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Blowing minds
November 9, 2011
When the association of bursars of religious institutions, some 150 of them, met for their annual conference in Emmaus Retreat House, they looked for something on the programme that would...
Read moreJESUITICA: a Jesuit geneticist
November 9, 2011
Last month the Portuguese Province buried Fr Luis Archer, a brilliant geneticist who had been a Jesuit for 64 years. He taught molecular genetics in 13 different universities, being distinguished...
Read moreShort notices
October 26, 2011
A meeting of the Jesuit University Pastoral Care Europe (JUPC) will take place in Mount St. Joseph Retreat House, Malta, on 3-6 November. The theme is: ‘Spirituality in Action: Chaplaincy...
Read moreOn the airwaves
October 26, 2011
Senator Marie Louise O’Donnell, reporting for the Pat Kenny Show on RTE 1, paid a visit to Crescent College Comprehensive in Limerick on Tuesday 18 Oct. In her ten-minute slot...
Read moreMarking Mission Sunday
October 26, 2011
The Star of the Sea parish Sandymount, which is twinned with the Jesuit parish of Matero, Lusaka, Zambia, received greetings and thanks from the local children in the parish and...
Read moreForthcoming Events
October 26, 2011
Thursday 3 November: 3 p.m. in Emo Court: annual Mass for all who have lived and worked in Emo. The house and grounds will be open, courtesy of OPW. All...
Read more‘Sixty years of service’
October 26, 2011
The Archbishop of Dublin, Diarmuid Martin (pictured here listening to Br Eamon Davis SJ), recently launched a DVD and history booklet of The Belvedere Society of our Lady of Lourdes....
Read morePresident visits Clongowes
October 26, 2011
“Clongowes Wood College has given a very special form of education for over 200 years.” So said President Mary McAleese on her recent visit to the school in the closing...
Read moreRing-side seat for Jesuit
October 25, 2011
Gerry Whelan SJ was recently appointed ecclesiastical assistant to the “World Union of Catholic Women’s Organizations” (WUCWO) by the Vatican. His day job is teaching theology in the Gregorian University...
Read moreThis was some party
October 25, 2011
Fifty years ago the Noviciate in Emo opened its doors to 31 new novices. Last month John Humphreys organised a head-count and a reunion, locating all but two of the...
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