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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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The Dead of Winter
March 7, 2018
DECLAN O'KEEFFE :: Snow is much more likely to arrive during Lent and to coincide with our remembrance of His 40 days in the desert.
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Emergency response to rescue homeless
March 7, 2018
The Peter McVerry Trust sheltered hundreds of homeless people in what was the largest single mobilisation of emergency beds
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Discerning the voice of the Lord
March 6, 2018
“The times in which we live demand that we develop a profound capacity of discernment,” Pope Francis says in the March edition of 'The Pope Video'.
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A champion at the front
February 28, 2018
A number of centenary events took place in 2017 to mark the life and death of Fr Willie Doyle SJ, a Jesuit chaplain who was killed at Passchendaele. An exhibition...
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Religious Imagination and Public Life
February 27, 2018
Edmond Grace SJ argued in a recent lecture that the exclusion of religious discourse from public life gives free rein to fundamentalism and crass populism.
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The science of spirituality
February 21, 2018
Michael O'Sullivan of SpIRE explains how spirituality has unhelpfully been understood as belonging exclusively to the domain of the private and detached
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September 18, 2026 - Dr Ciara Murphy addresses the theme of 'Living Water', looking at some of the key water-related challenges facing communities in Ireland and around the world.
Healing for the soul
August 18, 2026 - Una Allen is coordinator of 'Towards Peace' a service for survivors of abuse by church members which offers a spiritual accompaniment service, free of charge,
‘The Soul Also Keeps the Score’
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‘The grandeur of humanity’
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