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Jesuit Plus changes publication day
March 8, 2017
Irish Jesuit Communication’s weekly production, Jesuit Plus, is changing its publication day from Friday to Monday
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The story of the napkin box
March 7, 2017
Paula Nolan from the Messenger Publications felt a moving of the spirit as she snapped the napkin box of the Jesuit community in Lower Leeson Street, Dublin.
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A Lenten treat
March 6, 2017
Aidan Mathews, RTÉ producer, playwright and poet, has written an online lenten retreat for Irish Jesuit Communications
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New Lent booklet published
March 2, 2017
In his Lenten booklet, Fr Vincent Sherlock invites us to follow the Stations of the Cross in the shoes of the woman who is found in adultery.
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Ignatian discernment for mental illness
March 1, 2017
GAVIN T. MURPHY :: Ignatian discernment has guided me through my journey with Bipolar Disorder and I am deeply grateful.
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Following love into mystery
February 22, 2017
PAT COYLE: : As my daddy lay dying I learned about the mysterious, earth-bound love of God through the miraculous gift of an ear-drop squirter
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Symbols and theology of the Book of Kells
February 22, 2017
The Loyola Institute, Trinity College Dublin hosted a workshop for teachers on the theology of the Book of Kells, the most visited book in the world
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Fr John Sullivan and the healing power of the cross
February 22, 2017
Archbishop Diarmuid Martin was the principal celebrant for the Annual Blessed elect John Sullivan SJ Mass in Gardiner Street Church, Dublin, on Saturday 18 February
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Endings and beginnings in the Far East
February 21, 2017
John Guiney SJ visited his fellow Jesuits in the Far East where he witnessed endings and beginnings of Jesuit works
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A life of quiet faithfulness
February 21, 2017
Jesuits, family and friends paid a final farewell to Fr Hugh O'Neill SJ, remembered fondly for his kindness, courtesy and fidelity
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