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Pope’s visit to Ireland confirmed
March 21, 2018
Pope Francis wants more than a "once off celebrity concert buzz" for his visit to Ireland, says Irish Jesuit theologian Gerry O'Hanlon
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Studies: poetry, landscape and God
March 20, 2018
The Spring 2018 issue of Studies gives top billing to articles on poetry, particularly “lines of convergence and divergence” in Patrick Kavanagh and Seamus Heaney
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Ireland’s first ‘Spiritual Tourism’ conference
March 15, 2018
A multi-faith gathering from around the world attended a unique conference on pilgrimage and spiritual tourism organised by Michael O'Sullivan SJ
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The forgotten Archbishop of Dublin
March 14, 2018
Archbishop Diarmuid Martin launched 'The Life and Times of Daniel Murray: Archbishop of Dublin 1823–1852' by Todd Morrissey SJ on 13 March in Belvedere College SJ
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Irish Jesuit in Rome responds to Mary McAleese
March 13, 2018
Gerry Whelan SJ, theologian in the Gregorian University in Rome, assesses Mary McAleese's criticism of Pope Francis
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Five years of Pope Francis
March 13, 2018
On the 5th anniversary of Pope Francis' election, Irish Jesuit theologian Gerry Whelan SJ in Rome, offers his highlights and lowlights of the papacy
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Mary McAleese and the Jesuit theologian
March 9, 2018
Mary McAleese quoted Gerry O'Hanlon SJ in her critical speech on how women are treated in the Catholic church. The Irish Jesuit theologian explains why
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Honouring Francis Xavier
March 7, 2018
Jesuit preachers are taking part in the Novena of Grace at packed parishes from 4-12 March, 2018
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‘Can we talk about Jesus?’
March 7, 2018
Jesuit school principals from all over Europe met to discuss the challenges and opportunities for Jesuit schools in a multi-faith world
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The ‘scandalous’ love of God
March 7, 2018
'Hope is being loved' was the title of the talk given by Pat Coyle at the annual Novena of Hope in the Graan Passionist Monastery, Enniskillen
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