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Nobel Laureate visits Belvedere
November 14, 2013
Belvedere’s developing link with Dublin City University in STEM education received a significant boost with the visit to the college of Nobel Laureate in Physics, Professor Serge Haroche. Professor Haroche...
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Earth in crisis
November 14, 2013
The seriousness of the environmental crisis facing the Earth is the theme of the October 2013 issue of Working Notes, the journal of the Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice....
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Freeman Peter
November 14, 2013
No sooner does this newsletter feature a Jesuit (see IJN of 30 October), than he is given the freedom of the city. If our readers notice Peter McVerry pasturing his...
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Ravishing music
November 14, 2013
The gala concert in Gardiner Street, the finale of the 125th birthday celebrations of the Sacred Heart Messenger, was a triumph. The church was packed long before the 3 p.m....
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Fire and understanding
November 1, 2013
Sr Helen Prejean gave an inspiring address to over 200 people who attended the Voices of Hope: Echoes of the Divine conference in Galway on Friday 25 and Saturday 26...
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Concern knows no borders
November 1, 2013
The plight of migrants and the worsening situation in Syria were issues of concern for the conference of European Provincials held in Rome from Wednesday Oct 16 -23 and attended...
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A glimpse of McVerry
November 1, 2013
You may have noticed Peter McVerry’s handsome face in this newsletter more often than other faces. That is because we want a prophet to be recognised in his own country....
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Musik Makers launch CD
November 1, 2013
There was great craic agus ceol when All Ireland football winner and former Musik Maker, Ger Brennan launched the Musik Makers ‘Pulling Strings’ CD on Friday 18 October in Croke...
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Paying attention pays
October 18, 2013
Arthur Holder is an Anglican priest and Professor of Christian Spirituality at Berkeley College, California. His lecture on 'Faces of Spirituality' pleased a large crowd gathered in All Hallows College...
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A fearless Pope
October 18, 2013
The latest edition of the Jesuit journal Studies features a commentary by theologian Gerry O'Hanlon SJ, on the Pope's recent interview for La Civiltà Cattolica. He says the Pope is...
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