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Evening Prayer: Chad and Belvedere

December 20, 2013

Fr Gerry Clarke, a member of the Rapid Response Unit of the Jesuit Refugee Service, has just been appointed National Director of the JRS in Chad, where he has been...

Peter Faber is a saint

December 20, 2013

On 17 December Pope Francis canonized Peter Faber, one of the first companions of St. Ignatius, extending his devotion to the universal Church. He holds a special meaning because he...

Ignatian mysticism and contemporary culture

December 20, 2013

Brian O’Leary, that lucid and learned chronicler of spiritualities, poses a key question in an article in The Way (October 2013): why is it that Jesuits, dedicated to a life...

Help after Haiyan

November 28, 2013

The typhoon Haiyan, which ravaged parts of the Philippines, affected Irish Jesuits in three ways. Several Filipinos, women and men, work with Jesuit communities, and for them the helpless days...

Peter Faber to be canonised

November 28, 2013

Next month, the Pope is to issue a papal bull decreeing the “equivalent canonization” of Peter Faber, the first companion of St. Ignatius, whom Francis considers a model figure.

Autumn Studies on Pope Francis

November 28, 2013

Studies was one of the Jesuit journals on behalf of which Pope Francis granted an interview to Fr Antonio Spadaro SJ, editor of Civilta Cattolica. In the Autumn 2013 issue,...

Tullamore salutes its Prophet

November 28, 2013

It was standing room only in Tullamore’s Town Hall for the Civic Welcome and citation to honour Fr Michael J Kelly SJ for his “International Contribution to Education and Health...

Nobel Laureate visits Belvedere

November 14, 2013

Belvedere’s developing link with Dublin City University in STEM education received a significant boost with the visit to the college of Nobel Laureate in Physics, Professor Serge Haroche. Professor Haroche...

Earth in crisis

November 14, 2013

The seriousness of the environmental crisis facing the Earth is the theme of the October 2013 issue of Working Notes, the journal of the Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice....

Freeman Peter

November 14, 2013

No sooner does this newsletter feature a Jesuit (see IJN of 30 October), than he is given the freedom of the city. If our readers notice Peter McVerry pasturing his...