General

100 years on Leeson Street

August 17, 2010

The Leeson Street community celebrated its centenary happily. Bruce Bradley, who started St Ignatius’ Day in Farm Street, London, dashed over to give a carefully researched and memorable homily to Jesuits...

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Versatile Jim

August 17, 2010

With the death of Brother Jim Sutton last week, the Irish Jesuits lost a quiet man of multiple talents. Born in Glasnevin, and schooled by the Christian Brothers in Scoil...

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The Centenary Cluster

August 17, 2010

Alan McGuckian SJ in Belfast has joined a group of Unionist Protestants looking ahead to the Centenary Cluster – the set of centenary commemorations starting in 1912 with the Ulster...

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MP Gallagher on ‘Newman for today’

August 17, 2010

John Henry Newman is one of the ten people selected for exploration by Michael Paul Gallagher SJ in his latest book, Faith Maps, and on Wed 1 Sept, 7.30pm, the...

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Beginnings

August 17, 2010

As AMDG Express returns to production after the summer break, it makes a fresh start in more ways than one. The JCC’s beautiful room in Leeson Street is piled with...

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Hurray for Hopkins

August 17, 2010

The     The Lord’s blessing was invoked on the first day of the 23rd Gerard Manley Hopkins Festival. Fergus O’Donoghue SJ marked the spot  where the poet is laid...

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JESUITICA: A man of vision

August 17, 2010

One of the treasures in Dublin’s Marsh’s Library is an early edition of  Oculus, hoc est, by Christoph Scheiner (1575-1650), a German Jesuit who showed for the first time a...

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Forthcoming Events

August 17, 2010

17 August: Conall O’Cuinn is guest speaker at Knock Novena 16-25 August: Eight-day retreat will be held in Manresa House, Clontarf Road, Dollymount.  For details, contact 01 8331352 24-28 August:...

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Short Notices

August 17, 2010

Eyes on Olympics: Sam Watson and Barry McStay, who both left Clongowes in 2004, are training hard for the 3-Day Event in the  London Olympics of 2012. Sam rides Hoyo,...

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Missions day out

July 9, 2010

The annual day-out of the Jesuit Mission Office on 30 June had a motley group of missionaries, friends, volunteers and Mission Office staff descend on some of the best known...

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