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Fitting tribute for Phil
January 24, 2020
Clongowes celebrated the life of Philip Fogarty SJ with a memorial Mass. Staff and pupils past and present gathered with his family and fellow Jesuits
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Jesuit tertians inspire students
January 22, 2020
CYRIL MURPHY :: The recent visit of international Jesuit tertians to Clongowes Wood College SJ was a highlight of the school year.
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Reading the ‘woman at the well’
January 22, 2020
An icon of the woman at the well with Jesus is the inspiration for a meditative book on the longest gospel conversation and story
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Modernising the Church’s mission
January 22, 2020
David Stewart SJ, British Director of the Pope's Worldwide Prayer Network, speaks about the use of new technologies to help disseminate the pope's monthly intentions
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Sacrament of penance
January 21, 2020
Australian Jesuit Fr Richard Leonard speaks to Pat Coyle on the sacrament of penance in light of his book 'Hatch, Match & Dispatch: A Catholic Guide to Sacraments'
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Hanging up the boots
January 21, 2020
BRENDAN McMANUS SJ :: After years of leading pilgrimages, letting go of this leadership role has turned out to be a good thing.
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‘Unusual Kindness’
January 21, 2020
Tom Layden SJ, Province Co-Ordinator for Ecumenism, has asked Jesuits and colleagues to take part in Christian Unity Week, 18-25 January, with its theme of 'unusual kindness'
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Religious Literacy: Challenges for today
January 20, 2020
The increasing estrangement of western societies from Christian belief and practice was theme of a recent event in the Loyola Institute TCD
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Deeply-felt awareness
January 15, 2020
GAVIN T. MURPHY :: A meditation on good and evil from the Spiritual Exercises gives us confidence to live a life of freedom and lasting happiness.
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New model of Church in Galway
January 14, 2020
Vera Coughlan, who was an active participant of the Jesuit Centre of Spirituality and Culture, speaks to Pat Coyle about her insight into the family as the leading image of...
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Small steps with God’s help
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Is the universe ‘done and dusted’?
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‘Dangerous as hell’
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