Rev Edward Murphy SJ
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Rev
First Name:
Edward
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Murphy
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SJ
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Place of Birth:
Kildare
Country of Birth:
Ireland
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Place of Death:
Melbourne VIC
Country of Death:
Australia
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Boroondara, Kew VIC
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Australia
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Biographical Notes
Fr David Strong SJ, The Australian dictionary of Jesuit biography 1848-2015, Second Edition, 2017:
Murphy, Edward
Missionary; born Kildare, 6 August 1829; died Melbourne, 4 April 1886, aged 56.
Edward Murphy was educated at Clongowes, and entered the Society at Beaumont, 7 September 1858. He studied philosophy at Tournai, Belgium, and at Laval, France. Tertianship was at St Beuno's, 1874-75. After studies he became a rural missionary and director of the Apostleship of Prayer. In 1882-3 he gave missions in USA and Canada, and the following year arrived in Sydney. While in Australia, 1883-86, he gave rural missions and established the Apostleship of Prayer in Australia.
Murphy was a late vocation, and at the age of 27 went back to school at Clongowes for a year before entering the English noviciate. He was spiritual adviser of Mother M Paul who led the first band of Presentation Sisters to Australia. He developed cancer, and underwent an operation in May 1885, but he did not live much longer. He suffered intensely during his last few months, with great patience.
(Reproduced by permission of Fr David Strong SJ.)