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Irish Jesuit Blog
On Heaney, home and homecoming
January 26, 2023
DERMOT ROANTREE [STUDIES] :: Seamus Heaney's modernism is defended from those who would see him as provincial, in a 1986 essay in Studies by Richard Kearney.
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Pope Francis is a sign of God’s love
January 25, 2023
SUNNY JACOB SJ :: The Pope, even in his physical pain, is a model of hope in our troubled world, intent on sharing true joy with those he meets.
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Garret Fitzgerald on the European project
January 12, 2023
JOHN BIRD :: Ireland joined the EEC 50 years ago. Garret Fitzgerald helped pave the way to this event, as his 1962 article in the Jesuit journal 'Studies' shows.
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Ignatian spirituality and the Jesuit ‘brand’
January 10, 2023
BILL TONER SJ :: The 'Jesuit brand' in education entails more than imparting Ignatian spirituality, at least as narrowly conceived.
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Examen: the paradox of reflection
January 9, 2023
BRENDAN McMANUS SJ :: We see our experience differently when we take the time to look back on the complex and often hectic moments of our day.
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Emmanuel: But is He still with us?
December 20, 2022
SUNNY JACOB SJ :: A reflection on a childhood experience growing up in India in order to find the meaning of Christmas and the real Baby Jesus.
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Nesting and the season of Advent
December 20, 2022
CHRISTINE HALLORAN :: Suggestions to feather our hearts for Jesus' arrival inspired by a mother's experience of urgently getting ready for her new baby.
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The worldview of Vatican II
December 6, 2022
DERMOT ROANTREE :: The Second Vatican Council articulated an expansive worldview that drew on the deepest traditions of the Church.
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In search of spirituality
December 5, 2022
BILL TONER SJ :: A spirituality of detachment is about creating the conditions for communicating with God – or rather, for allowing God to communicate with us.
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Balancing social media
November 8, 2022
BRENDAN McMANUS SJ :: Social media is a great thing, but we need to know how to recognise the signals that tell us when it is becoming addictive and negative.
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