As part of the Gospel Choir Mass we will celebrate the life of Archbishop Oscar Romero on the announcement of his forthcoming beatification. Archbishop Romero was martyred in 1980 in San Salvador while celebrating Mass in the chapel of a cancer hospital. The celebrant and homilist will be Fr Michael O'Sullivan SJ while the Gardiner […]
Public talk by Dr James Finley on the centenary of Thomas Merton's death, 'Turning to Thomas Merton as a Guide for Today'. There will also be an announcement about the establishment of a new Spirituality Institute for Research and Education (SpIRE). The main object for which SpIRE is being established is to engage spiritual, cultural, faith-based […]
The School of Nursing and Midwifery Spirituality Interest Group at Trinity College Dublin present the first international Spirituality in Healthcare Conference. Michael O'Sullivan SJ is one of the keynote speakers at this conference and will give the opening paper entitled 'Holistic Health and Spiritual Self-Presence'. Michael O'Sullivan SJ is a member of the Spirituality Interest Group, School […]
Prof. Mark Burrows, Bochum University, Germany, and former President of the international Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality, will speak on the topic “The Ripening: Imagining a truer God (and self) with the poet Rainer Maria Rilke”. Places are limited and booking is required. Please contact Michael O'Sullivan SJ at [email protected] if you wish to attend. This […]
Dr Riaan van der Merwe from South Africa will give an interactive presentation “A Multimedia Engagement with the Spirituality of Vulnerable Embodiment of Henri Nouwen”. Places are limited. Booking is essential. To book, please email [email protected]. Dr. Adriaan F. (Riaan) van der Merwe is an accredited Pastoral Therapist / Spiritual Director, working with the Center for […]
Spirituality Institute for Research and Education (SpIRE) is delighted to host a lecture “Seers—and explorers—these we must be” - The Spirituality of Dag Hammarskjöld with Dr. Roger Lipsey in Gonzaga College on Saturday 20 February at 11.00am. Dr. Roger Lipsey is the author of 'Hammarskjöld: A Life', the acclaimed recent biography of UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld. He […]
Spirituality Institute for Research and Education (SpIRE) is delighted to host a lecture “The Spirituality of Virginia Woolf” with Prof. Stephanie Paulsell in the Jesuit Conference Centre, Milltown Park on Tuesday 8 March at 8.00pm. Prof. Paulsell is Susan Shallcross Swartz Professor of the Practice of Christian Studies at Harvard Divinity School, Harvard University, USA. She is past president of […]
