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Noel Barber SJ lays Terry Keane to rest
June 6, 2008
The funeral Mass for Irish journalist and socialite Terry Keane was said by Fr Noel Barber SJ, a family friend. In the eulogy he delivered in the Church of St...
Read moreIreland’s literary patron saint
June 3, 2008
In the May issue of America Magazine, Irish Jesuit Tom Casey writes an incisive article on what we have to learn from Ireland’s unofficial, or literary, ‘patron saint’ – Leopold...
Read moreSlovene Pilgrimage to Ireland
June 3, 2008
Glendalough, Clonmacnoise, Knock, Lough Derg, Ards Friary in Donegal, St. Peter’s Cathedral, Belfast, and the cathedral city of Armagh were the places visited by a Slovene parish this week on...
Read moreFull house for Modras in Galway
June 3, 2008
Over 120 people turned up to hear Dr. Ronald Modras’ public lecture in Galway last Wednesday, 28 May. Organised by the Jesuit Centre for Spirituality there in combination with Manresa...
Read moreSummer school covers Ignatian spirituality
June 3, 2008
The middle week of the summer school run by the Milltown Institute this June includes the option of studying Ignatian spirituality. On each week of the course, the participants may...
Read moreJesuit lives on show
May 27, 2008
The exhibition in Rathfarnham Castle, one of many events in the Bealtaine 2008 calendar, has proven to be very popular, so the Office of Public Works is extending it for...
Read moreJesuit Admonitor spends time in Ireland
May 27, 2008
Currently on an extended visit to Ireland to improve his English language skills is Marcos Recolons SJ. A native of Cataluña, Marcos has travelled here from Rome, where he recently...
Read moreModras and Ignatian spirituality for today
May 27, 2008
In a series of seminars in Dublin last weekend, Professor Ronald Modras spoke about the humanistic perspective of Ignatian spirituality and what this can contribute to contemporary life – to...
Read moreRonald Modras: Conversations that Change Lives
May 27, 2008
Below is the text of Professor Ronald Modras’s address at Manresa, the Jesuit House of Spirituality in Clontarf, on Friday 23 May 2008. Thank you for the kind introduction and...
Read moreDevotion to the Sacred Heart and the Irish experience
May 21, 2008
Dr Louise Fuller, Research Fellow at NUI, Maynooth, charts the history of devotion to the Sacred Heart in Ireland. This article is re-published with permission from Intercom, May 2008. Devotion...
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