Spirituality

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Finding God can be funny

January 10, 2017

Author Nikolaas Sintobin SJ unpacks the wisdom and spiritual depth underlying a series of jokes about Jesuits

Inspirational Jesuits

Michel de Certeau

January 10, 2017

It has been said of French Jesuit academic and scholar Michel de Certeau, who died in 1986, that he had "an intelligence without bounds".

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The importance of laughter

January 6, 2017

PAT COYLE :: I learned a lot about the power of laughter, when my father was terminally ill. And I've found a philosopher who endorsed my learning.

Questioning assumptions about God

January 6, 2017

Brendan McManus SJ says The Spiritual Exercises of St Ignatius, a key element of Jesuit training, permeates Martin Scorsese's latest film 'Silence'

Inspirational Jesuits

St Peter Canisius

December 21, 2016

Hailed as the Second Apostle of Germany, Saint Peter Canisius dedicated his life to the revitalisation of the Catholic Church across Central Europe after the ruptures of the Reformation.

Nourishing body and soul

December 20, 2016

The Jesuit Centre of Spirituality & Culture in Galway have just brought out their new programme for 2017

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What God are you praying to?

December 15, 2016

PAT COYLE : : It took my anger to wake me up to the operative images of G-D I was working out of. Images demeaning of G-D, not worthy of...

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‘Silence’ – an amazing film

December 15, 2016

Scorsese's latest film 'Silence' may be set in 17th century Japan but it resonates with modern day issues like the torture of prisoners and the persecution of Christians.

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Scorsese’s ‘Silence’ – prayer and provocation

December 14, 2016

Scorsese's latest film 'Silence', based on the 1966 novel by Shusaku Endo, is a provocative but rewarding watch, according to Dermot Roantree of Irish Jesuit Communications