1970s students from other orders (e.g. Redemptorists from Marianella) and lay people began to be trained in Kimmage, also in the 1980s students of the Bachelor of Divinity course were allowed to sit for degrees from the Pontifical University Maynooth. In 1979 Kimmage became one of the five private providers recognised by the Irish Government's HETAC forerunner the National Council for Education Awards (NCEA), providing accreditation for some of its certificate and diploma courses. [6] In 1990, the college church became the Kimmage Manor Parish Church.

The Congregation of the Holy Spirit Graveyard, which was on the campus, is now separated from Kimmage Manor. Following land sales and development, it is located at Wainsfort Manor Grove. The Spiritans new graveyard is located in Dardistown, Dublin.

Kimmage Development Studies Centre

The Development Studies Centre, was founded in 1974, as part of the Faculty of Theology, and operated until 2018 when it was merged into Maynooth University as its Development Studies Department. [7] The development studies programme grew out of the fourth-year pastoral theology course at Kimmage, which seminarians took.

Kimmage Mission Institute

The Kimmage Mission Institute of Theology and Cultures (KNI), was founded in Kimmage in 1991 (in association with other Irish missionary congregations), the Institute moved to Milltown Institute of Theology and Philosophy in 2003, formally merged with Milltown in 2006.

Spiritan Mission Resource and Heritage Centre

Kimmage Manor is now the location of the Spiritan Mission Resource and Heritage Centre. Buring Embers is an annual magazine produced by the Spiritans in Kimmage. In 2012 the Spiritan promotions office moved from St. Mary's to Kimmage. The Spiritan Education Trust (SET) formerly the Des Places Education trust which manages the Spiritian interests in its ten schools is based in Kimmage. [8] A Partnership with African (APA) is based in Kimmage Manor. [9] The Irish Cultural Orientation Course, for foreign priests and trainee priests practicing in Ireland is run from Kimmage. [10] The Spiritan Retreat Centre, in Ardbraccan (An Tobar), County Meath now serves as a House of Formation.[ citation needed ]

Training for Transformation (TfT) [11] which has worked with the Spiritans and with the Development studies centre, is based in Kimmage Manor. [12]

People Associated with Kimmage Manor

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References

  1. ↑ Spiritan Heritage and Resource Centre Kimmage Manor.
  2. ↑ Church of the Holy Spirit Kimmage Manor Parish.
  3. ↑ 'A History of St Mary's College Rathmines, Dublin (1890-1990)' by William A. Maher, CSSp, Published by Paraclete Press, Blackrock, Dublin, Ireland, 1994. ISBN 0 946639 09 4
  4. ↑ Kilshane House Wrapped in Heritage, Editorial, Image, February 15, 2019.
  5. ↑ Spiritan Life and Mission Since Vatican II by William Cleary, Wipf and Stock Publishers, 1 Feb 2018
  6. ↑ National Council For Educational Awards Act, 1979 (Designation of Institutions) Order, 1980.
  7. ↑ Kimmage Development Studies Centre (1974 – 2018): "The Kimmage Experience" by Paddy Reilly(KDSC), Policy and Practice: A Development Education Review, Vol. 28, Spring 2019, pp. 89-107.
  8. ↑ Spiritan Educational Trust(SET) (www.spiritaneducation.ie)
  9. ↑ A Partnership with Africa official website.
  10. ↑ Irish Culture Orientation Course in Kimmage Manor Ennis Parish.
  11. ↑ Training for Transformation
  12. ↑ Theorising the Practice of Community Development: A South African Perspective by Peter Westoby, Routledge, 17 Feb 2016
  13. ↑ Edward Leen Dictionary of Irish Biography.
  14. ↑ Two newly announced cardinals have links with Ireland, by Sarah Mac Donald, October 11, 2016.

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