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Advice from one Pope to another
June 1, 2017
Pope Francis recently presented Donald Trump with a copy of Laudato Si, caring for our common home. Does Pat Riordan SJ think he'll pay heed to it?
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JRS seeks implementation of landmark ruling
May 31, 2017
Eugene Quinn, JRS Ireland, has called on the government to allow asylum seekers to start working immediately, in light of the recent historic Supreme Court ruling
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Blessed John’s gift of presence
May 31, 2017
Declan O'Keeffe, Head of Communications at Clongowes Wood College, reflects on the mass of thanksgiving for the beatification of Fr John Sullivan SJ which took place on 20 May 2017.
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Living well with Alzheimers
May 30, 2017
The 'elder project' is an initiative of Pope Francis and two Irish Jesuit works are working on it along with Loyola Press
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Bad Language
May 29, 2017
BILL TONER :: Yuval Noah Hararai, denies the existence of everything that is not a brute material object. He says everything else is myth. This is an appalling impoverishment of...
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Ignatian wisdom for loving life
May 24, 2017
Gavin T. Murphy :: Ignatian wisdom has been a key element in my journey towards loving mental illness and loving life. I present a few gems that may work for...
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New Rector for Belvedere College SJ
May 23, 2017
Fr Paddy Greene SJ has been appointed to succeed the late Derek Cassidy SJ as Rector of Belvedere College SJ.
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The rich life or the good life?
May 22, 2017
How does wealth encourage or hinder joy? A recent multi-disciplinary conference came up with some interesting answers
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Honoured on home turf
May 22, 2017
Bishop Denis Nulty celebrated The Mass of Thanksgiving for the beatification of Fr John Sullivan SJ, in Clongowes Wood College Co. Kildare. It was a joyful occasion
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Looking at communications and vocations
May 17, 2017
Myles O'Reilly outlined the Irish Jesuits digital vocation's strategy at a meeting in Malta convened by the Jesuit Conference of European Provincials
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