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Zambia’s lost leader
September 16, 2008
As the Zambian Jesuits mourn their dead president, their grief and sense of loss goes far beyond the conventional. Though Patrick Levy Mwanawasa was the third Zambian President, he was...
Read moreBusy partners
September 16, 2008
Joe Greenan and Deirdre Soffe, the Irish Jesuits’ Partners in Mission, have organised two workshops in the last month. They commissioned a website called jesuitlink, which uses the Moodle system...
Read moreSlí Eile runs social spirituality course
September 16, 2008
Sli Eile, the Jesuit ministry to young adults, is now enrolling applicants for its certificate course in social spirituality. The course entails weekly lectures from 30 September to June and...
Read moreDeath of Fr Paddy Doyle RIP
September 14, 2008
Former Provincial Fr Paddy Doyle SJ died peacefully in Cherryfield in the early hours of Sunday morning. His body will be in respose at Cherryfield on Tuesday Sept 16 at...
Read moreProvincial’s tribute to Fr Michael Melvin RIP
September 14, 2008
Many tributes have been paid to the late Fr Michael Melvin SVD, director of kairos Communications in Maynooth. He died unexpectedly on Tuesday 9 September, aged 61. Jesuit Provincial John...
Read moreKenyan orphans holiday at Manresa
September 9, 2008
The Tertianship building in Manresa was the venue this August for a holiday for fifteen orphan children from Kenya who are HIV positive. It was organised by Kenya Orphan Aid,...
Read moreZimbabwean Jesuit completes internship with JRS Ireland
September 9, 2008
Ignatius Makumborenga SJ, a Zimbabwean scholastic, completed an internship with JRS Ireland in August. He is currently studying theology at Centres Sevres in Paris. He has a long-standing interest in...
Read moreIgnatian Lutherans
September 9, 2008
Fr Brian O’Leary SJ has just returned from directing (together with two sister directors) a group of Lutheran pastors in an Ignatian retreat in Gothenburg, Sweden. The initiative came from...
Read moreThe Pope and Lonergan
September 9, 2008
Gerry Whelan SJ, who teaches theology at the Gregorian University, has just published an article in ‘La Civiltà Cattolica’ entitled: “The Continuing Significance of Bernard Lonergan”. It takes as its...
Read morePilgrims ponder
September 9, 2008
Last week’s AMDG Express carried an account by Fergus O’Donoghue SJ of the Ignatian Journey which he helped to lead in Spain this August. Based on the story of St...
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April 2, 2026 - Dr Phyllis Zagano continues her straight-talking exposition of the history of deacons in the church. She seeks to 'recover' the diaconate and 'restore' women to it.
The privilege of life-changing work
March 13, 2026 - Allan Ggita SJ is in Ireland speaking about his privileged life working with vulnerable communities in one of the largest slums in Kenya.
Our Mother Too: Mary Embraces the World
March 4, 2026 - Author Eric Clayton talks about his book that introduces children to Mary, the mother of Jesus, through eight apparitions around the world.
The challenge of co-creating
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‘Not Christian, not Catholic.’
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Pope Video: For children with incurable diseases
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Pope video: For prayer with the word of God
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Is the universe ‘done and dusted’?
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‘Dangerous as hell’
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Theology in a changing world
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