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Messenger Day of Joy
June 27, 2018
The Messenger magazine celebrated their 'Messenger Day of Joy: A Day of Prayer, Reflection and Enlightenment' for all promoters, readers and friends on 23 June 2018
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Reading the posters of the times
June 27, 2018
KEVIN HARGADEN :: The referendum campaign highlighted the persuasive power of experience and story. These are hugely important, but so too is a metaphysical sense of what it means to...
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JRS report – Ireland must do more
June 27, 2018
A new JRS Ireland report entitled 'Sharing Responsibility, Saving Lives' was launched in Milltown Park, Dublin, on 22 June
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Doing theology in dangerous times
June 27, 2018
The Summer issue of Studies leads with a challenging analysis of the political and cultural upheavals which are afflicting the world at present
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The sun refused to set
June 26, 2018
CHARLES JARYEKONGA SJ :: The Ugandan describes his time as a regent in Belvedere College SJ. He explains the purpose of this stage of Jesuit formation and his unexpected mission...
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The Celtic Tiger ten years on: missed opportunities
June 26, 2018
Ten years after the death of the Celtic Tiger, Working Notes takes stock. Real recovery, it judges, has been hampered by false narratives about what happened
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Jesuit centre says ‘chronic problems in prisons’
June 25, 2018
The Jesuit Centre for faith and justice responds to the launch of the Irish Prison Service’s Annual Report
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Dreaming on
June 19, 2018
GAVIN T. MURPHY :: Embracing the real, ordinary living and balanced mood are suggested as three factors that will enable our realities and desires to merge.
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Seminar on ‘The Joy of Love’
June 19, 2018
Professors at the Loyola Institute emphasised the need for open-ended dialogue and discernment, conscious always of human frailty and weakness
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The magic within
June 13, 2018
Two Old Clongownians with severe health conditions recently spoke about cultivating and maintaining the characteristics of leadership and resilience
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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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Pope Video: For evangelization in the city
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July 3, 2026 - Pope Video July: Embrace a culture of love, tenderness, responsibility, and compassionate care.
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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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