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Belvedere’s great loss
March 22, 2011
Belvedere’s Gerry Haugh, an extraordinary educator, died unexpectedly on 19 March. Headmaster Gerard Foley said his sudden death “shocked and saddened literally thousands who were inspired by his care and...
Read moreOldest-ever Irish Jesuit goes to God
March 8, 2011
Yesterday, 7 March, Fr Proinsias Ó Fionnagáin died peacefully in his room in Gardiner Street. Last month he had been touched and delighted to receive a message from President McAleese,...
Read moreBurying Seamie
March 8, 2011
There was something astonishing about the obsequies of Fr Seamus Ward, whose death was reported in the last AMDG Express. Within the Irish Province he had a low profile, partly...
Read moreJESUITICA: Auschwitz – “the best noviciate”
March 8, 2011
Adam Kozłowiecki SJ, was born 100 years ago and died in 2007 after an extraordinary life. He came of tough and noble stock. His father, a Polish Count, was so...
Read moreGood buzz in Loyola
March 8, 2011
In mid-February, the Jesuit European Committee for Secondary Education (JECSE) held a conference in Loyola, Spain, for some 112 schoolmen from all over Europe (eleven of them from Ireland), specifically...
Read moreLenten voices
March 8, 2011
The Province delegate for Ecumenism, Brian O’Leary SJ, and the JCC are producing a series of podcasts/radio interviews for Lent in which speakers from various denominations will explore their chosen...
Read moreBishops galore
March 8, 2011
Peter Sexton, the Jesuit chaplain in Trinity, found himself in chummy, informal chats with Canterbury, York, Wales and South Africa, when the ecumenical chaplaincy (two Catholic chaplains, one Anglican, one...
Read moreJes goes to the dogs to raise €2,000,000
March 8, 2011
Coláiste Iognáid’s new building is well underway, and will provide much needed educational, administrative and sporting facilities for the 650 students. To raise the €2,000,000 still needeed, the college is...
Read moreEntrepreneurs have ‘Trust’
March 8, 2011
Dermot McKenna SJ and John K. Guiney SJ were among over 100 guests at the annual Bolton Trust Awards ceremony (in conjunction with Hothouse and PcW) in the Price Waterhouse...
Read moreHow many loaves…..?
March 8, 2011
‘How Many Loaves Have You?’ This was the theme of Women’s World Day of Prayer, Friday 4 March. At the service that day in Greenisland, Belfast, Pat Coyle of the...
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