White went to Lisbon to assist with the college founded there by Father Fr John Howling SJ., but in July 1593 returned to Salamanca and joined the Jesuits. He spent the next three years fundraising for the schools at Lisbon, Salamanca, and Santiago. In 1596 he returned to Ireland to enlist students and raise funds.Henchy, Monica. “The Irish College at Salamanca.” Studies: An Irish Quarterly Review, vol. 70, no. 278/279, 1981, pp. 220–227. The college eventually invested in property such as olive groves and vineyards in order to have a more stable source of income and produced its own food from a small farm.
