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The Pilgrims
November 4, 2008
Seven Jesuits have just returned from a long-planned pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Donal Neary and Derek Cassidy had gone ahead to prepare the way for them, checking on places...
Read moreCanon of Shyogwe
November 4, 2008
AMDG Express inflitrated the Synod of Dublin and Glendalough to get this picture of a now-familiar face, Ken Rue, financial director of the Messenger. Ken is studying for ministry in...
Read moreMaking news
November 4, 2008
Three Jesuits were in the national news last week. John Dardis, on RTE’s News at One, talked to Sean O’Rourke about the two Jesuits murdered in Moscow. Edmond Grace has...
Read moreBelvedere remembers the Armistice
November 3, 2008
On 9th November at 10 a.m. in the Belvedere College Chapel, Fr Derek Cassidy SJ will celebrate a Mass to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the 1918 Armistice, and to...
Read morePeter Hannan on the Holy Spirit
November 3, 2008
Since he returned from the Zambian mission, Peter Hannan SJ has been living a special sort of life in Manresa, rising in the very small hours, studying, writing and praying...
Read moreTwo Jesuits murdered in Moscow
October 29, 2008
Your prayers are requested for the repose of the souls of two Jesuits who were murdered in Moscow yesterday, 28 October. Otto Messmer, aged 46, a Russian national and the...
Read moreNaomh Pól i mBéal Feirste
October 28, 2008
The Year of St Paul is getting special treatment as Gaeilge in Belfast. Alan McGuckian’s weekly Seminars in Cultúlann MacAdam Ó Fiaich on the Falls Road are all given over...
Read moreSo you can’t forgive?
October 28, 2008
Brian Lennon has just completed a book, So You Can’t Forgive…? Moving Towards Freedom, which he hopes will be published in the New Year. It is based on his experience...
Read moreMadrid Summit
October 28, 2008
Twelve new Provincials were among those who gathered with John Dardis just outside Madrid for the annual meeting of the European Provincials. Ireland makes a big contribution through Dermot O’Connor...
Read moreSJ alumni in Vienna
October 28, 2008
The Irish Jesuits, though they run six schools, have no Federation of graduates. However two Irishmen, Michael Sheil SJ and Dr Ray Murphy (respectively the Past President and the incoming...
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