The Hopkins Society is a small literary society; income from members’ annual subscriptions is currently insufficient to fund all our activities and overheads. An invitation for members to consider becoming Patrons of the Society and Sponsors of particular activities has been met with great generosity.

A Patron of the Society is asked to commit to an annual benefaction of a minimum of £1000 for a limited period of two or three years.

A Sponsor is asked to undertake the costs of individual publications, activities or projects (e.g. an annual issue of the Journal, an occasional publication, a lecture). These costs range between £150 to £500.

If you would like to become a Patron of the Society or a Sponsor of one of our publications or activities, please contact the President or the Treasurer for further information (visit the Join Us page for contact information).

The Society would like to express its gratitude to the following:

Patrons
Elaine and Steven Marshall (2020-2022)
Philip Healy (2023-2024)
Clay T. Hoffman (2025-2026)
(Clay’s Patron’s benefaction has enabled the making and installation of a blue plaque to mark the house in Barmouth where Hopkins holidayed with fellow Jesuits. Clay has made his gift to the Hopkins Society as a memorial of his friend and mentor, Colonel William P. McCarthy, who instructed him in the Catholic faith and introduced him to the works of Gerard Manley Hopkins.)

Sponsors
Lore Chumbley (publication costs of the Journal (no. 40, 2020))
Dr Annabel Hennessy (redesign costs of the Society’s website)
Michael Burgess (publication costs of “Father and mother dear, Brothers and sisters near”: Gerard Manley Hopkins’ Family Circle (2021))
Philip Healy (contribution to programme costs of Stonyhurst weekend (October 2022))
Irene Kyffin (printing costs of membership leaflet 2023)
Jill Robson (printing costs of Traherne lecture 2024)
Elaine and Steven Marshall (costs of lecture at Farm Street event 2024)

Elaine and Steven Marshall (speaker’s costs at Stonyhurst weekend (October 2024)