Bill Toner SJ
Priests on the Margins
May 8, 2025
BILL TONER SJ :: With the sharp decline in vocations, it is likely that the resident island priest is a vanishing species.
Read moreIs it harder being a priest today?
April 9, 2025
BILL TONER SJ :: Being a Catholic priest nowadays is more complicated than when I joined the Jesuits over fifty years ago.
Read moreThe search for happiness
February 20, 2025
BILL TONER SJ :: The pursuit of happiness is fraught, and the belief that we should always be happy is misguided.
Read moreThe masks we wear
January 15, 2025
BILL TONER SJ :: People adopt different ‘personas’ in different circumstances. What about Jesus's personas?
Read moreBreathing new life into ecumenism
December 12, 2024
2025 is the 1700th anniversary of the first Council of Nicaea. The year could prove to be a pivotal one for Christian Unity. A lot done, and a lot more...
Read moreWhat lies beneath
November 27, 2024
BILL TONER SJ :: A new book claims that none of Hitler's close associates could be described as natural thugs.
Read moreBy luck or by love?
October 24, 2024
BILL TONER SJ :: We are much more special than atheistic scientists would have us believe.
Read moreReflections 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.
Read moreWhat will it mean to be a Catholic?
February 20, 2024
BILL TONER SJ :: There is no disguising the fact that the number of priests in Ireland is declining at an alarming rate. What lies ahead?
Read moreLet there be light
January 16, 2024
BILL TONER SJ :: Evolutionists who debunk God need to look a bit further back beyond the start of evolution and 'lighten up!'
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