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A great Bloomsday was had by all
June 27, 2024
Gardiner St Church was the venue for a novel Bloomsday event , 'Joyce and the Jesuits', hosted by RTE's Eileen Dunne, and complied by Gerry McArdle.
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Painting a poem for Arts and Aging initiative
June 27, 2024
In response to a national initiative, Colm Brophy took inspiration from GM Hopkins for a set of paintings for display in Cherryfield Nursing Home.
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A Novena to remember
June 26, 2024
The annual Sacred Heart Novena in Gardiner St Church was compared to a lighted church candle symbolizing the warm and loving presence of God.
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Retreats resume at Manresa
June 26, 2024
Renovations are almost complete in the Manresa Jesuit Centre for Spirituality and directed retreats and other events are resuming.
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Summer reflections
June 26, 2024
The July Messenger reminds us that the long summer days and nights are the time to tune in to the beauty and abundance in our daily lives.
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Theology as a ‘tentacle’
June 26, 2024
Professor Judith Wolfe was guest speaker at the launch of 'Theology and the University' (Routledge 2024) in the Loyola Institute, TCD.
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Northern ministry flourishing
June 26, 2024
Projects on prisoners, peacemaking and care of the earth were all reported on at the AGM of the 'Dialogue for Diversity Programme' in N. Ireland.
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‘Wildness and Structure’
June 26, 2024
Award-winning filmmaker Dónal Ó Céilleachair, and André Brouillette SJ were the keynote presenters at a SpIRE event on 'Pilgrimage by Land or Sea'.
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Power and punishment: Challenging prison policy
June 24, 2024
The summer 2024 issue of Studies is centred on the theme of prison policy – questioning the heavy reliance that society currently places on carceral punishment.
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Faber Companions feature in Irish Catholic
June 11, 2024
The Faber Companions feature in a recent article by 'The Irish Catholic' entitled "Young Catholic counterculture emerging in modern Ireland".
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Fascinating facts from our past
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The grasp of grief
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