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Praying with grief in a Covid-19 world

April 27, 2020

BRENDAN McMANUS SJ and JIM DEEDS :: Reflections and prayers to help the bereaved to come to terms with grief, made harder than ever by the coronavirus lockdown

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A bird’s call

April 27, 2020

GAVIN THOMAS MURPHY :: A reflection and guided meditation on finding God in nature and in the "sound of sheer silence".

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Coronavirus: Testing for faith

April 8, 2020

ANN MARIE GUINEE :: A lenten faith diary written during the Covid-19 crisis reveals the power of Ignatian spirituality in the bleakest of situations

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Infallibility in the Church: blessing or shackle?

April 7, 2020

BILL TONER SJ :: The Church's doctrine of papal infallibility is problematic on a number of fronts, both theological and historical

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Holy Week musings on the coronavirus: where is God?

April 6, 2020

GERRY O'HANLON SJ :: Finding meaning in the coronavirus outbreak in the light of the Easter message

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Wisdom for the school community

March 30, 2020

MICHAEL SHEIL SJ :: The rector of Clongowes Wood College shared some words of encouragement in the context of the Covid-19 epidemic.

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The embrace

March 24, 2020

GAVIN T. MURPHY :: A Visio Divina, inspired by The Magnificat, on being close while having to keep our distance.

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A Covid-19 economic boom?

March 20, 2020

NIALL LEAHY SJ :: The current pandemic will certainly lead to dramatically lower consumer spending, but another kind of valuable economic activity may well thrive

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The weakened immunity of an individualistic society

March 13, 2020

KEVIN HARGADEN :: The coronavirus shows the catastrophic nature of society growing in interconnectivity without corresponding growth in solidarity

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Blessedness

March 11, 2020

GAVIN T. MURPHY :: The masculinity and femininity of Blessed John Sullivan can be represented in the image of a ballet dancer.

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