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Week of Prayer for Christian Unity begins

January 15, 2015

This year's Week of Prayer for Christian Unity takes as its theme: 'The well is deep'. This refers to Christ requesting a drink of the Samaritan woman. Brian O'Leary SJ,...

Moyross and Dalkey in Christian solidarity

January 15, 2015

When Tony O'Riordan SJ, Parish Priest in Moyross in Limerick, went public about the impact on local children of their school losing a teacher, Dalkey Parish responded very generously. He...

Final bicentenary commemoration events

January 15, 2015

A lecture by Dr David Tuohy SJ on 'Jesuit Humanism in Education' and a major exhibition entitled 'In the Spirit of the Saints: the Jesuit Influence on Baroque Art' will...

Three deacons

January 15, 2015

On 4 January, Milltown Park chapel witnessed the ordination to the diaconate of three Jesuits. Two were Koreans. The third, Shane Daly, is a 41-year-old Irishman from County Kildare. Archbishop...

Making good decisions

January 7, 2015

The Daily Examen

December 16, 2014

The Daily Examen is a technique of prayerful reflection on the events of the day in order to detect God’s presence and discern his direction for us. The Examen is...

Spiritual Direction

December 2, 2014

Saint Ignatius, who describes himself as a pilgrim on a journey through life, tells us in his Autobiography how he frequently engaged with his fellow pilgrims in ‘spiritual conversation’. This...

The Spiritual Exercises

December 2, 2014

The Spiritual Exercises grew out of Ignatius Loyola’s personal experience as a man seeking to grow in union with God and to discern God’s will. He kept a journal as...

Sacred Space Advent Retreat

November 28, 2014

Sacred Space and Pray as you go have just published an online retreat for Advent in audio and text format. The theme of the retreat ‘All the Generations’ invites visitors...

Sharing the grief

November 28, 2014

Dr John Connolly, founder secretary of the Irish Association of Suicidology, was guest speaker in the famous old Galway bookshop Charlie Byrnes where the owner Charlie Byrne (pictured on the...