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Exploring the Bible – how not to lose the plot
October 29, 2015
Jeff Cavins, the designer of a hugely successful bible study programme, is coming to Ireland and on Saturday 21st November he will lead a workshop on The Bible: Our Everlasting...
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Dare to dream of a better future
October 23, 2015
A Blessing Ceremony was held on 6 October for new classrooms in the Xavier Jesuit School Project in Sisophon, Cambodia, led by Irish Jesuit Ashley Evans SJ.
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Fully alive, fully emotional
October 23, 2015
Gavin T. Murphy reflects on his emotional responses and numbness from his father's death and his friend's wedding, with surprising insights to be more fully alive.
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Cautious welcome given to Climate Bill
October 23, 2015
The Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice has welcomed progress towards enacting the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill, but it insists on the need for concrete action.
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Belvedere College marks Red T-Shirt Day for Refugees
October 22, 2015
Belvedere College held a special day of fundraising, called 'Red T-Shirt Day for Refugees' – inspired by the red shirt worn by the young Syrian boy washed up on a...
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Psalm 23 in the light of the Synod
October 15, 2015
With the current Synod on the Family in mind, Gavin T. Murphy adapts Psalm 23 in accordance with the Pope remarking that the Church ought to be like the Good...
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Church doctrine: The same but different
October 14, 2015
DERMOT ROANTREE :: Post 2 in series on 'Change we can believe in'. The Church makes the proud claim to be 'always the same' – the same even when it's...
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Danny McNelis RIP: committed to service and living life fully
October 14, 2015
Myles O'Reilly SJ pays tribute to the former Gonzaga College teacher who during his lifetime was devoted to Jesus and always full of gratitude.
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The spirituality of vulnerability
October 14, 2015
The 'spirituality of 'vulnerability' was one of the key themes of a presentation by Dr Riaan van der Merwe on the life and work of Henri Nouwen, in an event...
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JCFJ’s new Environmental Justice Officer
October 14, 2015
Catherine Devitt has taken up the new position of Environmental Justice Officer with the Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice so that environmental justice issues might be better fostered through...
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