Spirituality
Battling the booze
March 15, 2017
The Pioneer Association needs funding urgently to help promote its message of moderation as some prepare to 'drown the shamrock'
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The Pope’s video for persecuted Christians
March 8, 2017
This month’s Pope’s video focuses on persecuted Christians around the world.
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Jesuit Plus changes publication day
March 8, 2017
Irish Jesuit Communication’s weekly production, Jesuit Plus, is changing its publication day from Friday to Monday
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The story of the napkin box
March 7, 2017
Paula Nolan from the Messenger Publications felt a moving of the spirit as she snapped the napkin box of the Jesuit community in Lower Leeson Street, Dublin.
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A Lenten treat
March 6, 2017
Aidan Mathews, RTÉ producer, playwright and poet, has written an online lenten retreat for Irish Jesuit Communications
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Karl Rahner
March 6, 2017
Karl Rahner was theological advisor at the Second Vatican Council. His role in shaping the modern church before, during and after the Council was immense.
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Week 2: Stillness exercise
March 6, 2017
I simply cannot concentrate. But perhaps complex inattention is more fruitful (although I should not be thinking in productive terms) than a rudimentary focus. It is hard to consider infinity...
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Week 2: Gospel reading
March 6, 2017
Matthew 13 New International Version (NIV) The Parable of the Weeds Jesus told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his...
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Week 2: Prey
March 6, 2017
Every Christian is a heretic at heart. That is a true, if theatrical, way of stating the obvious fact that all of us have our scriptural preferences. We make selections...
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Week 2: Pray
March 6, 2017
Butterflies, God bless them, are deeply attracted to the smell of human urine. That is not, of course, the first word in the sciences of the botany and/or biology of...
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Special ‘Studies’ on shaping Irish education
October 7, 2026 - The autumn 'Studies' is devoted to education in Ireland - a contribution to the conversation behind the National Convention on Education.
Reframing Road Safety
October 7, 2026 - JCFJ welcomes Tom Flood to Dublin as he challenges us to see the hidden dangers of our car-dominated roads.
Duke and Duchess of Leinster visit Jesuit-leased community garden
October 7, 2026 - The Duke and Duchess of Leinster visited The Old Garden in Clane, a community garden on land leased from the Jesuits.
A Jesuit priest at Drumcree church
October 1, 2026 - Fr Brendan McPartlin SJ joins a prayer service at Drumcree, as renewed tensions bring Portadown’s historic divisions back into focus.
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