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Rev. John H. O'Rourke S.J. (1856-1929) was a noted Jesuit priest, Master of novices, Retreat master, author and speaker.
Rev. John H. O'Rourke, SJ was born in Newark, NJ on September 14, 1856, the son of Irish immigrants Thomas and Rosanna O'Rourke. John was the nephew of a famous architect Jeremiah O'Rourke.
John studied at Fordham university New York and entered the Society of Jesus on July 23, 1874. He was ordained a priest at Woodstock College in Maryland in 1888. He was Master of Novices of the Novitiate at Frederick, Maryland during the years 1890-1904 and led the transfer of the Novitiate to St. Andrew-on-Hudson, Hyde Park, New York, in 1903.
In 1904 he began a career as a Retreat Master, leading over a hundred religious retreats across the United States. He was editor of the "Messenger of the Sacred Heart" (Jesuit periodical) for most of the period 1907–1917.
Father O'Rourke authored several religious books published by Apostleship of Prayer in New York:
Rev. O'Rourke died at St. Vincent's hospital in Manhattan on November 21, 1929, and is buried at the Jesuit cemetery at the former St-Andrew-on-Hudson Novitiate (now a Culinary Institute of America). The library at Woodstock College was constructed with donations from Mr. and Mrs. Francis P. Garvan and named in memory of Father John H. O'Rourke.
A book about John H. O'Rourke's life entitled "A Moulder of Men" was written by W. Coleman Nevils, S.J. and published in 1953, Apostleship of Prayer, New York.
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Samuel A. Mulledy was an American Catholic priest and Jesuit who served as president of Georgetown College in 1845. Born in Virginia, he was the brother of Thomas F. Mulledy, who was a prominent 19th-century Jesuit in the United States and a president of Georgetown. As a student at Georgetown, Samuel was one of the founding members of the Philodemic Society, and proved to be a distinguished student, which resulted in his being sent to Rome to complete his higher education and be ordained to the priesthood. Upon his return to the United States, he became the master of novices at the Jesuit novitiate in Maryland, before being named president of Georgetown. He sought to be relieved of the position after only a few months, and returned to teaching and ministry.
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Edward Victor Boursaud was an American Catholic priest and Jesuit. Raised in New York City and France, he studied at Mount St. Mary's College in Maryland before entering the Society of Jesus in 1863. For the next 18 years, he studied and taught at Jesuit institutions, including Boston College, Georgetown College, and Woodstock College, as well as the novitiate in Frederick, Maryland. In 1881 and 1887, he served for three years each in Italy as the assistant secretary to the Jesuit Superior General for the English-speaking world.
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