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New book elucidates Jesuit ‘way of proceeding’ in education
January 23, 2015
“A meditation by people in the field” is how Professor Daire Keogh described The Characteristics of Jesuit Education when he launched the book edited by Brian Grogan SJ, in St...
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A biography of Bishop James Corboy SJ, by Tom Layden SJ
January 13, 2015
Irish Jesuits · A biography of Bishop James Corboy SJ, by Tom Layden SJ Irish Provincial Tom Layden’s speech at the launch of ‘The Man called James Corboy: Irish Jesuit...
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Studies on Irish identities
October 7, 2014
There have always been issues concerning Irish identity. For centuries what dominated was the distinction between the native Irish and, first, the colonisers and then the Anglo-Irish.
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Bruce Bradley SJ on the story of Irish Jesuit Journal ‘Studies’
March 5, 2014
Irish Jesuits · Bruce Bradley on the story of Irish Jesuit Journal ‘Studies’ Studies is a Jesuit periodical founded in 1912. Its aim was to make a real contribution to...
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Autumn Studies on Pope Francis
November 28, 2013
Studies was one of the Jesuit journals on behalf of which Pope Francis granted an interview to Fr Antonio Spadaro SJ, editor of Civilta Cattolica. In the Autumn 2013 issue,...
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Emily O’Reilly launches Studies
July 5, 2013
The newly-appointed and first-ever woman European ombudsman Emily O'Reilly will launch the Jesuit quarterly Studies, in Buswell's hotel on Tuesday 9 July at 10.30am. The summer edition features her keynote...
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Spring Studies
April 26, 2013
Bruce Bradley SJ, the relatively new editor of Studies, recalls an editorial decision taken last year when Greece, in a catastrophic financial crisis, was in the eye of the storm....
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Education minister sets out vision in Studies
July 24, 2012
The need for radical reform of the Irish education system is urged by Ruairi Quinn, Minister for Education and Skills, in the latest issue of Studies. In his leading article...
Read moreStudies: Spring Issue 2012
June 8, 2012
Bruce Bradley SJ (ed.) Publisher: StudiesThe Spring 2012 issue of Studies: An Irish Quarterly Review has been published. The issue is titled 'Irish Studies' and leads with The Jesuits and...
Read moreStudies: a trenchant swan-song
September 28, 2011
Outgoing Studies editor Fergus O’Donoghue’s swansong editorial, in the wake of the Cloyne Report, is a quotable dose of political incorrectness: “An arrogant bishop proved his pastoral ineptitude by his...
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