Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Sweeney, Francis W., Fr., S.J.
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
- Sweeney, Francis W., Fr., S.J., 1916-2002
Other form(s) of name
- Fr. Francis W. Sweeney
- Fr. Francis Sweeney
- Fr. Frank Sweeney
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1916-2002
History
Fr. Francis W. Sweeney was a Jesuit priest who was a writing and literature professor at Boston College from 1951-1998. Merton first came into contact with him after Sweeney sent him some poems during his seminary years at Weston College in the late 1940's. Sweeney later headed Boston College's Humanities Lecture Series. Merton and Sweeney corresponded intermittently throughout the rest of Merton's life.