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Reducing emissions is our moral responsibility
July 13, 2016
Catherine Devitt :: Mary Robinson’s visit to Ethiopia reminds us that we cannot ignore the need for urgent action on climate change here at home.
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Forgiveness in Saints Maria Goretti and Ignatius
July 5, 2016
TOM CASEY SJ :: We all experience conflicts and divisions, most of them less tragic than what Maria Goretti had to undergo. To realise that an 11 year-old girl was...
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Thomas of the Wounds and our vocation
June 29, 2016
TOM CASEY SJ :: St Thomas, who according to tradition was martyred by being pierced with a lance, is a source of inspiration and gratitude for Tom Casey.
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A sparrow to fall
June 29, 2016
Damien Burke :: A new BBC documentary on the Battle of the Somme explores the letters, postcards and personal possessions of Jesuit chaplain Fr Willie Doyle held at the Irish...
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Adoring God at ordination and in ordinary life
June 24, 2016
TOM CASEY SJ :: Fr. Casey recalls one of the most moving moments in his ordination ceremony, when he lay prostrate on the ground before God.
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Laudato Si: How does the encyclical speak to an Irish context?
June 22, 2016
Catherine Devitt :: While Laudato Si’ generated much momentum in the last year; we urgently need to forge ahead to translate its vision into reality, particularly at a political and...
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“The flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long”
June 16, 2016
TOM CASEY SJ :: Tuesday 21 June is the feast day of the Italian Jesuit saint and patron of youth, Aloysius Gonzaga. Fr. Tom Casey reflects on the all-too-brief life...
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The Jesuit saint who wanted a small heart
June 7, 2016
TOM CASEY SJ :: A reflection on the vocation of Fr Jacques Berthieu, a humble and generous Jesuit priest who was martyred in 1896 and canonised in 2012.
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Becoming a priest of Jesus’ wounded heart
June 1, 2016
TOM CASEY SJ :: Friday, 3 June, is the Feast of the Sacred Heart. Fr. Tom Casey reflects on how the wounded heart of Jesus challenges him to be a...
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God can make a nobody into a priest
May 25, 2016
TOM CASEY SJ :: A thought for school-leavers – if God were a prospective employer, what would he be looking for in the interview? Probably not the same things as...
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