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This was some party
October 25, 2011
Fifty years ago the Noviciate in Emo opened its doors to 31 new novices. Last month John Humphreys organised a head-count and a reunion, locating all but two of the...
Read moreJESUITICA: Bishop? No. Cardinal? Maybe
October 25, 2011
Some of the most inspiring stories of 20th century theology are about theologians who maintained an obedient silence in face of ecclesiastical censorship. In the early 1950s Karl Rahner SJ...
Read moreFr Jim Corkery meets online
October 25, 2011
It is two years since Michael Paul Gallagher, sitting in a video-conferencing studio in Blackpitts, Dublin, ran a seminar for 600 educationalists gathered in Wellington, New Zealand. They already had...
Read moreFr Edmund O’Keefe RIP
October 24, 2011
Fr Edmund (Ned) O’Keefe died peacefully in St Vincent’s Hospital on 13th October, at the age of 84. We offer sincere condolences to his younger brothers Fergus SJ and Niall, and...
Read moreRemembering the missions
October 12, 2011
Three Irish Jesuits are featured in a set of DVDs, under the title Missionary Stories, produced by the Irish Missionary Union (IMU) and due to be launched on 13 October....
Read moreFallout of Cloyne: Church and state
October 12, 2011
Irish Jesuit Seamus Murphy SJ, currently lecturing in Chicago, had an article published in the Irish Times, 1 October, responding to the tense and recriminatory correspondence between the Irish government...
Read morePathways to God
October 12, 2011
God is determined to reach out and have a relationship with every person, and does so through various means – music, nature, symbols, art, poetry, liturgy, dreams. That is a...
Read moreForthcoming events
October 12, 2011
Wednesday 12 October: Movies that matter, Autumn Series – ‘The Journey into Love and Relationship’. An introduction to reflection through the medium of film at 7pm – 10pm. For further...
Read moreShort notices
October 12, 2011
Michael Paul Gallagher SJ celebrated his 50 years in the Society of Jesus with his community, the Collegio Bellarmino, in Rome, on Saturday 8 October 2011. He is seen here...
Read moreIt’s punishment, not detention
October 12, 2011
The number of migrants and asylum seekers being detained in Europe is growing, and many are experiencing their detention as punishment, to the detriment of their physical and mental health....
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