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Syrian refugee plea from JRS Ireland

January 31, 2014

The Jesuit Refugee Service wants the government to set up a comprehensive resettlement programme here for refugees from Syria. There are only 35 Syrian refugees in Ireland at present. David...

Vigils of hope for kidnapped Jesuit

January 31, 2014

It is six months since this newsletter reported the disappearance of Italian Jesuit Paolo Dall'Oglio on a peace mission in Syria. Since then, despite conflicting rumours, there has been no...

Mass with Pope Francis

January 21, 2014

Fr Michael Paul Gallagher wrote warmly of the papal Mass whih he concelebrated in the Gesu: "I have just come back from Mass with the Pope at the Gesù Church,...

Four Provinces grow closer

January 21, 2014

They are moving ever closer together, these four provinces of NW Europe (Netherlands, N.Belgium Britain and Ireland). Recent months have shown examples of this. Conall O Cuinn, at present rector...

'Has Christ Been Divided?' (Corinthians I) is the chosen theme of Christian Unity Week, January 18-25. Brian O'Leary, Jesuit co-ordinator for ecumenism in the province, says it's a provocative question...

Revisiting Bernard Lonergan

January 21, 2014

Fr Brendan Staunton interrupted his sabbatical year by attending and reporting on a major seminar in Rome: Revisiting Lonergan's Anthropology: "I was proud to be an Irish Jesuit at the...

Among the Dinka

December 20, 2013

When Richard O'Dwyer writes from South Sudan, the newest country in the world, you feel that he is still holding his breath, hoping that this land which he loves will...

Morrissey at the Mansion House

December 20, 2013

Todd Morrissey SJ is no stranger to book-launches, but the unveiling (on 9 December) of his biography of Laurence O’Neill (Dublin’s Lord Mayor 1917-1924) was perhaps the best that he...

Tribute to missionaries

December 20, 2013

The Irish Missionary Union's inaugural Award Ceremony was held on 27th November at City Hall, Dublin. Mrs. Sabina Higgins, wife of the Irish President, hailed the "great and well-earned reputation"...

“Acts now!”- Peter McVerry SJ

December 20, 2013

Peter McVerry SJ who campaigns on behalf of people who are homeless has called on the Governement to introduce an Homelessness Act that would give homeless people a legal right...