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‘Why would you join the Jesuits?’

July 20, 2016

'Why would you join the Jesuits?', the third phase of the Irish Jesuit digital vocations strategy, went live on Wednesday 20 July.

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Irish Jesuits look to the future

July 20, 2016

Provincial Tom Layden spoke at length recently about how Jesuits are preparing for the future, particularly with regard to collaborating with other provinces.

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Jesuits experience the joy of Youth 2000

July 19, 2016

A group of eight Jesuits and co-workers attended the Youth 2000 Summer Festival which attracted over a thousand young people to Roscrea from 7-10 July.

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Magis2016 in full swing

July 19, 2016

Young people from Ireland are working with children with special needs; on pilgrimage; or learning about Christian-Jewish relations; all at Magis2016.

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Taoiseach lines up for ‘Story of Love’ concert

July 19, 2016

The Taoiseach Enda Kenny and ambassadors from around the world will get in line on for a photo shoot promoting The Story of Love concert scheduled for Knock in October.

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Cut the carbon emissions

July 19, 2016

Mary Robinson’s visit to Ethiopia reminds us that we cannot ignore the need for urgent action on climate change here at home, says Catherine Devitt of the JCFJ

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Jesuit schools – ‘agents of change’

July 6, 2016

St Declan's Primary School recently joined The Irish Jesuit Mission Office’s Development Education programme, and teacher Jacqueline Barry Duke learnt some valuable lessons in Uganda.

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Jesuits discuss ‘being human today’

July 6, 2016

Jesuits involved in the intellectual apostolates of the Irish, Dutch, British, and Flanders Provinces met recently to address the theme of 'What it means to be human'.

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Irish welcome for European Provincials

June 30, 2016

For the first time ever the Irish Jesuit Province hosted the Consult of the President of the Conference of European Provincials (CEP). The venue was Milltown Park, Dublin.

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Brexit – crisis and challenge

June 27, 2016

Kevin O'Higgins SJ hopes the Brexit decision can be reversed but that requires 'the pompous, bloated, bureaucratic, undemocratic and unaccountable EU' to rediscover its soul and its founding principles.

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