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A new year for the JECSE
January 17, 2017
The Steering Committee for the Jesuit European Committee for Primary and Secondary Education met in Dublin last month to plan the programme of events for this new year.
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Always young in heart
January 16, 2017
Stephen Redmond SJ spent his life writing, teaching and composing music, including a song for the Eurovision in 1969. He died on Saturday, aged ninety-seven
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A fond farewell
January 11, 2017
Jesuits, colleagues and members of the Curia staff bid a fond farewell with warm thanks to Tom Layden, Irish Jesuit Provincial for the past six years
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Breaking down walls
January 11, 2017
Irish Jesuits and colleagues will be asked to help break down walls by taking part in the upcoming Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, 18-25 January
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Record response to JRS toy appeal
January 11, 2017
The 2016 JRS Ireland Christmas Toy Appeal was the most successful in the history of the Jesuit Refugee Service
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Finding God can be funny
January 10, 2017
Author Nikolaas Sintobin SJ unpacks the wisdom and spiritual depth underlying a series of jokes about Jesuits
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The importance of laughter
January 6, 2017
PAT COYLE :: I learned a lot about the power of laughter, when my father was terminally ill. And I've found a philosopher who endorsed my learning.
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Questioning assumptions about God
January 6, 2017
Brendan McManus SJ says The Spiritual Exercises of St Ignatius, a key element of Jesuit training, permeates Martin Scorsese's latest film 'Silence'
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Nourishing body and soul
December 20, 2016
The Jesuit Centre of Spirituality & Culture in Galway have just brought out their new programme for 2017
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Who frames the news?
December 20, 2016
‘Framing the News’ is the title of the latest edition of the Jesuit quarterly journal Studies. As the title suggests it addresses the theme of communications, both traditional and new,...
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