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On the first anniversary
March 14, 2014
Gerry O'Hanlon SJ is a theologian working in the Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice. For many years he has called for a more collegial Church, de-centralised from Rome and...
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Bruce Bradley SJ on the story of Irish Jesuit Journal ‘Studies’
March 5, 2014
Irish Jesuits · Bruce Bradley on the story of Irish Jesuit Journal ‘Studies’ Studies is a Jesuit periodical founded in 1912. Its aim was to make a real contribution to...
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John Sullivan and the Pope
February 27, 2014
"He wasn't the greatest of teachers in the classroom but the boys of Clongowes learnt something much more important when they slipped into chapel to watch Fr John Sullivan pray"....
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Protecting our migrants
February 27, 2014
JRS Ireland attended a national conference on migration, entitled ‘Journeying Together: Challenges Facing the Migrant Today’. Hosted in Dublin, Wednesday 19 February, by the Councils for Emigrants and...
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Revisiting the Murphy Report
February 27, 2014
"There is a need to right the record. Some rethinking of positions taken up in various quarters at the time of the Murphy Report's appearance may be called for". So...
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Lonergan and social justice
February 27, 2014
How are we called to collaborate with God's plan to redeem history? For Bernard Lonergan SJ this was a most important question and Redeeming History is the title of Gerry...
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Praying with the Pope
February 14, 2014
The Pope's general intention this month is that we would respect the wisdom and experience of older people. The Jesuit ministry of the Apostleship of Prayer (praying with and for...
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L’Arche celebrates twentieth anniversary
February 14, 2014
Gardiner St Gospel Choir Mass invited the Dublin L’Arche community to celebrate their 20th anniversary at the Mass on Sunday 2 February. Archbishop Martin was the celebrant at the inspiring...
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Imagination – the new battleground of faith
February 14, 2014
"Imagination may well be the new battleground of faith," according to Michael Paul Gallagher SJ, who recently lectured on this topic in Gardiner St Church Dublin, in Moyross parish Limerick,...
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GLOW: Girls learn their own worth
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Fascinating facts from our past
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Restoring women to a recovered diaconate
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February 6, 2026 - Pope Video: “The smiles, in the midst of pain, of children suffering, are a testimony of God's Kingdom.”
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Small steps with God’s help
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Is the universe ‘done and dusted’?
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‘Dangerous as hell’
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