Spirituality

World Meeting of Families, 2018

December 13, 2017

Clongowes go amber

December 12, 2017

Clongowes Wood College SJ in County Kildare was awash with forty shades of amber for the launch of the school’s application for the Amber Flag Mental Health initiative. 

Death of eminent historian

December 11, 2017

Renowned Irish historian and Marist priest Fr Brendan Bradshaw died peacefully yesterday, 10 December, at Cherryfield Nursing Home in Milltown Park

The coming of Christ the ‘rebel’

December 8, 2017

DECLAN O'KEEFFE :: Songwriter Jackson Brown saw Jesus as a rebel and wondered how our celebrations of Christmas today would sit with the man whose anger cleared the temple of...

“A palpable sense of the presence of God”

December 6, 2017

Patrick Corkery SJ returned from his studies in the United States to profess his first vows to the Society of Jesus in front of his family, friends, and Jesuit colleagues

Balanced mood, balanced life

December 6, 2017

GAVIN T. MURPHY :: Conversations with a psychotherapist and a spiritual companion set the author on a journey to explore ways to maintain balanced mood for a balanced life.

1. The effect of external events (discernment of spirits)

December 5, 2017

We are affected by our surrounding and what we experience through our senses, it is important to notice what those effects are and what images we should surround ourselves with....

2. The Lotto experiment

December 5, 2017

You have won 1 million Euro in the lottery and after the initial excitement, you are trying to decide what to do with it. There are three possibilities you are...

3. Reflection (looking back on everyday events, they are seen differently)

December 5, 2017

At the end of the day take 10 minutes to look back over the day. Initially this can seem pointless or a waste of time, given that ‘what is past,...

4. Freedom or detachment (when willpower is not enough)

December 5, 2017

Often we become aware that we are in a rut with regards to our emotions or reactions to people and situations. For example, I can get angry whenever someone challenges...