Rev. Owen A. Hill, S.J. Poetry Book

Item — Folder: SC081-HILL

Identifier: SC081-HILL

Staff Only

Scope and Content

This small leather notebook contains hand-written poems by Rev. Owen Hill, S.J. Many of the poems relate to religious matters including saints, the Catholic Church and Jesuits. There are several poems about the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola. On the inside back cover is a poem entitled “Alumni Hall” about the building at Holy Cross.

Dates

Creation: circa 1915

Creator

Hill, Owen A., S.J., Rev. (Person)

Restrictions

Resctricted due to condition.

Conditions Governing Use

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Biographical Note

Rev. Owen A. Hill was born in Washington, D.C. in July 1863. He studied at Gonzaga College and joined the Jesuits on his seventeenth birthday. He studied at Woodstock College and was ordained in 1895. He taught literature and philosophy at Holy Cross, Georgetown University, Fordham and St. Joseph’s College in Philadelphia. He was the author of several books including a textbook on ethics. In his later years, he did parish work in Washington and Philadelphia.