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Does being Christian make a difference?

March 16, 2016

DERMOT ROANTREE :: When it comes to such issues as immigration and the needs of suffering peoples, what difference should one's Christianity make?

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MP Gallagher’s reflections during last illness launched

audio March 16, 2016

Professor Eamon Conway launched the last book of Michael Paul Gallagher SJ, a series of reflections during the last stages of his cancer, in Belvedere House on 15 March.

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Hammarskjöld – Prophet for the 21st century

March 14, 2016

Dr Roger Lipsey is author of a new book on the life and spirituality of Dag Hammarskjöld. He believes his death in a plane crash in 1961 was no accident...

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Funeral of Mr Justice Adrian Hardiman

March 11, 2016

The funeral of Supreme Court Judge Adrian Hardiman took place on 10 March. Fr Myles O'Reilly SJ celebrated the Mass and gave the homily.

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Help refugees by lobbying

March 9, 2016

JRS Europe Director Jean Marie Carrière SJ urges regional organisations to lobby their governments hard on behalf of refugees.

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Virginia Woolf: spirituality without God

March 9, 2016

Virginia Woolf may have been an atheist but she had a rich spirituality, according to Professor Stephanie Paulsell in her 8 March lecture organised by SpIRE.

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Launch of ‘Dear Pope Francis’

March 8, 2016

Dear Pope Francis, the recently published book of letters between the Pope and children around the world, was launched on 1 March by Archbishop Eamon Martin in an Armagh primary...

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‘We must regain our outrage’

March 2, 2016

Peter McVerry SJ says we must regain our outrage and make it felt, if we as a society are to have any hope of effectively tackling the issue of homelessness...

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Jesuit pupil is Pope’s pen pal!

March 1, 2016

Twelve-year-old Clara O’Gormain from the Jesuit Scoil Iognáid in Galway features in Pope Francis latest book 'Dear Pope Francis' in which he answers questions from children around the world.

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Great response to LRA retreat

February 24, 2016

The Lay Retreat Association (LRA) held a one day retreat on 14 February, at Milltown Park. Almost 80 people turned up.

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