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Pebble in the oyster

April 26, 2013

Three times a year the Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice disturbs our peace of soul with the publication of Working Notes. Issue 71, dated April 2013, has just appeared,...

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Spring Studies

April 26, 2013

Bruce Bradley SJ, the relatively new editor of Studies, recalls an editorial decision taken last year when Greece, in a catastrophic financial crisis, was in the eye of the storm....

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Faith and pope

April 12, 2013

'The Challenge of Now: What Hope for Faith?' was the title of a talk Michael Paul Gallagher gave to an audience of about 200 people of all ages who came...

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Make us smile

April 12, 2013

"I hope that he will drive forward the aims of the ecumenical movement – not in ever more ecumenical documents which remain on shelves but in decisions that will bring...

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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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ASTI Conference: Young homeless people

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...

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Meeting 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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