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‘They will never silence us’
May 20, 2015
Archbishop Romero will be beatified as a modern-day martyr who saw the fight for justice in El Salvador as a political and economic struggle against the forces of sin and...
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Hearing the message of Venerable John Sullivan SJ
May 20, 2015
A flag, specially commissioned by Clane Community Council, flew in the college grounds and local community centre at the annual anniversary Mass in thanksgiving for the life of the Servant...
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Jesuit schools unite online
May 20, 2015
'Educate Magis' is a new initiative that aims to establish a global online community for Jesuit schools and colleges. It is hosted by the Irish Province and operates out of...
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Doing all one can
May 20, 2015
Fr Bernard Arputhasamy SJ, who is getting medical treatment in Ireland at present, is the director of the Jesuit Refugee Service in Jordan. The work is never-ending, and one has...
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A memoir full of gratitude
audio May 6, 2015
Catherine McCann, lifelong friend of recently deceased Jesuit Charlie O'Connor, has just published 'In Gratitude: The Story of a Gift-Filled Life', a memoir of what Tom Casey SJ calls 'an...
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Anzac, archives and the bullshit detector
May 6, 2015
DAMIEN BURKE :: Six Jesuits, five of them Irish-born, served with the Anzac forces at Gallipoli. There are good reasons to commemorate this ill-fated event. Jingoism, however, is not one...
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Digital prophets wanted
May 6, 2015
Many religious organisations are ill-equipped to do digital evangelisation and need digital prophets and evangelists to help them become 'the Church online', Sim D'Hertefelte told a recent Jesuit webmasters meeting.
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Yes or No?
May 6, 2015
The Jesuit Centre of Spirituality and Culture in Galway is organizing a workshop aimed at helping people in their decision making regarding the upcoming referendum on same-sex marriage on 22...
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Jesuit Mission Offices meet
May 6, 2015
A truly international meeting of people working in Jesuit Missions Offices took place recently in Emmaus, Dublin. It finished with Tom Phelan SJ and his band leading an evening of...
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REVIEW: The Avengers: Age of Ultron
May 6, 2015
FILM REVIEW FROM AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC OFFICE FOR FILM AND BROADCASTING :: This recent release is an entertaining, worthy successor to the Marvel Avenger movies that have preceded it
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Living water: “Join the force”
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