Messenger for the propagation of devotion to Mary. In February 1892, Cullen travelled to the Cape Colony of South Africa and kept a lengthy diary with a view to future articles in the Messenger. While there, he preached missions and gave retreats. PTAA In 1898 he founded the PTAA. An extremely devout, if rather gloomy, man, he was a good organiser, who worked with great energy over many years to perfect the institution he had created. In 1899 he returned to the Cape Colony, and gave a retreat, to a British regiment. In 1904, Cullen was transferred to Gardiner Street and removed from the editorship of the Messenger. He focused his efforts on the Pioneer League and built St Francis Xavier’s Hall where he organised drama societies, Irish language classes, debates and other activities to enrich the lives of the people. He was a supporter of the Gaelic League. Cullen died in Dublin 6 December 1921. Further reading McKenna, Lambert. Life and work of Rev. James Aloysius Cullen, S. J.'', Longmans, Green and Co., 1924 References Sources External links 1841 births 1921 deaths 20th-century Irish Jesuits Irish temperance activists Faculty of Belvedere College Alumni of Carlow College 19th-century Irish Jesuits