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Fr General in Gonzaga
September 12, 2009
Father Adolfo Nicolas SJ visited Gonzaga College Dublin on the morning of Saturday 12 September 2009 and was greeted by the headmaster Mr Kevin Whirdy, the Superior of the Gonzaga Jesuit Community Myles...
Read more‘Education is trouble!’: Fr Nicolás in Crescent
September 11, 2009
Quoting Zorba, in the film ‘Zorba the Greek’, Fr Adolfo Nicolás told the staff, pupils, Jesuits and colleagues of Crescent College Comprehensive Limerick that “Life is trouble!” He then added:...
Read moreFr General in Crescent College Limerick
September 11, 2009
Fr Adolfo Nicolas SJ, Fr General of the Jesuits, arrived this morning in Crescent College Comprehensive Limerick, to a guard of hounour from school pupils lined along the driveway. He was...
Read moreHead of Jesuits visits Ireland for first time
September 10, 2009
The Father Superior of the Jesuits worldwide will make his first ever trip to Ireland this week. Fr Adolfo Nicolás will meet with Jesuits, their colleagues and friends in Dublin,...
Read moreHero to his valet
September 8, 2009
Two years ago, when Adolfo Nicolás was setting out for the General Congregation in Rome, his friends suggested that he was on the short list for election to General. “No...
Read moreStarting the journey
September 8, 2009
Eddie Cosgrove SJ (pictured here, second left, with his family) was among five Jesuit novices who made their First Vows in St. Mary’s Church, Harbourne, Birmingham on Saturday 5 September. Other...
Read moreNew head of Judaic studies centre
September 8, 2009
Tom Casey SJ, who teaches philosophy in the Gregorian University in Rome, has just been appointed director of the Cardinal Bea Centre for Judaic Studies. Readers will remember that Tom...
Read moreIgnatian Lutherans
September 8, 2009
Johannesgarden is a retreat centre outside Gothenburg. It was originally run by Sacred Heart Sisters from Germany but is now in the care of the Swedish Catholic diocesan authorities. Each...
Read moreSlí Eile goes far and wide
September 8, 2009
The ninth year of Slí Eile’s International Volunteering programme saw 31 young adults travelling to Colombia, Zambia and Jamaica for three weeks in July. In Bogota, Colombia, nine volunteers worked...
Read moreFr Tom O’Neill SJ
September 8, 2009
Fr Tom O’Neill (centre in photo), who died on 30 July, had spent all his priestly life in the Far East, including ten years in Hong Kong and Manila, and...
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September 18, 2026 - Pat Coyle speaks with Dr Ciara Murphy about water challenges and practical ways to protect this vital resource.
Healing for the soul
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‘The Soul Also Keeps the Score’
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‘The grandeur of humanity’
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Fellowship, connection, hope
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