AMDG

Re-thinking the papacy

February 21, 2013

"We have become accustomed to speak of the 'Supreme Pontiff', of a 'monarchical-style' papacy, of Roman ‘hands-on’ intervention world-wide. But it was not always so and need not be so."...

On the edge of Syria

February 21, 2013

Fr. Gerard Clarke is an Irish Jesuit missioned as a member of a JRS rapid response team based at International Office in Rome. There are three team members: Francesca, the...

News

Another Fr Browne gem

February 21, 2013

Fr Brownes's Kerry is the latest offering of Eddie O'Donnell, the Jesuit who discovered the 40.000 negatives of photos taken by the now famous Irish Jesuit photographer, throughout his life....

Rocking the pews in Moyross

February 21, 2013

On the first Sunday of Lent, the RTE TV Mass was sung by the Gospel choir of Moyross, Limerick, where Jesuit Tony O’Riordan is parish priest. Together with Jude Meaney...

The King is Dead: Long live the King?

February 20, 2013

"We have become accustomed to speak of the 'Supreme Pontiff', of a 'monarchical-style' papacy, of Roman ‘hands-on’ intervention world-wide. But it was not always so and need not be so"....

Fr Senan Timoney RIP

February 14, 2013

Fr Senan Timoney died unexpectedly and quietly on Ash Wednesday. At the age of 85 he could look back on a life in four provinces, having quartered his years neatly...

Put a Cork in it for Lent

February 12, 2013

Pioneers call on people to drink less during Lent The CEO of the Pioneers Association, Mr. Padraig Brady, is calling on people to abstain or reduce their alcohol consumption during...

Celebrating Bishop Corboy SJ

February 7, 2013

The life and work of James Corboy SJ, Bishop of Monze, Zambia, was celebrated with the launch of his biography by Sr Catherine Dunne, in the Arrupe Room, Milltown Park...

Belvedere-China exchange – a first

February 7, 2013

RTE television have been filming in Belvedere College, where twelve Chinese students from Ren Da Fu Zhong High School, one of the top secondary schools in Beijing, are taking part...

A just tax

February 7, 2013

The Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice has joined with Trócaire and Social Justice Ireland in calling on the Irish government to opt into the scheme to introduce taxes on...