Social Justice

The age-of-consent dilemma

December 19, 2006

In this transcript of an interview for Religious News Network (RNN), Pat Coyle tells Eileen Good of her reservations about lowering the age of consent in Ireland. The current debate...

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The opposite of stability

December 19, 2006

It is a grace, not a curse, to be born into an age of instability, argues Paul Andrews. Jesus himself sought to rock people in their comfortable worlds, and this...

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Fr John Hayes: a Jesuit at war

November 29, 2006

November 29, 2006 Fr John Hayes: a Jesuit at war New book relates story of WWII Jesuit hero by Patrick McNamara John Hayes, the son of Michael and Agnes Hayes...

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The Shaun Doherty Magazine Show – Highland Radio Donegal

November 23, 2006

Following RTÉ’s <em>Final Judgement</em> programme on the issue of women’s ordination, Gerry O’Hanlon SJ was asked about this topic. The discussion on the popular morning programme of one of Ireland’s...

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In the Poorer Quarters – RTÉ1

November 12, 2006

RTE’s Aidan Mathews, a former Gonzaga student, referred to his education by the “J’s” in his weekly Sunday programme, ‘<a href=”http://jesuit.ie/blog/serendipity/exit.php?url_id=3&amp;entry_id=7″ onmouseover=”window.status=’http://tinyurl.com/yh7rpr’;return true;” onmouseout=”window.status=”;return true;” title=”In the Poorer Quarters”>In the...

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Giving of oneself in Zambia and not counting the cost

October 19, 2006

Conor Gannon went to Zambia with a group of Slí Eile volunteers and worked there with sisters of Mother Teresa’s order. He was deeply impressed both with the sisters and...

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Cherishing our crèche-children equally?

October 19, 2006

David Gaffney is concerned that, more and more, parents are practically compelled to have their children spend an inordinate amount of time in crèche facilities, and that this may well...

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Listening and learning: dealing with the threat of suicide

October 19, 2006

Brendan McManus was at a conference of the Console Suicide Bereavement Group in Dublin on September 22. He was impressed by the concern and good sense of the speakers. The...

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A conversion of mentalities needed in Europe and Africa

October 19, 2006

Africans need to be respected as the authors of their own future, according to the attendants at a recent conference of Scribani, a network of European Jesuit centres, working on...

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Ruined for life!

October 19, 2006

Mary Stokes had her life ‘ruined’ by spending a year with the Jesuit Volunteer Communities. Thanks to what she learned about community, spirituality and social justice, she can never look...

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