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Caring for our common home
February 23, 2016
In 'The Pope Video', Pope Francis asks us to unite in respect for creation and to act to preserve the natural world for future generations.
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Housing policy a disaster – JCFJ
February 23, 2016
Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice says latest statistics on family homelessness are a shocking indictment of current housing policy.
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Mass of thanksgiving for Fr John Sullivan SJ
February 23, 2016
Archbishop Diarmuid Martin presided over the Annual Mass in thanksgiving for the life of Venerable John Sullivan SJ. Church of Ireland Archbishop Michael Jackson gave the post-communion reflection.
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Irish Jesuit gets presidential award
February 23, 2016
Fr Donal Doyle SJ was recently awarded a Presidential Distinguished Service Awards in recognition of his lifetime work in Japan.
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The Pope is not infallible
February 16, 2016
DERMOT ROANTREE :: The Church does not, strictly speaking, teach that the Pope is infallible. George Wilson, an American Jesuit, explains the issue in a recent Commonweal article
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A language of pre-evangelisation
February 11, 2016
GAVIN T. MURPHY :: The late Michael Paul Gallagher SJ spoke of a language of pre-evangelisation that is needed today. In the same vein I want to speak about the...
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Rahman’s story with JRS Ireland
February 11, 2016
Jesuit Refugee Service Ireland have accompanied Rahman, a young person from Afghanistan, as he faces serious obstacles during his time here. He speaks to Project Worker Marta Hernandez.
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Pope asks people of Moyross for prayers
February 11, 2016
Tony O'Riordan SJ presented Pope Francis with a picture of Our Lady Undoer Of Knots from the shrine of the Corpus Christi parish church in Limerick. The Pope asked for...
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Fr Jim Hayes RIP: committed to kindness and service of the Gospel
February 10, 2016
Tribute paid to the Limerick-born Jesuit (pictured here with fellow-Jesuit ordinands, 1965) who is remembered with great regard for putting the needs of others first.
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Moyross Jesuit ‘mercy envoy’ for Pope
February 5, 2016
Moyross Parish Priest Fr Tony O’Riordan SJ is one of seven hundred priests from around the world chosen by Pope Francis to play a special role in the Holy Year...
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Small steps with God’s help
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Is the universe ‘done and dusted’?
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‘Dangerous as hell’
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