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Clongowes boys in Lourdes
September 22, 2017
Five Clongowes students travelled to Lourdes on 7 September as part of the Dublin Diocesan Annual Pilgrimage. It was for them an "amazing experience".
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A week of transformational learning
August 30, 2017
SpIRE Spirituality Summer School brought together 50 participants from around the globe in what was a week of transformational learning and community bonding
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Passing on our values
July 12, 2017
GAVIN T. MURPHY :: Jesuit educators try to instill quality values among their students, and it is hoped that they will become deep-rooted and passed on to others.
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Paddy Crowe SJ – a quality educator
July 6, 2017
At Paddy Crowe SJ's funeral mass, Bruce Bradley SJ spoke of his dedicated ministry as an educator, his extroverted personality and his painful letting go
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Insights along the Camino
July 5, 2017
DECLAN O'KEEFFE :: Valuing people, appreciating the gift of time, and accepting a never-ending pilgrimage are just a few insights learned along the Camino de Santiago.
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Jesuit working in spirituality honoured
June 20, 2017
Michael O’Sullivan SJ has become the first ever Irish person to be elected to the Executive Board of the British Association for the Study of Spirituality (BASS)
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Jesuit schools African immersion programmes
June 14, 2017
Clongowes Wood College SJ have recently come back from a Lesotho Immersion Programme, while Belvedere College SJ are engaging in a Zambia Immersion Programme right now.
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Blessed John’s gift of presence
May 31, 2017
Declan O'Keeffe, Head of Communications at Clongowes Wood College, reflects on the mass of thanksgiving for the beatification of Fr John Sullivan SJ which took place on 20 May 2017.
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New Rector for Belvedere College SJ
May 23, 2017
Fr Paddy Greene SJ has been appointed to succeed the late Derek Cassidy SJ as Rector of Belvedere College SJ.
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The rich life or the good life?
May 22, 2017
How does wealth encourage or hinder joy? A recent multi-disciplinary conference came up with some interesting answers
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