James J. Quinn (Hymnwriter)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. James J. Quinn SJ was a Scottish Jesuit priest, theologian and hymnwriter.Born in Glasgow, Scotland, he was educated at St. Aloysius' College, Glasgow and at the University of Glasgow, achieving honours with an MA in Classics. He entered the Society of Jesus as a novice and studied philosophy at Heythrop College, Oxfordshire. Quinn became Classics Master at Preston Catholic College before returning to Heythrop College to complete his studies in Theology. He was ordained priest at Stonyhurst College on 9 September 1950. After serving a tertianship at St. Beuno's College, North Wales, he became Classics Master at Wimbledon College and was then appointed to the Sacred Heart Church, Edinburgh in 1955. He served as prefect of studies in the novitiate at Edinburgh 1963-1966 and after a further period at Sacred Heart, was seconded as spiritual director to the Beda College, Rome. He then returned to Sacred Heart parish for a third term. Fr Quinn was especially involved in ecumenical matters