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The questions are what matter
April 12, 2013
You would be well advised to go straight to the Podcasts and listen to Pat Coyle’s interview with Brother Guy Consolmagno. Treat this paragraph as a signpost to and advertisement...
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Dropouts or prophets?
April 12, 2013
'I would argue that the educational system is the most unjust structure in our society today... it has absorbed some of the worst values that are prominent in our society...
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April 10, 2013
2 April 2013: Address by Fr Peter McVerry to Secondary School teachers in Ireland My only experience of teaching was in the 1960’s, when I taught for two years in...
Read moreMeeting the challenges
April 9, 2013
According to Michael Campbell-Johnston SJ, former Provincial of the British Province, the new pope will confront “a formidable challenge on several fronts”, not least the implementation of the Vatican II’s...
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The spirit of the Council
March 25, 2013
No sooner was he elected, according to Gerry O'Hanlon SJ, than Pope Francis showed his intention to work very much in the spirit of Vatican II. Writing in the Irish...
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Living with a future Pope
March 25, 2013
James Kelly SJ is an Irish Jesuit and member of the Milltown Community and he knew the new Pope personally. "His ability to lead is unparalleled in my experience. I...
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Pontificating
March 25, 2013
Gonzaga alumnus Aidan Mathews, now an RTÉ producer and a poet, dramatist and novelist, sees the new Pope to be called to be more – not less – ordinary than...
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Called to heal a wounded Church
March 25, 2013
An image that sums up both the task awaiting Pope Francis and his manner of tackling that task is an amazing painting, from around 1700, by the German artist Johann...
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Fr Liam McKenna dies at 91
March 8, 2013
Fr Liam McKenna died on 2 March in Cherryfield, having moved there from his community in Gardiner Street five days earlier. He was 91, but was alert and engaged to...
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Whose history is it anyway?
March 8, 2013
Can we trust our history? Who gets to tell the story? Whose version becomes the accepted wisdom? Can we do justice to all involved? Just some of the questions explored...
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GLOW: Girls learn their own worth
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Restoring women to a recovered diaconate
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Is the universe ‘done and dusted’?
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