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Homeless Jesus
October 17, 2014
The pictured bronze sculpture of the homeless Jesus, by renowned Canadian Catholic artist Timothy P. Schmalz, has proved challenging and controversial. It should not be difficult to imagine Jesus as...
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Studies on Irish identities
October 7, 2014
There have always been issues concerning Irish identity. For centuries what dominated was the distinction between the native Irish and, first, the colonisers and then the Anglo-Irish.
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Be brave and remember, Pope tells Jesuits
October 7, 2014
The Jesuits were suppressed in 1773 and reconstituted in 1814. Pope Francis marked the 200th anniversary of the Jesuit Restoration by presiding over the Thanksgiving Liturgy (Vespers).
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Under the influence – Jesuits in Ireland
October 3, 2014
‘Under the Influence – The Jesuits in Ireland’ was the title of a two-day history conference to mark the bi-centenary of the Restoration of the Jesuits. It was hosted in...
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Demolishing Moyross houses ‘sinful’, says Jesuit
October 3, 2014
Fr Tony O’Riordan SJ, parish priest of Moyross, Limerick, has described the demolition of over 400 houses in the Moyross estate as “sinful” given the number of people who require...
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Jesuit Chaplains of World War I
October 3, 2014
Irish Jesuit Chaplains in the First World War, (Messenger Publications) edited by Damien Burke, assistant archivist to the Jesuit Province, was launched on Friday 17 September, by Roisin Duffy of...
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Jesuit brother launches new single
September 30, 2014
Irish Jesuits · Jesuit brother launches new single Tom Phelan is a biker, traditional musician and Jesuit brother. After his mother’s death last year he felt the best tribute he...
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David Coghlan in action
September 19, 2014
David Coghlan SJ is a leading expert on ‘action research’ and co-editor of The SAGE Encyclopedia of Action Research, just published. As the name suggests, ‘Action Research’ involves a business,...
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Languishing in limbo
September 19, 2014
The Jesuit Refugee Service welcomes the Government’s decision to establish a working group to review the operation of the “direct provision” system, by which asylum-seekers and their children spend years...
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‘Sacred Space’ – Loyola Press, joint apostolate
September 19, 2014
Irish Jesuit Provincial Tom Layden and Brian Paulson SJ, Provincial of the Chicago Province, have together announced news of their formal agreement to make Sacred Space, the online prayer site,...
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