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Mission think-in
November 11, 2008
These busy Jesuits, Murt Curry, Willie Reynolds, Kevin O’Rourke, Colm Brophy and Liam O’Connell were photographed in Thornhill by a sixth busy Jesuit, John Guiney, during a think-in to explore...
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November 11, 2008
Two students from Belvedere College, their teacher, and Oliver Murphy, historian and college museum curator were on ‘Today with Pat Kenny’ on Tuesday 11 November, the 90th anniversary of Armistice...
Read moreThirst for Scripture
November 11, 2008
A four-evening course on the Gospels of Mathew, Mark and Luke was the most widely attended of any adult faith evenings in Gardiner Street. In co-operation with Iona Rd parish,...
Read moreSpirituality in Chicago
November 11, 2008
Michael O’Sullivan SJ, who teaches spirituality in the Milltown Institute, gave a paper in Chicago, USA, on ’Teaching Spirituality Well’ to the International Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality,...
Read morePrayer and money worries
November 11, 2008
The feedback from Sacred Space can be astonishing, a measure of where people’s concerns lie. In the last three months the Chapel of Intentions has shown many more Sacred Spacers...
Read moreShort Notices
November 11, 2008
160 people attended the pastoral conference in Milltown on 8-9 November, the tenth event celebrating the Ruby Jubilee of the Milltown Institute. Timothy Radcliffe OP (pictured) gave a memorable address....
Read moreIn the news
November 11, 2008
The media this week have covered at least three Jesuit items besides Tony O’Riordan’s advocacy of female offenders, detailed above. The Irish Catholic featured John Dardis’s tribute to the two...
Read moreCommemorating slain Jesuits
November 4, 2008
A memorial service will be held in Novosibirsk on 29 November for the Otto Messmer SJ and Viktor Betancourt SJ, the two Jesuit priests who were brutally murdered in Moscow...
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November 4, 2008
As the picture shows, the bulldozers finally tackled the old Cherryfield on Monday, 3 November. This Friday and Saturday, 7-8 November, the Milltown Institute will host an International Pastoral Conference...
Read moreIreland funds African projects
November 4, 2008
The Jesuit Mission Office works hard to raise funds for a variety of projects in different parts of the world, and recently Murt Curry and his colleagues in the office...
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