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Marking Christian Unity Week
January 28, 2020
Jesuits, colleagues, and friends all took part in various activities during Christian Unity Week the theme of which was 'Unusual Kindness'
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Irish government hypocritical on fracked gas
January 27, 2020
There is bad faith in Ireland outlawing fracking at home while planning to buy in large quantities of fracked gas from the US
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If Peter were Taoiseach…
January 24, 2020
Prime Time Extra on RTE television invited Peter McVerry to tell the nation what he would do in his first 100 days if he were elected Taoiseach of the country
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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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‘The Soul Also Keeps the Score’
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Sharing bread in Bethlehem
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‘The grandeur of humanity’
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Philosophical reflections
June 4, 2026 - Dr Dermot Roantree discusses some of the main themes in the thought of Jürgen Habermas, the German philosopher who died recently.
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Fellowship, connection, hope
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The suffering of inocents in war and beyond
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Discerning voices: desolation and consolation
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Small steps with God’s help
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