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Trump and the everyday citizen
November 11, 2024
EDMOND GRACE :: Much of the commentary on the election of Donald Trump overlooks one very simple and obvious reality.
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The rise of fascism in 1920s Italy
October 31, 2024
STUDIES archive :: English Catholic suffragist, journalist and author Virginia Crawford observes the rise of Mussolini in the early 1920s.
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The beauty of having your bag stolen
October 29, 2024
BRENDAN McMANUS SJ :: Having your bag and passport stolen seems like a disaster, but it can be an opportunity or a gift.
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By luck or by love?
October 24, 2024
BILL TONER SJ :: We are much more special than atheistic scientists would have us believe.
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‘The housing problem in Dublin’: Plus ça change
October 16, 2024
STUDIES :: The criticism of the housing situation in Dublin published in Studies in 1919 has resounding echoes in the Ireland of today.
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On poetry and the sacred
October 2, 2024
DERMOT ROANTREE :: There are clear affinities between the disposition of the poet – and indeed the reader of poetry – and the attitude of people at prayer.
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Avoid despair and build defences
September 30, 2024
BRENDAN McMANUS SJ :: On avoiding despair and building up defences using the tools of Ignatian discernment.
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Camino a materialistic detox
July 24, 2024
BRENDAN McMANUS SJ :: The Camino pilgrimage can be a materialistic detox leading to the simpler, freer life that St Ignatius commends.
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Challenging prison policy
June 24, 2024
DERMOT ROANTREE (STUDIES) :: In criminal justice, the state must not intrude on the life of citizens any more than is needed to achieve a legitimate social purpose.
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Reflections on a dream
June 7, 2024
BILL TONER SJ :: A recent dream, centred on identity and masks, opened up a new way of seeing Christ in others.
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