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The marriage referendum: Why I voted yes
June 4, 2015
EDMOND GRACE SJ :: What gay people are looking for, access to marriage, is itself a good, and when the state denies them access it causes an intense, counter-productive hostility,...
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A listening Church and an empowered laity
June 3, 2015
Gerry O'Hanlon SJ has twice written publicly on the subject of the marriage equality referendum on 22 May. In both he argues strenuously for the Catholic Church in Ireland to...
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Finding God in grief
June 3, 2015
'Walk with me into the Light: Some Comfort on the Journey Through Grief', is a new and practical booklet from Messenger Publications written by healthcare chaplain Margaret Naughton for the...
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Housing is a ‘sacred right’
June 3, 2015
'Homelessness is worse now than at any time in recent memory' says Peter McVerry SJ in the latest issue of Working Notes, the journal of the Jesuit Centre for Faith...
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Standing at attention
June 3, 2015
Army Chaplain Tim Valentine SJ, who recently completed his Jesuit Tertianship in Ireland, talks to Pat Coyle about how he came to join the army and about his tours of...
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Warm tributes paid to Lúcás Chan SJ, RIP
June 2, 2015
Warm tributes have been paid by noted academics and theologians from Ireland and around the world to Fr. Lúcás Chan SJ (46), a Hong Kong native and Jesuit of the...
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The Irish Referendum – discerning the spirits
May 28, 2015
GERRY O'HANLON SJ :: The 'yes' side in the recent marriage referendum won a decisive victory. The Church, as Archbishop Martin has acknowledged, needs a reality check. But what shape...
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Pray, learn, practise
May 22, 2015
Brendan McManus SJ was part of an ecumenical team giving an innovative course in Spritual DIrection to students at Regis College, Toronto. It involved theory, practise and a retreat.
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How to vote wisely
May 20, 2015
Fifteen people took part in the referendum workshop on 'Making Good Decisions' organised by team members of the Jesuit Centre of Spirituality and Culture in Galway. Their feedback was encouraging.
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“Chronic overcrowding in prisons must end,” says JCFJ
May 20, 2015
"Several critical objectives have not been met", in the Irish Prison Service’s Strategic Plan 2012–2015, says Eoin Carroll, Advocacy Officer of the Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice.
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