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‘Tattoos of the heart’

June 27, 2014

Greg Boyle SJ is author of a book described as ‘jawdropping’. Not surprising since Tattoos of the Heart tells the gripping story of his work over the last thirty years...

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Denied their right to childhood

June 27, 2014

The Jesuit Refugee Service in Ireland has one again called on the government to show leadership “by doubling its existing commitment and offering refuge in Ireland to a minimum of...

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Spiritual care for the sick

June 27, 2014

Spiritual Care of the sick is a new field in Applied Spirituality. Professor Eckhard Frick SJ is a doctor, psychoanalyst and psychiatrist and the first Professor of Spiritual Care in...

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Questions on Lonergan

June 27, 2014

Ever since 1978, in two summers out of three, Bill Mathews (former dean and professor of philosophy in the Milltown Institute) has accepted an invitation to take part in the...

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The Jesuit artist’s way

June 12, 2014

'A Life Re-Lived' was the title of an exhibition of previously unseen paintings by Jesuit Colm Lavelle, held in the Arrupe Room, Milltown Pk and marking sixty years of his...

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Re-imagining prison policy

June 12, 2014

The launch of Re-Imagining Imprisonment: Effects, Failures and the Future, edited by Eoin Carroll and Kevin Warner, took place on Thursday 5th June in City Hall. The book stems from...

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Divorced, remarried and receiving communion?

June 12, 2014

'Divorce, Remarriage, and the Eucharist - the State of the Question: A Lecture Exploring the Limits of God's Mercy' by Professor Ladislas Orsy SJ, drew a huge crowd to Milltown...

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Joe Dargan: vision and task

June 12, 2014

It is rare for us to mourn such a servant of the Irish Jesuits as Joe Dargan. His looks were unremarkable: small, bespectacled, usually smiling. He was sturdy, a wing...

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‘Tsunami’ on its way

June 12, 2014

Just before last week's elections Peter McVerry SJ spoke to RTE's Miriam O'Callaghan about the homelessness situation, which he described as 'beyond crisis'. He ignited a national debate and the...

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