- Peter Gallwey
Peter Gallwey (born at
Killarney ,13 November 1820 ; d. in London,23 September 1906 ) was an EnglishJesuit priest and writer.Life
He was educated at
Stonyhurst , and joined the Society of Jesus atHodder , 7 September 1836. He was ordained priest in 1852, and professed of four vows in 1854. As prefect of studies at Stonyhurst, 1855-1857, he made improvements in the method of study.In 1857 he was sent to the Jesuit church in
Farm Street , London, where -- except for an interval of eight years during which he held the provincialate and other offices -- he spent the rest of his life.Works
His writings include:
*"Lectures on Ritualism" (1879, two volumes)
*"Salvage from the Wreck", sermons preached at the funerals of some notable Catholics (1890);
*"Watchers of the Passion", (1894), a series of meditations on the Passion, embodying the substance of his retreats.References
*"Concise Dictionary of National Biography"
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