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Brother Martin graduates at 78
November 30, 2012
In 2004 Fr General Kolvenbach encouraged Jesuit Brothers to interest themselves in theology and spirituality. 70-year-old Martin Murphy, a veteran of the Zambian Mission, was living in Gardiner Street with...
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Vowing to serve
November 30, 2012
"Community is not just a base camp from which we go out to study, teach and preach. It is there that we help each other to be companions of Jesus,...
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Living among strangers
November 16, 2012
The latest issue of Studies (Autumn 2012) contains a diverse set of articles. Prominent among these is Peter Sutherland's address to the Eucharistic Congress in June, in which he reflects...
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1912 – A hundred years on
November 16, 2012
Last week the Ceramic Room of the National Museum of Iireland became a special sort of theatre. It saw the staging of 1912 - A Hundred Years On, a one-hour...
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Music Maker
November 16, 2012
Tom Phelan is a biker, traditional musician and Jesuit brother. After his mother's death last year he felt the best tribute he could pay her was to compose a song...
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JRS Christmas toy appeal
November 16, 2012
The Jesuit Refugee Service, Ireland has launched a 30 Days Christmas Toy Appeal from November 3rd to December 3rd 2012. They are collecting new, unwrapped toys for children aged 6...
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Have faith-based schools a future?
November 2, 2012
“Ireland remains a deeply unequal country economically and socially, and these inequalities have deepened in the current crisis. Yet it has a long history of faith-based education. Why then, if...
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Sold Out: Spiritual Capital
November 2, 2012
On October 16 in All Hallows College, Professor Ray Kinsella, Professor of Banking and Financial Services, UCD, launched a book edited by Michael O’Sullivan SJ and Bernadette Flanagan PBVM...
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An uncomfortable read
November 2, 2012
T he October issue of Working Notes (from JCFJ, the Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice) focuses on matters of prison policy. October saw also the publication of the report...
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A mixed bag
November 2, 2012
Fr Adolfo Nicolás SJ, Father General of the Jesuits worldwide, attended and addressed the recent Synod of Bishops on 'The New Evangelisation for the transmission of Christian Faith.' He confessed...
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