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What it’s like to be visited
February 8, 2011
Pope Benedict, writing to the people of Ireland last March, said that he intended to ‘hold an Apostolic Visitation of certain dioceses in Ireland, as well as seminaries and religious...
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Jesuits sponsor young film-makers
February 8, 2011
The Conference of European Jesuit Provincials is sponsoring a competition for young film-makers. Five Inigo Awards will be given to the best short films illustrating the theme ‘City of God’,...
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Jesuit = Value Added
February 8, 2011
President McAleese honoured the 60th birthday of Gonzaga College by a formal visit on 1 February. In the Library she met students from the Habitat for Humanity project and Young Scientist...
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Learn to know what we see
February 8, 2011
Conall O’Cuinn SJ, for the second year, conducted a workshop for the Dioceses of Armagh and Dromore with a group of 7 prospective deacons and their wives on the theme...
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JESUITICA: Going multi-denominational
February 8, 2011
Attentive readers of AMDG Express (7 December, 2010) will have noticed that in founding Clongowes, Fr Peter Kenney told Sir Robert Peel that he intended to establish a lay school for...
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African exchange
February 8, 2011
Claire Broderick and the students of Elements Xavier, Belvedere College, along with John Guiney SJ and Deirdre Connolly from the Jesuit Mission Office, are working on a link project with...
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Singing for Mary Ward
February 7, 2011
There was a full house at the Gardiner St Gospel Choir Mass Sunday 30th January for the blessing of a portrait for the church of Mary Ward, foundress of the...
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Forthcoming events
January 25, 2011
26 January: Free event entitled ‘A Place our of Dreams – A Dream out of Place’; Axis: Main Street, Ballymun, Dublin 9. Colm Brophy SJ, currently working with JUST Ballymun,...
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‘Skippy Dies’ author visits Clongowes
January 25, 2011
Paul Murray, author of the highly-acclaimed novel Skippy Dies, visited Clongowes Wood College on Wednesday 19 January and spoke to a group of students and staff about the writing process....
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