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On the other island
July 29, 2008
While we have the Mission Office to keep in touch with our men in Africa and Hong Kong, those closer to home can easily be forgotten. There are four Irish...
Read moreJRS Ireland bids Arthur adieu
July 29, 2008
The 2008 JRS Ireland Summer Programme of activities for asylum-seeking families would have been impossible without the generous support of volunteers Arthur Bommier, Maria Garcia, Bart Parys, Tina Peji and...
Read moreJesuit assesses new Ireland at youth festival
July 29, 2008
“The atmosphere is great – it’s like Mayo’s answer to the Oxegen music festival.” So said Ann Lee, the Youth Ministry Director at Knock Shrine, talking about the Knock Summer...
Read moreSunsets and silhouettes
July 29, 2008
Brendan McManus SJ, former editor of AMDG Express, has received ‘Honourable mention: amateur’ in a photo competition organised by Company, a quarterly magazine of the US Jesuits. His photo (pictured...
Read moreFilm festival invites submissions
July 29, 2008
Young amateur and student filmmakers are invited by a Hungarian Jesuit academy to create films on the biblical theme of ‘trust’ and submit them to a film festival, which will...
Read moreShort notices
July 29, 2008
Mass for the feast of St Ignatius will be held in St Francis Xavier’s Church, Gardiner Street, on Thursday 31 July at 11.00am. The homily will be given by Fr Brendan...
Read moreWork and pray at Sacred Space
July 29, 2008
This summer sees Sacred Space become an apostolate of the Irish Jesuits. No longer under the aegis of the Jesuit Communication Centre, where it was begun almost ten years ago,...
Read moreQuiet revolution
July 24, 2008
The hallowed offices of the Sacred Heart Messenger, 37 Lr Leeson Street, have seen a quiet revolution in the last two months. Readers will have admired the new design which...
Read moreIMRS relaunched as Misean Cara
July 22, 2008
The Irish Missionary Resource Service (IMRS) was recently relaunched as Misean Cara. The subtitle is “Mission Support from Ireland”. This new name indicates a shift of emphasis, from Irish missionaries...
Read moreFun continues on JRS Ireland’s Summer Programme
July 22, 2008
A Family Fun Day will be held in Mountjoy Square Park on Thursday 24 July for the families of asylum seekers who are participating in JRS Ireland’s Summer Programme. The...
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