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Praying with the electors

January 17, 2008

The GC35 webpage has a prayer corner which is worth visiting. A video on the page combines the text of a prayer with the music of the Veni Creator. From...

Murmurings in Rome

January 17, 2008

In the America Magazine blog, ‘In All Things’, James Martin SJ explains the wisdom of having days for murmurationes before casting votes for a new Superior General: St. Ignatius was...

Congregation on TV

January 16, 2008

You can find an interesting news piece on the opening of the General Congregation on the website of a Rome-based Catholic internet TV service, ROMEreports (click here). It includes footage...

The odd search result

January 15, 2008

Searching the internet for Jesuit and Congregation turns up mostly expected results. It was a surprise to find the arresting headline, Three more police killed in Ireland: shooting outsite Dublin...

Fr Kolvenbach resigns

January 15, 2008

The Jesuit America Magazine is one publication that quotes the outgoing Father General: “With the blessing of the Holy Father granted the 20th of June 2005 and after having obtained...

Church unity week

January 15, 2008

This year is the centenary of the January Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. Among the events organised for the week is the Morning Service programme on RTÉ, 27 January,...

Worrying time in Kenya

January 15, 2008

Violence in Kenya in recent weeks has already taken more than 600 lives, and it is feared that the situation may worsen in coming days. John Guiney SJ, who spent...

Sports history conference

January 15, 2008

Boston College-Ireland, a branch of the Jesuits’ Boston College, is holding a one-day conference on Sports History at their Dublin campus on St Stephen’s Green next February 16. Most of...

Archbishop commends Institute for decades of engaging with culture

January 15, 2008

The Archbishop of Dublin, Diarmuid Martin, paid tribute to the work of religious in building Irish society. Speaking at a mass to launch Milltown Institutes’s celebration of forty years, the...

Encountering the Creator

January 15, 2008

Heythrop College is running a five-day Jesuit Theology School in Ushaw College, Durham, for Jesuits and their co-workers from the British and Irish Provinces. It runs from Tuesday 25 March...